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Trust : forms, foundations, functions, failures, and figures
Nooteboom, B. - 2002
Trust deals with a range of questions such as: what are the roles of trust? What can we trust in? Can trust serve as an instrument for the governance of relations? Is trust a substitute, a precondition or an outcome of contracts? The author then goes on to analyse what trust is based on, what...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419965
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Handbook of economic organization : integrating economic and organization theory
Grandori, Anna (contributor) - 2013
pt. I. The micro-foundations of economic organization : extending behavioral assumptions on knowledge, interest, and rationality -- pt. II. The constitution of economic organization between interacting and contracting -- pt. III. The shaping of economic organization between design and evolution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420121
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Corporate governance, organization and the firm : co-operation and outsourcing in the global economy
Morroni, Mario (contributor) - 2009
In recent years, applied studies have shown widespread, profound and increasing heterogeneity across firms in terms of their strategy, organization arrangement and performance. This book investigates the diversity of business firms, offering a picture of the different organizational settings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851944
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A theory of local entrepreneurship in the knowledge economy
Julien, Pierre-André - 2007
with an academic or professional interest in business and management, entrepreneurship and regional development …
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Business relating business : managing organisational relations and networks
Wilkinson, Ian F. - 2008
relations and networks. It develops the management and policy implications of adopting relationship and network perspectives and … organisations and not just its own skill and resources. The book synthesises thinking from marketing, management, economics and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850589
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Understanding the dynamics of a knowledge economy
Soete, Luc (contributor); Dolfsma, Wilfred (contributor) - 2006
inside a network, or the building of an epistemic community : the Telecom Valley case study / Nathalie Lazaric and Catherine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850947
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The network society : a cross-cultural perspective
Castells, Manuel (ed.) - 2004
to explore the patterns and dynamics of the network society in its cultural and institutional diversity. The book … contributors demonstrate that the network society is the new form of social organization in the Information age, replacing the …pt. 1. The theory of the network society -- pt. 2. The cultural and institutional diversity of the network society …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851279
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Economics, evolution and the state : the governance of complexity
Dopfer, Kurt (contributor) - 2005
This book focuses on the emerging field of evolutionary economic policy, highlighting the interface between the state, markets, and the evolutionary complexity of modern economies. The contributors explore the possibilities and limitations of governance, and provide a unique platform for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851352
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Spatial dynamics, networks and modelling
Reggiani, Aura (contributor); Nijkamp, Peter (contributor) - 2006
modelling the spatial economy, transport networks, industrial dynamics and regional systems. It is argued that modelling network … empirical analysis, this exciting volume offers promising and evolutionary perspectives on the modern spatial network society …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851672
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Networks, governance and economic development : bridging disciplinary frontiers
Landart, Cristina Iturrioz (contributor);  … - 2008
This compact and authoritative book brings together the topical themes of networks and governance to advance understanding of the determinants of local economic development in the context of increasingly global relationships
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851861