Introduction -- Definitions and theories of collaboration -- Literature review -- Methodology -- Telecommunications and inter-firm collaborations -- A case study on collaboration in the Chinese mobile telecommunication market -- A case study on collaboration in the Australian mobile...

Empirische Analyse von Patentpools -- Handlungsempfehlungen zur Gestaltung von Patentpools -- Adaption und Anwendung des Institutional Analysis and Development Framework für Nutzergemeinschaften immaterieller Ressourcen.

Konzeptionelle Einführung in die Arbeit -- Going international — Unternehmenstätigkeit im Globalisierungszeitalter unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Tourismusbranche -- Kultur, Interkulturalität und interkulturelle Kompetenz -- Pojektrelevante strategische Erfolgsfaktoren im...

The book aims to collect the most recent research and best practices in the cooperative and networking small business field identifying new theoretical models and describing the relationship between cooperation and networks in the small business strategy context. It examines different concepts...

This edited collection brings into focus the meanings, interpretations and the process of value creation in international business. Exploring value creation in the context of emerging and developed economies, Volume 1 takes the perspective of multinational firms and examines various modes of...

This book offers a novel perspective on starting-up new business ventures through examining the process by which they become part of the existing business environment. The book highlights the importance of inter-organizational business relationships. Asserting that new ventures need to interact...

This book systematizes the concepts of business relationships and network embeddedness, taking a new approach to internationalization, relevant for the global economy. It reflects the growing importance of network internationalization theory and explores the impact of embeddedness in domestic...

Presenting 17 tools developed through rigorous design science research, this book bridges the relevance gap within network management. In so doing, it proposes a novel system-framework and establishes a path towards a networks-as-practice view on inter-organizational relationships. The...

This book examines the historic role of professional and demanding military customers in industrial development. Particular emphasis is paid to public procurement of military equipment as a catalyst for innovation; and the civilian commercialization of military technologies (from gunpowder and...

When collaboration works, the results can be breath-taking! But it doesn’t always deliver on its potential. Collaboration has been defined as "an unnatural act practiced by non-consenting adults". And often that’s exactly what it is! Some collaboration can be painfully difficult with the...