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Çolak, Tuğba Seda, and Mustafa Koç. "Forgiveness Flexibility." International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies 3, no. 1 (January 1, 2016): 14–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.17220/ijpes.2016.01.002.

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Plisk, Steven Scott, and Thomas Danford Quinn. "FLEXIBILITY: Knee-Bend Flexibility Test." National Strength & Conditioning Association Journal 15, no. 4 (1993): 55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1519/0744-0049(1993)015<0055:kbft>2.3.co;2.

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Ilaria Cavaggioni. "Flexibility." Future Anterior: Journal of Historic Preservation, History, Theory, and Criticism 12, no. 2 (2015): 95. http://dx.doi.org/10.5749/futuante.12.2.0095.

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Zeytinoglu, Isik U., Gordon B. Cooke, and Sara L. Mann. "Flexibility." Articles 64, no. 4 (January 14, 2010): 555–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/038873ar.

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Summary This paper examines whether flexible work schedules in Canada are created by employers for business reasons or to assist their workers achieve work-life balance. We focus on long workweek, flextime, compressed workweek, variable workweek length and/or variable workweek schedule. In the last three decades, two streams of literature have emerged on flexibility. One stream of literature discusses flexibility as demand-driven, that is, a strategic initiative of employers to enhance the business requirements of the firm. The other stream of literature discusses flexibility as supply-driven, where employees have the ability to influence the decisions about the nature of their work schedules and where employees, especially women, demand flexible work schedules for work-life balance. Thus, we ask are flexible work schedules created for business reasons or to assist workers achieve work-life balance? Statistics Canada’s 2003 Workplace and Employee Survey data linking employee microdata to workplace (i.e., employer) microdata are used in the analysis. Results show that more than half of the workers covered in this data have at least one of the five specified types of flexible work schedules. Approximately 5% of workers have a long workweek, 36% have flextime, 7% a compressed workweek, 13% a variable workweek length, and 16% a variable workweek schedule. Only two in five Canadians have a standard work schedule. Employment status, unionized work, occupation, and sector are factors consistently associated with flexible work schedules. Personal characteristics of marital status, dependent children, and childcare use are not significantly associated with flexible work schedules, while females are less likely to have a flexible work schedule than males. Overall, results suggest that flexible work schedules are created for business reasons rather than individual worker interests. Thus, if public policy makers are committed to facilitating workers’ work-family-life balance interests, then our results suggest that separate policy initiatives designed specifically for workers will be required.

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de Lateur, Barbara J. "Flexibility." Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America 5, no. 2 (May 1994): 295–307. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1047-9651(18)30525-4.

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Santana, Juan Carlos. "Flexibility." Strength and Conditioning Journal 26, no. 1 (February 2004): 14–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1519/00126548-200402000-00003.

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Hedrick, Allen. "FLEXIBILITY: Flexibility and the Conditioning Program." National Strength & Conditioning Association Journal 15, no. 4 (1993): 62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1519/0744-0049(1993)015<0062:fatcp>2.3.co;2.

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Lafou, Meriem, Luc Mathieu, Stéphane Pois, and Marc Alochet. "Manufacturing System Flexibility: Product Flexibility Assessment." Procedia CIRP 41 (2016): 99–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2015.12.046.

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Lafou, Meriem, Luc Mathieu, Stéphane Pois, and Marc Alochet. "Manufacturing System Flexibility: Sequence Flexibility Assessment." Procedia CIRP 57 (2016): 229–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2016.11.040.

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Cornelius, William L. "FLEXIBILITY EXERCISE: Benefits from Flexibility Exercise." National Strength & Conditioning Association Journal 12, no. 5 (1990): 61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1519/0744-0049(1990)012<0061:bffe>2.3.co;2.

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Ghosh Chowdhury, Tilottama, Feisal Murshed, and Adwait Khare. "Flexible flexibility! Food categorization flexibility and utilitarian preference." Journal of Consumer Marketing 35, no. 1 (January 8, 2018): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jcm-11-2016-2010.

