Contractual Networks, Inter-Firm Cooperation and Economic Growth (Hardcover)

This insightful book presents a legal and economic analysis of inter-firm cooperation through networks as an alternative to vertical integration. It examines comparatively various forms of collaboration, ranging from consortia to multiparty joint ventures and from franchising to dealerships.Collaboration among firms of different sizes helps to overcome numerous weaknesses of the modern western industrial systems. It permits the governing of vertical disintegration without increasing fragmentation and transaction costs and allows firms to benefit from resource complementarities, favoring division of labour. The contributing authors, primarily focusing on Europe and the US, address important ways in which legal systems provide a framework for inter-firm coordination. It is clear from the analysis that significant obstacles to collaboration still remain, and the authors call for legal reforms at European and Member States level. This book will prove to be invaluable to academics and law-makers from both economics and law disciplines who are interested in organizational innovation and competitiveness to increase efficiency and redistribute power along the supply chain. Contributors include: C. Aubert de Vincelles, F. Cafaggi, S. Clavel, F. Gomez, S. Grundmann, D. Scalera, S. Whittaker, A. Zazzaro

General

Imprint:	Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2011
Editors:	Fabrizio Cafaggi
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	264
ISBN-13:	978-1-84844-889-6
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Business strategy Books > Law > International law > Private international law & conflict of laws Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Financial, taxation, commercial, industrial law > Commercial law Promotions
LSN:	1-84844-889-9
Barcode:	9781848448896

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