This paper uses experimental data to test for a complementary relationship between formal regulations imposed on a community to conserve a local natural resource and nonbinding verbal agreements to do the same. Our experiments were conducted in the field in three regions of Colombia. Each group...

Nowadays, we face new demands that have turned the teamwork into a crucial and stimulating issue. To stand firm in front of the surging pressure on the global market, the organizations should let go of their rigid hierarchical structures, in favor to more flexible organic configuration....