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to propose that high categorization flexibility’s positive influence on hedonic or affect-laden choice is attenuated by conservation and nutrition mind-sets. Further, categorization flexibility can also promote utilitarian or cognitively superior preference and may have a role in steering customers toward healthier dietary choices. Design/methodology/approach Two experimental studies document that the pro-utilitarian impact of food categorization flexibility can be facilitated by priming conservation mind-set and nutrition mind-sets. Findings The results of this study show that conservation and nutrition mind-sets not only mitigate the earlier-demonstrated facilitative influence of food categorization flexibility on hedonic food preference, but also facilitate utilitarian food preference. Originality/value The current study provides the first evidence that food categorization flexibility can facilitate both hedonic and utilitarian preferences. The findings contribute to literature streams on categorization flexibility, resource-scarcity and hedonic versus utilitarian consumption. In addition, the findings offer specific prescriptions about encouraging customers to choose utilitarian and relatively more healthful food options, which in turn will improve the general welfare of the society.

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Tristan, A., A. Emde, M. Reisinger, M. Stauch, and A. Sauer. "Energieflexibilität im Industrial Smart Grid*/Energy Flexibility in Industrial Smart Grids – Methodical approach for incorporating energy flexibility measures in an Industrial Smart Grid." wt Werkstattstechnik online 109, no. 05 (2019): 301–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.37544/1436-4980-2019-05-3.

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Durch den Übergang in Smart Grids erhalten Stromnetze die notwendige Flexibilität, um auf die steigende Volatilität der Stromversorgung zu reagieren. Das standardisierte Smart-Grid-Architecture-Modell und die Use-Case-Methodik dienen dabei als Rahmen, um Smart Grids zu entwickeln. Ein methodischer Rahmen für den Aufbau von Industrial Smart Grids fehlt derzeit noch, ist aber besonders notwendig, um Energieflexibilitätsmaßnahmen für Industrieanlagen umzusetzen. Der hier vorgestellte methodische Ansatz liefert eine Blaupause für den Aufbau eines Industrial Smart Grid für Energieflexibilität. Mithilfe der Anpassung des Smart-Grid-Architecture-Modells und der Use-Case-Methodik wird ein Industrial-Smart-Grid-Architecture-Modell umgesetzt.   Through their transition into Smart Grids, electrical power grids gain the neccesary flexibiltiy to respond to increasing electrical supply volatility. The standardized Smart Grid Architecture Model and Use Case Methodology serve as framework to develop Smart Grids. Currently, there is still a lack of such a methodical framework for setting up Industrial Smart Energy Grids and it is particularly necessary to implement energy flexibility measures in industrial plants. The methodical approach presented here provides a blueprint for building an Industrial Smart Grid for energy flexibility by adapting the Smart Grid Architecture Model and the use case methodology .

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Erner, Yair. "Fertilizer Flexibility?" HortScience 26, no. 11 (November 1991): 1358b—1359. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.26.11.1358b.

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Bausinger. "More Flexibility." Journal of Folklore Research 47, no. 1-2 (2010): 203. http://dx.doi.org/10.2979/jfr.2010.47.1-2.203.

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Sushil. "Demythifying flexibility." Management Decision 39, no. 10 (December 2001): 860–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00251740110402355.

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Newton, Alicia. "Microbial flexibility." Nature Geoscience 7, no. 10 (September 29, 2014): 696. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2265.

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Feeney, Timothy J. "Structured Flexibility." Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 25, no. 6 (2010): 416–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/htr.0b013e3181fbc0a2.

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Cunningham, William A., Jay J. Van Bavel, and Ingrid R. Johnsen. "Affective Flexibility." Psychological Science 19, no. 2 (February 2008): 152–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02061.x.

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Dart, Anna. "Metabolic flexibility." Nature Reviews Cancer 16, no. 10 (September 23, 2016): 617. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrc.2016.101.

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Westphal, Maren, Nicholas H. Seivert, and George A. Bonanno. "Expressive flexibility." Emotion 10, no. 1 (2010): 92–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0018420.

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Donati, Gaia. "Temporal flexibility." Nature Photonics 10, no. 5 (April 28, 2016): 285. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2016.87.

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Storlien, Len, Nick D. Oakes, and David E. Kelley. "Metabolic flexibility." Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 63, no. 2 (May 2004): 363–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/pns2004349.

