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Contracts and trust in alliances : discovering, creating and appropriating value

Vlaar, Paul W. L. - 2008

Paul Vlaar contends that strategic alliances and other forms of cooperation, such as buyer-supplier relationships, joint ventures and offshoring initiatives, increasingly stand at the basis of competitive advantage. Although contracts and trust play a crucial role in such relationships, prior...

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The economics of the apprenticeship system

Smits, Wendy; Stromback, Thorsten - 2001

recent developments in systems of youth training and the economic theory of contracts. Using contract theory as the common … blend of theory, evidence, and history. It will appeal to scholars in the fields of labour economics and human resource …

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Environmental networks : a framework for economic decision-making and policy analysis

Dhanda, Kanwalroop Kathy; Nagurney, Anna; Ramanujam, Padma - 1999

This original book presents a new basis for environmental policymaking: environmental networks. This framework graphically simplifies the analysis of environmental problems and emphasizes the spatial nature of economic activity and pollution dispersion. The book first discusses the foundations...

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Market failure or success : the new debate

Crampton, Eric (contributor); Cowen, Tyler (contributor) - 2002

Recent years have seen the development of new theories of market failure based on asymmetric information and network effects. According to the new paradigm, we can expect substantial failure in the markets for labor, credit, insurance, software, new technologies and even used cars, to give but a...

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The economics of e-commerce

Baye, Michael R. (contributor); Morgan, John (contributor) - 2016

: Theory, and Evidence from eBay', Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 15 (2), Summer, 353-69 -- Gary E. Bolton …

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The Elgar companion to information economics

Raban, Daphne R. (ed.); Włodarczyk, Julia (ed.) - 2024

"The Elgar Companion to Information Economics dexterously navigates this interdisciplinary field of research which celebrates the crucial contribution of information to decision making, market dynamics, and economic well-being. Offering a wealth of conceptual analysis, this erudite Companion...

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The economics of contracts

Bolton, Patrick (contributor) - 2008

The Economics of Contracts provides a guided tour to the leading ideas in contract theory. It assembles some of the … Oliver D. Hart (1986), 'The Costs and Benefits of Ownership: A Theory of Vertical and Lateral Integration', Journal of …Patrick Bolton and David S. Scharfstein (1990), 'A Theory of Predation Based on Agency Problems in Financial …

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The new institutional economics of markets

Furubotn, Eirik Grundtvig (contributor); … - 2010

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Advances in evolutionary institutional economics : evolutionary mechanisms, non-knowledge and strategy

Hanappi, Gerhard (ed.); Elsner, Wolfram (ed.) - 2008

will appeal to a wide variety of scholars involved in evolutionary and institutional economics, and evolutionary theory. It …

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Technology, information, and market dynamics : topics in advanced industrial organization

Bianchi, Patrizio (ed.); Lambertini, Luca (ed.) - 2003

This timely volume offers a comprehensive assessment of the dynamics of firms' behaviour and organization, providing an essential outline of the ways in which our understanding of firms and markets is evolving. Key topics, such as the interplay between labour and capital, the choice of the...

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