1st Edition

Interfirm Alliances International Analysis and Design

By Bart Nooteboom Copyright 1999
252 Pages
by Routledge

252 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

Challenging the current flood of mergers and acquisitions this book presents an alternative, more efficient strategy of inter-firm alliances. In the context of recent developments in international business, the discussion takes in alliances between buyers and suppliers, between competitors and between firms in different industries. This theory is illustrated and elaborated with empirical detail... Read more
List of figures, List of tables, Preface, Introduction, Scope and purpose, Overview, Perspective, 1. Theory, 2. The context and purpose of alliances, 3. Forms of alliance, 4. Governance, 5. Buyer-supplier alliances, 6. Summary, Notes, References, Index of authors cited, General index

Biography

Bart Nooteboom is Professor of Industrial Organisation in the Faculty of Management and Organisation, Groningen University, The Netherlands. He has published widely in the fields of industrial and business economics.