Strategic management research is about explaining why some firms continuously outperform others. Recent research has been focusing on the study of alliances as vehicles to boost competitive - or better: collaborative - advantage. Moving beyond the dyadic level, corporate networks have become a...

The current book on Nework Governance contributes to the literature by offering new perspectives on network goals and performance, inter-organizational learning and trust in alliances, corporate governance issues in cooperatives, governance of cross-border retail networks, contract design and...

This publication focuses on the conditions for promising collaboration. Collaboration is becoming a dominant instrument in today's economy and society and manifests itself in many shapes and forms. It is a challenging instrument which still isn't very well understood and poses the business...

The organization of interfirm networks, such as alliances, cooperatives, franchise and retail chains, has become an important research topic in the field of economics, marketing, strategic management, and organization theory. This book contributes to the literature on formal and informal...

Organisationstheoretische Untersuchung strategischer Unternehmensnetzwerke -- Strategische Unternehmensnetzwerke und ihre Bedeutung in Theorie und Praxis -- Marketingtheoretische Untersuchung strategischer Unternehmensnetzwerke -- Marketing-Konzeption des strategischen Unternehmensnetzwerks --...

Verrechnungspreissysteme für Unternehmungsnetzwerke -- Kooperationen von Logistikdienstleistern -- Verrechnungspreissysteme für Speditionsnetzwerke -- Simulationsgestützte Gestaltung und Bewertung von Verrechnungspreissystemen für Stückgutnetzwerke -- Exemplarische Analyse des Prototyps --...

Strategische Netzwerke als Chance für KMU -- Stand der Erfolgsfaktorenforschung von Kooperationen -- Gestaltung eines Interaktionsmodells -- Empirisches Forschungsdesign -- Präzisierung der Erfolgsfaktoren strategischer KMU-Netzwerke und Handlungsempfehlungen -- Leitsätze zum...

The design and management of networks have become very important research topics in the field of organizational economics and management. Emphasizing this research as a theory-driven field, this book presents research results on efficiency and performance of franchising networks and joint...

Tobias Buchmann analyzes innovation network dynamics in the German automotive industry. The study is based on a model for analyzing the complex evolution of innovation networks and the driving mechanisms underlying network evolution derived from theoretical and empirical findings in innovation...