A legal framework for emerging business models : dynamic networks as collaborative contracts / Emily M. Weitzenboeck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weitzenboeck, Emily M.

Series:

Corporations, Globalisation and the Law Series

Corporations, globalisation and the law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commercial law.

Contracts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (386 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The last two decades have witnessed the growth of new forms of entrepreneurial cooperation such as dynamic networks like virtual enterprises and enterprise pools. These business forms are often hybrid, having elements of both contract-based organizations and corporate forms, in particular partnership. This book examines the relative utility of contract and partnership law in fostering and maintaining these emerging business models, focusing on dynamic networks. The book analyses how dynamic networks are organized and set up through, very often, collaborative contracts and how the behaviour of

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and table; Preface; Table of cases; Table of legislation; 1. Introduction; 2. Case studies; 3. The precontractual stage; 4. Post formation of a virtual enterprise: contractual issues; 5. Internal relationship between the parties during performance: good faith as a behavioural criterion; 6. Partnership law issues; 7. Contractual networks; 8. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-69885-4

1-78100-466-8

OCLC:

811635820