Strategic alliances and process redesign : effective management and restructuring of cooperative projects and networks

Intro -- Part I: Introduction -- Introduction: In Search of Useful Theories for Cooperation and Process Redesign -- 1. Cooperation and Strategic Alliances: Empirical Evidence and Theoretical Explanations -- 1.1 Basic Notions and Definitions for Cooperative Projects -- 1.2 Empirical Evidence for Increases and Changes in Cooperative Investment Activity -- 1.3 "Classical" Explanations for Cooperation -- 1.4 Sustainable Differentiation through Alternative Modes of Organisation -- 1.5 Summary -- Part II: Theoretical Building Blocs -- 2. Strategy, Process Redesign and Organization -- 2.1 Economic Theory and Strategic Investment Decisions -- 2.2 Wide-Scope vs. Narrow-Scope Economics -- 2.3 The Relationship between Strategic Objectives and Processes -- 2.4 The Relationship between Processes and Organizational Structure -- 2.5 Contract Specification and Endogenous Design of Institutional Structures -- 3. Capital, Time, and Cooperative Contractive Modes -- 3.1 The Time-Profile of Project-Related Assets -- 3.2 Asset Specificity and Asset Complementarity -- 3.3 Generic Contract Modes and Institutional Arrangements -- 3.4 A Capital Theoretical Interpretation of the Business Firm -- 3.5 A New Interpretation of Cooperation as an Option -- 4. Neo-Institutional Explanations for Cooperative Projects and Networks -- 4.1 Entry Times and Exit Times and their Relevance for the Analysis of Institutions -- 4.2 Advantages and Limits of Integration -- 4.3 Extensions of Neo-Institutional Economics to Hybrid Modes of Organization -- 4.4 The Network Model of Collaboration -- Part III: Project Structuring and Cooperation Design -- 5. A Model for Structuring Cooperative Investment Projects -- 5.1 Outline of the Model -- 5.2 Specification of Goals and Tasks of Independent Agents -- 5.3 Distribution of Resources between Independent Agents.