@techreport{Asplund2003Functional,
abstract = {This study is one of several so-called theme reports produced within the framework of the EU funded research project FLEXIBILITY AND COMPETITIVENESS: LABOUR MARKET FLEXIBILITY, INNOVATION AND ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE (FlexCom). It attempts to make an empirical contribution to the functional flexibility field based on company case studies undertaken for the five small open European economies \textendash{} Greece, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands and Switzerland \textendash{} covered by the project. In particular, the study reviews briefly how functional flexibility has generally been defined and measured in the existing literature; provides details on the questionnaire used for collecting the needed company survey data, as well as on major characteristics of the 30 organisations actually covered in the study; presents cross-country empirical evidence on functional flexibility strategies, and, finally, tries to identify links between functional flexibility and economic performance. --  -- T\"{a}m\"{a} tutkimus on yksi nk. teemaraporteista, jotka on tuotettu EU:n rahoittaman tutkimusprojektin JOUSTAVUUS JA KILPAILUKYKY: TY\"{O}MARKKINOIDEN JOUSTAVUUS, INNOVOINTI JA ORGANISAATIOIDEN MENESTYS (FlexCom) puitteissa. Tutkimuksessa pyrit\"{a}\"{a}n empiirisesti tarkastelemaan toimintojoustavuuden kentt\"{a}\"{a} tapaustutkimusten avulla, jotka on tehty viidess\"{a} pieness\"{a} Euroopan maassa \textendash{} Alankomaissa, Kreikassa, Irlannissa, Suomessa ja Sveitsiss\"{a}. Erityisesti tutkimuksessa tehd\"{a}\"{a}n lyhyt katsaus siihen, miten toimintojoustavuus on alan kirjallisuudessa m\"{a}\"{a}ritelty ja miten sit\"{a} on mitattu; esitell\"{a}\"{a}n sek\"{a} yksityiskohtaisia tietoja aineiston ker\"{a}\"{a}miseen k\"{a}ytetyst\"{a} kyselylomakkeesta ett\"{a} merkitt\"{a}vi\"{a} ominaisuuksia 30 tutkitusta organisaatiosta; tarkastellaan maiden rajat ylitt\"{a}vi\"{a} todisteita toimintojoustostrategioista; ja lopuksi pyrit\"{a}\"{a}n l\"{o}yt\"{a}m\"{a}\"{a}n yhteyksi\"{a} toimintojoustavuuden ja taloudellisen menestyksen v\"{a}lill\"{a}.},
address = {Helsinki},
author = {Rita Asplund and Jenni Oksanen},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {D21; M54; 330; functional flexibility; economic performance; companies; taloudellinen menestys; toimintojoustavuus; yrityksi\"{a}; Arbeitsmarktflexibilisierung; Kleines-Land-Modell; Niederlande; Finnland; Griechenland; Irland; Schweiz},
language = {eng},
number = {874},
publisher = {The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA)},
title = {Functional flexibility strategies: Evidence from companies in five small European economies},
type = {ETLA Discussion Papers, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA)},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/64017},
year = {2003}
}
