A study of flexibility and renewal in Danish companies

A research project has been initiated in Denmark by the Ministry of Business and Industry and the Danish Business Development Council which aims at giving a coherent picture of the situation for innovation by focusing on different levels of aggregation in the Danish system of innovation. An account of the main idea behind the project, its theoretical foundation and some results from the first part of the project are given in this article. The first part of the project is an investigation into the position and condition of flexibility and renewal in Danish companies. It is divided into two studies. The first study investigates the situation for flexibility and renewal in Danish companies and is based on a questionnaire. The second study follows up the results from the first study through a qualitative investigation in which the objective is to display some of the commonly seen and important factors that facilitate or inhibit the introduction of more flexible organizational forms in Danish companies.     

Does deregulation decrease unemployment? An empirical analysis of the Spanish labour market

Spain underwent two major labour reforms in 2010 and 2012 under the assumption that deregulating the labour market and decentralizing collective bargaining would automatically reduce unemployment (deregulation hypothesis). This article highlights the impact of demand and the sectoral structure of the economy to explain the behaviour of this variable (structural hypothesis). Analysing subnational panel data, the authors assess the capacity of these two hypotheses to explain unemployment trends. Their results cast doubt on the deregulation hypothesis and indicate the importance of cyclical and structural factors.     

Workplace Flexibility as an Organizational Response to the Aging of the Workforce: A Comparison of Nonprofit and For-Profit Organizations

ABSTRACT

The degree to which flexible work options are available to employees has been used as an indicator of the extent to which organizations have responded to workforce needs, including those related to the aging of the workforce. This article uses an organizational adaptation framework to determine factors that explain variation in the degree to which flexible work options are offered in for-profit and non-profit organizations. Findings indicate that while the scope of flexible work options offered was similar among for-profits and non-profits, the factors that predicted variance in the scope of these options differed somewhat between the two sectors.     

企业知识系统柔性战略的决策模型

通过形式化的模型,利用马尔可夫链过程描述企业知识状态的转移,通过对不同知识战 略变化的净现值比较,得出知识战略的优劣. 从柔性的时间维度与范围维度研究企业在3 类不 同知识状态下,所采用的知识状态变化的战略决策.     

The imprudence of labour market flexibilization in a fiscally austere world

This article assesses the effects of combining fiscal austerity with policies aimed at reducing labour costs and, in doing so, sheds new light on current policy debates. Taking a global perspective, the authors explore the aggregation problem by proposing a stylized analytical macro‐model with explicit distribution dynamics. In this framework, flexibilization policies that suppress the labour share trigger global feedbacks that result in a downward spiral, with contraction even in export‐led economies. The initial gains of more competitive economies are shown to be ephemeral. In the long term, the world economy is essentially wage‐led and responds positively to coordinated Keynesian stimuli.     

Manufacturing flexibility and advanced human resource management practices

This article analyses the connection between the use of advanced human resource management (HRM) practices, individually and as a system, with manufacturing flexibility. The results show a positive relationship between the implementation of advanced HRM practices and manufacturing flexibility. While most of the advanced HRM practices analysed show higher levels of implementation in flexible firms, no differences are observed in training efforts. Flexible firms are more prone to implement systems of advanced HRM practices.     

Network Game and Capacity Investment Under Market Uncertainty

This paper investigates the impacts of competition and market uncertainty on airlines' network structures and capacity investment. The airlines choose their network structures and construct capacities while demands are unknown. After uncertainty is resolved, they determine the total number of seats to offer in each leg constrained by their capacities built earlier. We conclude that market uncertainty is the driving force of hub‐and‐spoke networks, whereas the market mean is the driving force of point‐to‐point networks. Which of the two countervailing forces dominates determines the equilibrium network structures. Moreover, we find that the airlines' total expected profits in the mixed equilibrium in which the airlines employ different networks are larger than in the pure hub‐and‐spoke network equilibrium in which each airline employs the hub‐and‐spoke network. However, the mixed equilibrium does not necessarily yield larger profits than the pure point‐to‐point equilibrium in which each airline employs the point‐to‐point network.     

基于柔性战略观的企业财务战略管理机制创新研究

柔性战略观下的企业财务战略管理是企业战略管理的重要内容,它直接关系到企业战略管理的决策效率。文章以柔性战略观为导向,遵循利益相关者合作逻辑,以企业财权有效配置为路径,对企业财务战略有效实施机理进行了研究。揭示了柔性战略观下企业财务战略的特征,剖析了其连续一体化的生成机理,提出了共同互动管理和相机治理管理相结合的有效实施机制,以此确保企业财务战略目标的实现。     

直面全球制造业的挑战

建设现代制造业基地时必须转变观念,重新认识制造业的地位和作用,应用优化设计技术,产品的模拟仿真,企业组织的柔性化,加强产学研的结合,制造业信息化等,这样才能提高对市场需求的快速反应能力。     

论翻译中“忠实”的动摇和丰富——兼论忠实与创造的关系

文章从几种对翻译研究产生了重大影响的现代理论的角度,分析了传统"忠实"的局限以及这些理论对忠实的动摇和丰富,认为只有让"忠实"更有弹性、更立体灵活,不再作为创造的对立面而存在,才能成为有实际意义、能解释翻译现象的标准。