Market – Hierarchy – Networking: Cooperation in Times of Globalization, Fragmentation, and Uncertainty

Gero Hocker author Wolfram Elsner editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Peter Lang AG

Published:29th Sep '08

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Due to globalization and increased competition, many international firms have been adopting outsourcing strategies in order to cut costs by decreasing their degree of vertical integration. However, this strategy causes new problems. For instance, fragmentation of the company’s value chain causes uncertainty with respect to the quality and availability of resources and the reliability of transaction partners. Further, the number of potential transaction partners has increased with the abolishment of trade barriers, which not only increases uncertainty, but also the complexity of the processes. International firms are managing these problems with different organizational structures and contractual arrangements with their transaction partners, while others have been evolutionary emerging.

ISBN: 9783631575260

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 340g

244 pages

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