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Human physiology needs to be well adapted to cope with major discontinuities in both the supply of and demand for energy. This adaptability requires ‘a clear capacity to utilize lipid and carbohydrate fuels and to transition between them’ ( Kelley et al. 2002b). Such capacities characterize the healthy state and can be termed ‘metabolic flexibility’. However, increasing evidence points to metabolic inflexibility as a key dysfunction of the cluster of disease states encompassed by the term ‘metabolic syndrome’. In obese and diabetic individuals this inflexibility is manifest in a range of metabolic pathways and tissues including: (1) failure of cephalic-phase insulin secretion (impaired early-phase prandial insulin secretion concomitant with failure to suppress hepatic glucose production and NEFA efflux from adipose tissue); (2) failure of skeletal muscle to appropriately move between use of lipid in the fasting state and use of carbohydrate in the insulin-stimulated prandial state; (3) impaired transition from fatty acid efflux to storage in response to a meal. Finally, it is increasingly clear that reduced capacity for fuel usage in, for example, skeletal muscle, as indicated by reduced mitochondrial size and density, is characteristic of the metabolic syndrome state and a fundamental component of metabolic inflexibility. Key questions that remain are how metabolic flexibility is lost in obese and diabetic individuals and by what means it may be regained.

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Hviding, Edvard. "Contextual flexibility." Ocean & Coastal Management 40, no. 2-3 (August 1998): 253–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0964-5691(98)00042-8.

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Thorpe, M. F., and Ming Lei. "Macromolecular flexibility." Philosophical Magazine 84, no. 13-16 (May 2004): 1323–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14786430310001644062.

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Bradley, David. "Football flexibility." Materials Today 17, no. 7 (September 2014): 320. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2014.08.006.

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Bayne, Brian L., and Pieter J. C. Honkoop. "Phenotypic flexibility." Trends in Ecology & Evolution 18, no. 11 (November 2003): 554–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2003.08.010.

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Weiss, Christoph R. "On flexibility." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 46, no. 3 (November 2001): 347–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0167-2681(01)00183-4.

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Coe, Neil M., Jennifer Johns, and Kevin Ward. "Managed Flexibility." European Urban and Regional Studies 16, no. 1 (January 2009): 65–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969776408098933.

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Baxter, James. "Liquid flexibility." Nature Photonics 5, no. 12 (November 30, 2011): 713. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2011.304.

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Boulton, Laura, and Jon Cole. "Adaptive Flexibility." Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making 10, no. 3 (July 8, 2016): 291–308. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1555343416646684.

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Davis, Benjamin G. "Sweet flexibility." Nature Chemistry 2, no. 2 (February 2010): 85–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nchem.529.

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Bonanno, George A., and Charles L. Burton. "Regulatory Flexibility." Perspectives on Psychological Science 8, no. 6 (November 2013): 591–612. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1745691613504116.

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Smith, Dennis G. "Flexibility Works." Health Affairs 22, no. 2 (March 2003): 279–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.22.2.279-a.

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Fell, Michael J. "Just flexibility?" Nature Energy 5, no. 1 (December 16, 2019): 6–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41560-019-0510-3.

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Jurnak, Frances. "Complex flexibility." Nature 372, no. 6505 (December 1994): 409–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/372409a0.

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Pollert, Anna. "Dismantling flexibility." Capital & Class 12, no. 1 (March 1988): 42–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030981688803400107.

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Burton, K. "Measuring flexibility." Applied Ergonomics 22, no. 5 (October 1991): 303–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0003-6870(91)90385-u.

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Sushil. "Flexibility metaphors." Systems Research and Behavioral Science 18, no. 6 (November 6, 2001): 569–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sres.375.

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Drohan, Brian. "Retaining Flexibility." Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations 29, no. 2 (June 8, 2023): 119–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/19426720-02902009.

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Abstract Although UN peace operations began with unarmed observer missions in 1948–1949, the first armed force—the UN Emergency Force (UNEF)—was deployed in 1956 due to the Suez crisis. Scholars and practitioners have since interpreted the UN Secretariat’s 1958 study of that experience, called the Summary Study, as a foundational text in the history of UN peacekeeping because it supposedly codified the key principles of impartiality, nonuse of force, and consent. But much of the Summary Study’s origin story is inaccurate or unknown. By explaining Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld’s intentions for the study, as well as how those intentions changed, this article argues that far from “codifying” foundational principles, the Summary Study did the opposite: it ensured that future peacekeeping operations would continue on an ad hoc, flexible basis that permitted the Secretary-General and Member States to exercise a wide range of discretion in determining how to conduct future operations.

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O'Neill, Hayley. "Finding flexibility." Dental Nursing 19, no. 6 (June 2, 2023): 292–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/denn.2023.19.6.292.

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Bidder, Rhys, Nicolas Crouzet, Margaret M. Jacobson, and Michael Siemer. "Debt Flexibility." Finance and Economics Discussion Series, no. 2023-076 (November 2023): 1–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.17016/feds.2023.076.

