03329oam 2200685I 450 991045514970332120200520144314.00-429-23195-40-203-27666-31-134-73343-71-280-53944-50-203-44340-310.4324/9780203443408 (CKB)111056485530416(EBL)170453(OCoLC)560514480(SSID)ssj0000119775(PQKBManifestationID)11149986(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000119775(PQKBWorkID)10073424(PQKB)10803626(MiAaPQ)EBC170453(Au-PeEL)EBL170453(CaPaEBR)ebr10055955(CaONFJC)MIL53944(EXLCZ)9911105648553041620180331d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe changing boundaries of the firm explaining evolving inter-firm relations /edited by Massimo G. ColomboLondon ;New York :Routledge,1998.1 online resource (287 p.)Routledge studies in business organization and networksDescription based upon print version of record.1-138-86589-3 0-415-15470-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 firmTesting 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; IndexThis 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.Routledge studies in business organization and networksInterorganizational relationsCommunication in organizationsIndustrial concentrationElectronic books.Interorganizational relations.Communication in organizations.Industrial concentration.302.3/5Colombo Massimo G83966MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455149703321The changing boundaries of the firm2290648UNINA