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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455149703321

Titolo

The changing boundaries of the firm : explaining evolving inter-firm relations / / edited by Massimo G. Colombo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

0-429-23195-4

0-203-27666-3

1-134-73343-7

1-280-53944-5

0-203-44340-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in business organization and networks

Altri autori (Persone)

ColomboMassimo G

Disciplina

302.3/5

Soggetti

Interorganizational relations

Communication in organizations

Industrial concentration

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Some introductory reflections; Alliance capitalism?; Reappraising the eclectic paradigm in an age of alliance capitalism; On knowledge and power in the theory of the firm; Blurring boundaries: new inter-firm relationships and the emergence of networked, knowledge-based oligopolies; Joint ventures, alliances, and hierarchical integration; The evolution of collaborative activity in the firm

Testing theories of joint ventures: Why Japanese investors in the United States choose joint ventures over acquisitionsA simultaneous equations model of technological agreements and infra-mural RD; Technological change and vertical integration: Analysis of international vertical integration in multinational companies; Supply relations; Cost, quality, and learning based governance of buyer-supplier relations; Japanese 'transplant' supplier relations: are they transferable? Should they be?; Customer-subcontractor relationships; Index



Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a distinctive analysis of the relations and interplay between the internal activities of firms, their changing boundaries and increasing reliance on networks and alliances with other firms.