@article{2013:kirchner:embedded_f,
title = {Embedded Flexibility Strategies and Diversity within National Institutional Frameworks: How many Flexibility Profiles are in the German Model?},
year = {2013},
note = {The varieties of capitalism approach (VoC) and the related research
assume that German firms adopt an internal flexibility profile that
corresponds with the national institutional framework. Recent
empirical studies, however, have found substantial diversity in
realized firm-level strategies. This article investigates the actual
distribution of flexibility practices in German establishments. Latent
class analysis revealed four flexibility profiles, including a dual
profile that combines internal and external flexibility as well as a
low flexibility profile that is characterized by an overall low
importance of flexibility practices. The distribution points to
significant diversity of flexibility profiles within the German
economy and emphasizes the role of industry and firm size as crucial
factors for the externalization of flexibility and a growing dualism
within the German economy.},
journal = {mrev management revue},
pages = {12--29},
author = {Kirchner, Stefan},
volume = {24},
number = {1}
}