Cooperative Strategy: Managing Alliances, Networks, and Joint Ventures

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Providing a comprehensive survey of strategic alliances, this book presents different disciplinary perspectives (economics, strategy, organization theory), and many examples from the corporate world. It is useful for business students and managers wishing to understand the challenges of managing alliances.

Cooperation has become the leading strategy adopted by business and other organizations. It is taking on new forms that are adapted to changing market expectations and technological possibilities in the rapidly evolving business environment. This new edition of Cooperative Strategy provides a comprehensive view of the practical and theoretical literature concerning cooperative strategies, and the alliance and network organizational forms that are the enablers of these strategies. It takes the reader through the stages of developing a cooperative alliance, from choosing a cooperative form and selecting partners, to establishing an alliance and managing the process of cooperation. It examines cooperative strategies in different sectors as well as internationally, and discusses performance criteria and evolution of cooperation over time. With insights from internationally recognized experts on cooperative strategy, this book presents extensive research on the topic while also addressing practical issues of alliance management.

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Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Author: John Child (Professor of Management at the Universities of Birmingham and Hong Kong) || David Faulkner || Stephen Tallman (Professor of Strategy at the University of Utah), Oxford University Press, Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 9780199266258
Publication date: 2005-09-29
Pages: 472
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: 190 mm × 246 mm × 24 mm
Weight: 900 g
Country of origin: GB