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Book Review: Cooperative Strategy

This book describes six reasons why firms seek to establish cooperative networks: 1) Certainty 2) Flexibility 3) Capacity 4) Speed 5) Skills and Competence 6) Intelligence. Five degrees of networks can be discerned: 1) Equal-partner network 2) Unilateral agreements 3) Dominated network 4) Virtual corporation, and 5) Strategic alliance.

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
Transport Network Disruption
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BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Book Review: Virtual Teams
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REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
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