The flexible production model in Finnish companies: Trends in production management, work organization and employment relations

Embracing the Knowledge Economy: The Dynamic Transformation of the Finnish Innovation System

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 128-144

  Alasoini, Tuomo ^a  

^a Ministry of Labour   (Finland)

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EID: 7444236176     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781843769811.00017     Document Type: Chapter

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