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Flexible Specialization

Flexible Specialization is a mode of industrial organization in which small- to medium-sized firms achieve competitive advantage through adaptive, collaborative production networks that rapidly respond to changing market demands by combining specialized skills, flexible labor processes, and customized output.

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6.8K

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165

Authors

90

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2017–2026

8

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Publications

109

Post Fordism: A Reader

Capital & Class · 1996 · 605 citations

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Balancing Act: Learning from Organizing Practices in Cultural Industries

Joseph Lampel, Theresa K. Lant, Jamal Shamsie · Organization Science · 2000 · 580 citations

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Flexible Specialization and Regional Industrial Agglomerations: The Case of the U.S. Motion Picture Industry

Michael Storper, Susan Christopherson · Annals of the Association of American Geographers · 1987 · 501 citations

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Disconnected Capitalism: Or Why Employers Can't Keep Their Side of the Bargain

Paul Thompson · Work Employment and Society · 2003 · 477 citations

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Flexible specialization versus post-Fordism: theory, evidence and policy implications

Hirst Paul, Jonathan Zeitlin · Economy and Society · 1991 · 406 citations

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Authors

165

  1. SC
    Susan Christopherson

    Cornell University, United States

    3 publications · 749 citations

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  2. BB
    Boris Braun

    University of Cologne, Germany

    3 publications · 71 citations

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  3. MP
    Meine Pieter van Dijk

    IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Netherlands

    3 publications · 65 citations

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  4. RG
    Reinhold Grotz

    University of Bonn, Germany

    3 publications · 71 citations

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  5. MS
    Michael Storper

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    3 publications · 749 citations

    3

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Institutions

90

  1. University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    722 citations

  2. Birkbeck, University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    960 citations

  3. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. Newcastle University

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    383 citations

  5. University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    71 citations

  6. University of Sussex

    Brighton, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    154 citations

  7. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    88 citations

  8. WZB Berlin Social Science Center

    Berlin, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    42 citations

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  1. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space

    6 publications · 350 citations

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  2. Work Employment and Society

    WES · 5 publications · 684 citations

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  3. European Planning Studies

    5 publications · 145 citations

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  4. Capital & Class

    4 publications · 762 citations

    4

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  5. Enterprise & Society

    4 publications · 78 citations

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