contract and the ex-ante capacity reservation contract. By modeling the capacity allocation and the bidirectional contract … capacity allocation is freely negotiated, either contract can improve the alliance's total profit in equilibrium. In terms of …

control • dialectical tensions stemming from contract application • standardization of contracting practices. By exploring … contracting -- ch. 6. Duality and dialectic tensions -- ch. 7. Contract standardization -- ch. 8. Governance trajectories -- ch. 9 … advances a more integrative framework. He probes issues such as: • the tension between the need and the ability to contract …