Cooperative strategy : economic, business and organizational issues / edited by David O. Faulkner and Mark de Rond - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000 - xv, 397 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Pt. IV. Cooperative behaviour. 13. National differences acquision integration / Robert Pitkethly, David O. Faulkner, and John Child. 14. Interpersonal relationships in international strategic alliances: cross-cultural exchanges and contextual factors / Paul Olk and P. Christopher Earley. 15. Joint venture trust: interpersonal, inter-group, and inter-firm levels / Steven C. Curral and Andrew C. Inkpen. 16. Trust and control: opposing or complementary functions? / David O. Faulkner- V. Cooperative strategy: the future. 17. Reflections on the study of strategic alliances / Ranjay Gulati and Edward J. Zajac. 18. Concluding thoughts and future directions / David O. Faulkner and Mark de Rond. - Index. Notes on contributors. - Pt. I. Perspectives on cooperative strategy. 1. Perspectives on cooperative / David O. Faulkner and Mark de Rond. 2. Characteristics of UK International joint ventures with triad and non-triad partners / Keith W. Glaister, Rumy Husan, and Peter J. Buckley. - Pt. II. The rationale for cooperation. 3. The theory of the flagship firm / Alan Rugman and Joseph D'Cruz. 4. Transaction (in) efficiency, value (in) efficiency, and inter-firm collaboration / Awop Madbok. 5. Forming and managing shared organization ventures: resources and transaction costs / Stephen Tallman. 6. Differential learning in alliances / Kofi O. Nti and Rajesh Kumar. 7. The firm as differentiator and integrator of networks: layered communities of practice and discourse / Ray Loveridge. - Pt. III. The process of cooperating. 8. From competition to collaboration : the emergence and evolution of R&D cooperatives / Yves L. Doz and Oguz Baburoglu. 9. Implementing cooperative strategy : a model from the private sector / David Boddy, Douglas Macbeth, and Beverly Wagner. 10. Cooperative relationship strategy in global information technology out-sourcing: the case of Xerox Corporation / Thomas Kern and Leslie P. Willcocks. 11. Assessing inter-organizational collaboration : multiple conceptions and multiple methods / Barbara Gray. 12. International joint venture instability and corporate strategy / Jeffrey J. Reuer and Mitchell P. Koza.

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Business networks.
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