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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Colombo, Massimo G.

Series:

Routledge studies in business organization and networks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interorganizational relations.

Communication in organizations.

Industrial concentration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : New York : Routledge, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-429-23195-4

0-203-27666-3

1-134-73343-7

1-280-53944-5

0-203-44340-3

9780429231957

OCLC:

560514480