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Stability and Complexity of Inter-Firm Cooperation : The Case of Multi-Points Alliances

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  • Francis Bidault
  • Melchior Salgado

    (SAF - Laboratoire de Sciences Actuarielle et Financière - UCBL - Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 - Université de Lyon)

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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 multi-point 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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  • Francis Bidault & Melchior Salgado, 2001. "Stability and Complexity of Inter-Firm Cooperation : The Case of Multi-Points Alliances," Post-Print halshs-00768866, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-00768866
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    1. Régine Cécilia Roche, 2017. "La rénovation du service public hospitalier à l'épreuve des objectifs de performance du réseau territorialisé d'organisations hospitalières : le cas du Groupement Hospitalier de Territoire," Post-Print hal-01633336, HAL.

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