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This paper documents new facts on the modification of bank loans using FR Y-14Q regulatory data on C and I loans. We find that loan-level modifications of key contractual terms, such as interest and maturity, occur at least once for 41% of loans. Cross sectional differences in modifications are substantial and amplified by borrower distress. Relative to single-lender loans, syndicated loans are 1.5 times more likely to be modified and interest rate changes are twice as likely. Our findings call into question whether 1) creditor dispersion makes loan modifications more challenging and 2) relationship lending between banks and small borrowers creates more scope for flexibility when borrower-level conditions change.

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Boyabatli, Onur, and Tiecheng Leng. "The Interaction between Operational Flexibility and Financial Flexibility." Foundations and Trends® in Technology, Information and Operations Management 11, no. 1-2 (2017): 13–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1561/0200000077.

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Paulhus, Delroy L., and Carol L. Martin. "Functional flexibility: A new conception of interpersonal flexibility." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 55, no. 1 (July 1988): 88–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.55.1.88.

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Doebling, S. W., and L. D. Peterson. "COMPUTING STATICALLY COMPLETE FLEXIBILITY FROM DYNAMICALLY MEASURED FLEXIBILITY." Journal of Sound and Vibration 205, no. 5 (September 1997): 631–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jsvi.1997.1050.

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Pérez-Pérez, Marta, Ana-María Serrano-Bedia, and María-Concepción López-Fernández. "Opening manufacturing flexibility's black box: the unexplored role of internal flexibility." Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management 33, no. 3 (December 31, 2021): 521–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jmtm-07-2021-0234.

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to empirically test a research model exploring the complex links between internal and external manufacturing flexibility capabilities (IF and EF) and competitive advantage (CA).Design/methodology/approachA survey approach with responses from 266 Spanish manufacturing firms from different industries was used. Structural equation modelling and SPSS macro PROCESS were used to test the hypotheses.FindingsManufacturing flexibility (MF) is a dual-dimensional concept composed by IF and EF, which are complementary and hierarchical in its development. Contrary to previous assumptions, IF does not always express its final competitive effect through EF, which only partially mediates the IF–CA relationship. Thus, IF and EF independently can positively enhance a firm's CA, being the direct effect of the IF being stronger than EF.Practical implicationsThis study offers practical insights supporting a guide for prioritising flexibility capabilities through the holistic MF implementation, thus assisting managers wishing to formulate MF strategies seeking efficiency and customer value advantages relative to competitors.Originality/valueThe main novelty of this work is to explore for the first time the direct and indirect role of IF on CA, enlarging the assumptions of the flexibility funnel framework (FFF) and the strategic view of MF. The study is also unique due to both the depth and breadth of the investigation of the basis of the use of resource-based theory (RBT) and by employing a recent and comprehensive MF conceptual systematisation to guide the measurement approach.

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Rydell, Alexis, and Rune Wigblad. "Company-level flexicurity during the restructuring process: a model." Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research 17, no. 4 (November 2011): 547–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1024258911419781.

