Research on the organization of inter-firm relationships has recently moved away from the discussion of equity- vs. non-equity-based forms of governance, turning now towards the examination of contractual design. However, empirical research on the contractual complexity of inter-firm...

In the article "De-Diversification Activities of German Corporations from 1988 to 2002: Perspectives from Agency and Management Fashion Theory", published in sbr in January 2006, Nicolai and Thomas offer some interesting hypotheses and empirical analyses on the occurrence of de-diversifications...