Strategies of Cooperation Managing Alliances, Networks, and Joint Ventures

by Child, John; Faulkner, David; Tallman, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780199266241
• ISBN10: 0199266247
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-12-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Strategic alliances are increasingly common, as many organizations look toward various partnering arrangements. This book is a clear and comprehensive survey by two experienced authors with extensive knowledge of alliances in Europe, Asia, and America. They present different disciplinaryperspectives (economics, strategy, organization theory), and offer numerous examples from the corporate world, all of which combine to create an ideal work for business students and managers alike wishing to understand the challenges of managing alliances.

Author Biography

Stephen Tallman is the E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professor of Business at the Robins School of Business, University of Richmond, Virginia.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Theory and Cooperative Strategies

Economic Perspectives and Motivations

Organizational Perspectives and Motivations

Social Relationships and Trust in Cooperative Strategies

Building Cooperative Strategies

The Process of Alliance Strategy

Partner and Form Selection

Networks and Virtuality

Managing Cooperation

General Management

Ownership, Control, and Governance

Learning and Information Management in Cooperative Ventures

Human Resource Management

Culture

Emerging Markets

Success, Failure, and Change in Cooperative Strategies

Success and Failure in Alliances

Evolution and Change in Alliances

Conclusions and the Future

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