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This article focuses on the analysis of and suggestions for improving company-level flexicurity during the restructuring process, based on a best-practice case in Sweden. The parties involved in the restructuring process created company-level flexicurity through strategic corporate social responsibility (CSR) in exchange for increased numerical flexibility by means of temporary employees. The high numerical flexibility was possible because the trade unions saw that top management was committed to strategic socially responsible behaviour in the restructuring process. Our proposal concerns the dissemination of a model for company-level flexicurity during the restructuring process which promotes: (1) improved strategic CSR in the restructuring process, (2) improved transition to new employment in the local labour market and (3) improved flexibility, which creates increased efficiency, competitiveness and rapid payback in the course of restructuring. Cet article est centré sur l’analyse de la « flexicurité » au niveau de l’entreprise durant le processus de restructuration et sur des suggestions d’amélioration sur la base d’un cas de meilleure pratique en Suède. Les parties impliquées dans le processus de restructuration ont créé une « flexicurité » au niveau de l’entreprise au travers d’une approche stratégique de la responsabilité sociale des entreprises (RSE), en échange d’une flexibilité numérique accrue grâce au recours à une main-d’oeuvre temporaire. La flexibilité numérique élevée a été rendue possible parce que les syndicats ont vu que le sommet du management avait adopté un comportement stratégique socialement responsable durant le processus de restructuration. Notre proposition concerne la dissémination d’un modèle de flexicurité durant le processus de restructuration qui promeut: (1) une meilleure approche stratégique de la RSE durant le processus de restructuration, (2) une meilleure transition vers un nouvel emploi sur le marché du travail local, et (3) une meilleure flexibilité, qui génère une efficience et une compétitivité accrues et un retour rapide à la rentabilité au cours de la restructuration. Dieser Beitrag untersucht anhand eines Beispiels bewährter Praxis in Schweden die Anwendung betrieblicher Flexicurity-Regelungen während des Umstrukturierungsprozesses und formuliert Vorschläge für deren Verbesserung. Die an dieser Umstrukturierung beteiligten Parteien haben eine Flexicurity-Regelung im Rahmen einer Strategie zur sozialen Verantwortung des Unternehmens (CSR) eingeführt, als Gegenleistung für eine erhöhte Flexibilität durch den Einsatz von Zeitarbeitskräften. Die Gewerkschaften akzeptierten die hohe Flexibilität, weil die Unternehmensführung sich zu einem strategischen sozial verantwortungsvollen Handeln im Umstrukturierungsprozess verpflichtet hatte. Aus unserer Sicht sollte bei Umstrukturierungsprozessen ein betriebliches Flexicurity-Modell angewandt werden, das Folgendes fördert: 1) eine verbesserte strategische CSR im Umstrukturierungsprozess, 2) einen besseren Übergang in eine neue Beschäftigung auf dem lokalen Arbeitsmarkt und 3) eine verbesserte Flexibilität, die zu mehr Effizienz und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit führt und eine schnelle Amortisierung während der Umstrukturierung ermöglicht.

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Tomášková, Eva, and Lucie Kaňovská. "Impact of cooperation flexibility on innovation flexibility in SMEs." Equilibrium 17, no. 2 (June 25, 2022): 533–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.24136/eq.2022.019.

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Research background: Flexibility has become a possible means for manufacturing companies to better compete in competitive markets. Furthermore, innovations are perceived as an important factor in company strategy, which can differentiate the company from the competition. Purpose of the article: This present study investigates the problems of cooperation flexibility and innovation flexibility in manufacturing companies among electrical engineering companies in the Czech Republic. The aim of this paper is to identify the impact of cooperation flexibility on innovation flexibility in small and medium-sized manufacturing companies. Methods: A questionnaire addressed to SMEs in the form of the Likert scale was prepared to gather information about cooperation flexibility and innovation flexibility. All parts of the questionnaire were tested using Cronbach Alpha. Spearman correlation and regression analysis were used for analysis. Findings & value added: The results of the research show that external cooperation flexibility and internal cooperation flexibility is related to innovation flexibility in SMEs. Results of the research show that there is a positive relationship 1) between external cooperation flexibility and innovation flexibility and 2) between innovation flexibility and business performance at SMEs. The findings of the research contribute to an understanding of the relationship between cooperation flexibility, innovation flexibility and also innovation performance. The novelty value of this paper lies in its perception of flexibility as having two parts, namely external (with suppliers and customers) and internal cooperation flexibility. In addition, innovation flexibility was investigated in two fields, product, and accompanying services to products. The view mentioned provides a complex view of flexibility.

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Mountakis, Simon, Tomas Klos, and Cees Witteveen. "Temporal Flexibility Revisited: Maximizing Flexibility by Computing Bipartite Matchings." Proceedings of the International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling 25 (April 8, 2015): 174–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1609/icaps.v25i1.13720.

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We discuss two flexibility metrics for Simple Temporal Networks (STNs): the so-called naive flexibility metric based on the difference between earliest and latest starting times of temporal variables, and a recently proposed concurrent flexibility metric. We establish an interesting connection between the computation of these flexibility metrics and properties of the minimal distance matrix DS of an STN S: the concurrent flexibility metric can be computed by finding a minimum weight matching of a weighted bipartite graph completely specified by DS, while the naive flexibility metric corresponds to computing a maximum weight matching in the same graph. From a practical point of view this correspondence offers an advantage: instead of using an O(n5) LP-based approach, reducing the problem to a matching problem we derive an O(n3) algorithm for computing the concurrent flexibility metric.

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Jackson, T., K. Begg, and S. Parkinson. "The language of flexibility and the flexibility of language." International Journal of Environment and Pollution 10, no. 3/4 (1998): 462. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijep.1998.002242.

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Chan, Timothy C. Y., and Douglas Fearing. "Process Flexibility in Baseball: The Value of Positional Flexibility." Management Science 65, no. 4 (April 2019): 1642–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2017.3004.

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