Rethinking the link between labour market flexibility and corporate competitiveness: A critique of the institutionalist literature

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 637-669

  Herrmann, Andrea M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corporate strategy; Institutional political economy; Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249140639     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwn013     Document Type: Article

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