Boyce Co-operative Structures in Global Business

Communicating, Transferring Knowledge and Learning across the Corporate Frontier
Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-1-134-60610-8
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge International Studies in Business History

Using a series of twelve historical case-studies that are based on extensive archival research, this book explains why firms succeed or fail in communicating or transferring knowledge and discovering new expertise. By analysing how workable trade-offs between opposing forces have been achieved in the past, this study provides a set of guidelines for executives who embark upon inter-firm projects.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boyce, Gordon H.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

2. Agency agreements in international business: a dynamic model of shipowner-agent relations, 1870-1939

3. A family-based network: the Holt-Swire-Scott connection, decision support systems and staff development

4. A multinational joint-venture: Orient Paint, Varnish and Colour Co., 1932-49

5. A purchasing co-operative: the steel manufacturer's nickel syndicate, 1902-39

6. A licensing pyramid: the John Brown company and International Curtis Marine Turbine Inc. 1908-1929

7. A technology transfer agreement: Babcock and Wilcox, 1880-1970

8. Learning within an inter-organisational group: Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand and oil propulsion, 1912-1939

9. A joint exploration venture: WMC and Hanna/Homestake 1960-1972

10. Contracts based on knowledge: the J. Walter Thompson company and Unilever - compounding intangible assets, 1900-1970

11. An Australian supplier chain: the New South Wales Bottle Company, 1912-1970

12. Hollywood networks, 1970-1999

Conclusion: inter-form relationships