LEADER 03757nam 22006374a 450 001 9910454980803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-429-22860-0 010 $a1-280-33350-2 010 $a9786610333509 010 $a0-203-02248-3 010 $a0-203-15937-3 035 $a(CKB)111004366677644 035 $a(EBL)165335 035 $a(OCoLC)171114794 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000180901 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11182475 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000180901 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10157988 035 $a(PQKB)11722921 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC165335 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL165335 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr5003263 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL33350 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004366677644 100 $a19981116d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aInterfirm networks$b[electronic resource] $eorganization and industrial competitiveness /$fedited by Anna Grandori 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d1999 215 $a1 online resource (334 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in business organization and networks ;$v11 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-00729-3 311 $a0-415-20404-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Interfirm Networks: Organization and Industrial Competitiveness; Copyright; Contents; Tables and Figures; Contributors; Introduction: Interfirm networks: Organizational mechanisms and economic outcomes; Part 1 Differentiated interests, coordination mechanisms and fairness outcomes; 1 The rules of the game in industrial districts; 2 The fairness properties of interfirm networks; 3 Inside partnership: Trust, opportunism and cooperation in the European automobile industry; Part 2 Differentiated competences, coordination mechanisms and learning outcomes 327 $a4 The dynamic efficiency of networks5 Interorganizational relations in the Modena biomedical industry: A case study in local economic development; 6 Industry clusters as commercial, knowledge and institutional networks: Opto-electronics in six regions in the UK, USA and Germany; 7 Organizational learning and the role of the network broker in small-firm manufacturing networks; 8 Dangerous liaisons: Sharing knowledge within research and development alliances; Part 3 The externalities of networks; 9 The costs of networked organization 327 $a10 Credit rationing among small-firm networks in the London and New York garment industries11 The dark side of dense networks: From embeddedness to indebtedness; 12 Japanese interfirm networks: 'High-trust' or relational access'?; Index 330 $aThis volume examines the nature of interfirm networks and their role in promoting industrial competitiveness. Where previous work in this area has tended to be descriptive, the distinguished contributors to this volume present a balanced theoretical and empirical approach to interfirm networking drawing on a variety of international case studies. Issues covered include:* The role of networks in regulating conflict and producing co-operation* The role of networks in developing knowledge and competences* Network governance and conflict intensive networks 410 0$aRoutledge studies in business organization and networks ;$v11. 606 $aBusiness networks 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBusiness networks. 676 $a658.4/095 701 $aGrandori$b Anna$089594 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454980803321 996 $aInterfirm networks$92205944 997 $aUNINA