Labor flexibility and firm performance

International Advances in Economic Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 649-661

  Valverde, Mireia ^a   Tregaskis, Olga ^b   Brewster, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 26844466467     PISSN: 10830898     EISSN: 1573966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02295375     Document Type: Article

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