relationships is conducted. Findings – Relationships between formal controls (comprising accounting controls and contracts) and …

design and contents of logistics service performance (LSP) contracts between customer and supplier. Design …/methodology/approach – A case study of four manufacturing companies' way of working with contracts towards their suppliers was conducted …. Findings – Different design and contents of contracts, containing some patterns related to industry, company size and degree of …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how contracts are used to build and develop long‐term relationships … contractual dyads between contractors and fulfillers within the public transport sector. Findings – The analysis of contracts in … the public sector reveals the importance of formal contracts in relationship building, as a result of a number of factors …

In this essay, I will identify one theoretical source of the common antipathy towards form contracts and why it is … misguided. I contend that the hostility towards form contracts stems in important part from an implicit adoption of a promise … contracts can be seen as entirely legitimate-though some form terms may properly be subject to judicial scrutiny that would be …

contracts, we comprehensively document different collusion methods along the lines described by Stigler (1964). Quota cartels …