In this empirical study of 382 US computer and electronics companies, the relationship
between manufacturing flexibility and its five infrastructural scales was examined. These …

The competitive environment of today has generated an increased interest in flexibility as a
response mechanism. While the potential benefits of flexibility are familiar, the concept of …

This study examines the influence of foreign ownership on the performance of firms
operating in India. Foreign ownership is categorized according to the control exercisable at …

This article analyses and assesses the potential impact of microelectronics‐based forms of
flexible automation (FA) and related organisational techniques on the location of industrial …

One of the first steps in understanding and improving a manufacturing capability such as
flexibility is the ability to measure it. Yet, there is a lack of good, generalizable measures for it …

This chapter addresses Georgescu-Roegen's flow-fund model, which focuses on the time
profile of production processes and makes it possible to analyze the way in which …

This thesis concerns middle-scale enterprise and economic development, focussing on the
case of Kenya. The distribution of industry in Kenya is characterised by an apparent …

Economies can, to a significant extent, be distinguished by the 'richness' of their respective
institutional contexts. Continental European economies can be characterised as offering a …

This paper is a description of a model for visualization of operational effects caused by
tactical changes regarding volume and mix flexibility. The work is based on'A framework for …

We propose an approach that introduces a relational, dynamic and multidimensional
conception of flexibility in manufacturing systems. In this approach, two inquiries must be …