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| Author: | Bidault, F. Salgado, M. |
| Title: | Stability and Complexity of Inter-Firm Co-operation: The Case of Multi-Point Alliances |
| Journal: | European Management Journal
2001 : DEC, VOL. 19:6, p. 619-628 |
| Index terms: | COMPLEXITY COMPANIES CO-OPERATION ALLIANCES |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The authors examine alliances involving inter-firm co- operation which they term 'multi-point alliances'. These are first defined and considered in varying degrees of complexity. A typology of multipoint alliances is produced, and interviews conducted with French and Spanish corporations followed by a two-stage questionnaire survey of France's largest corporations. The dynamics of multi-point co-operation were then examined. The results include support for the authors' research hypothesis that both business complexity (scope) and organizational complexity (structure) impact the evolution of co-operation: the higher the complexity, the more likely the co-operative arrangement will diverge from its initial objective. |
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