... as into levels of connectivity and steering of collaborative ventures for these partner organizations. Their five-component framework encompasses: Decision making Contracts Collaboration Networks Trust Cross-sector Multi-sector Sectoral alliances, i.e. businesses and government (Gray...

...Carolina Camén; Patrik Gottfridsson; Bo Rundh Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how contracts are used to build and develop long‐term relationships in contexts where trust cannot be expected in advance – i.e. there is a lack of initial trust. Design/methodology/approach...

...Yongtao Tan; Liyin Shen; Weisheng Lu; Qiping Shen Purpose This paper aims to provide a solution that allows a contractor to present its maximum competitiveness in meeting the multiple objectives defined by a project client in bidding for a contract. Design/methodology/approach By applying goal...

...Leah A. Platz; Cecilia Temponi Purpose The purpose of this work is to identify commonalities that exist within the contracts between customer and vendor companies, the nature of the problems commonly associated with these contracts, and to provide a theoretical model that exists between customer...

... Contracts Economic theory Social responsibility Stakeholders Theory In the last decade scholars have called for the creation of a new theory of the firm which would more accurately describe firm behavior by focussing on stakeholder relationships (Brenner > Cochran, 1991; Donaldson...