%0 Journal Article %T Analyse des effets ¨¦conomiques de la semaine comprim¨¦e et des horaires flexibles sur l¡¯entreprise %A Lagana %A Antonio %A Proulx %A Pierre-Paul %J - %D 1975 %R https://doi.org/10.7202/800611ar %X This theoretical article examines the economic effects of compressed and variable work week upon industry. After a definition of the terms of a review of relevant literature, it presents a model which provides some insight into the reasons why management has often taken the initiative in proposing such changes in working hours. It then develops a testable theoretical and empirical model concerning the effects of changes in the work week upon productivity costs and profits in industry %U https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/ae/1975-v51-n1-ae3130/800611ar/