Scholars have cataloged rigidities in contract design. Some have observed that boilerplate provisions are remarkably …

particular, contract management of defense acquisition programs has been identified as “high risk” - threatening project … disruption of cooperation. In addressing this problem, contract literature has mainly focused on how to improve contracts by … the contract, as a legal mechanism, may obstruct cooperation between the DoD and contractors. It proposes a new normative …

capitalism is governed. As the governance of production shifts from vertical integration to horizontal contract, a puzzle arises … that firms govern their collaborations through a number of new contract mechanisms, the summation of which is a novel … complementary) explanation of how contract governs inter-firm networks, not by downplaying the importance of hold-ups or by …

two economically equivalent contracts - a fixed-term renewable and an open-ended at-will contract. Each contract provides … partners with full flexibility regarding the length and termination of their interaction. When only one contract type is … contract type. However, when both contracts are available offering a fixed-term instead of an open-ended contract is perceived …

contract drafters on how to modify their existing risk and cost contracting clauses and to courts on how best to construe …

determined by the principal's investment in drafting an explicit contract. The model is well suited for analyzing the …