Arbeitspapier

On flexibility

By building on theoretical work by Mills and Schumann (1985) and Ungern-Sternberg (1990) this paper provides evidence on the determinants of two dimensions of flexibility, the flexibility in adjusting aggregate output over time (tactical flexibility) as well as the ability to switch quickly between products (operational flexibility). Econometric analysis of a sample of 40.000 farms in Upper-Austria for the period 1980 to 1990 suggests that larger full-time farms operated by younger, better educated farm operators are more flexible, ceteris paribus. The results further indicate a significant and negative interrelationship between tactical and operational flexibility.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: FE Working Paper ; No. 0003

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
Thema
tactical and operational flexibility
panel data
farm households

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Weiss, Christoph R.
Briglauer, Wolfgang
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Kiel University, Department of Food Economics and Consumption Studies
(wo)
Kiel
(wann)
2000

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Weiss, Christoph R.
  • Briglauer, Wolfgang
  • Kiel University, Department of Food Economics and Consumption Studies

Entstanden

  • 2000

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