Strategic Alliances and Process Redesign

Effective Management and Restructuring of Cooperative Projects and Networks

Authors: Alexander Gerybadze Publisher: De Gruyter Publication date: 2011 Publication language: Angielski Number of pages: 328 Publication formats: EAN: 9783110871197 ISBN: 9783110871197 Category: Political economy Economic systems & structures Publisher's index: - Bibliographic note: -

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• Part I: Introduction 14
• Introduction: In Search of Useful Theories for Cooperation and Process Redesign 16
• 1. Cooperation and Strategic Alliances: Empirical Evidence and Theoretical Explanations 26
• 1.1 Basic Notions and Definitions for Cooperative Projects 26
• 1.2 Empirical Evidence for Increases and Changes in Cooperative Investment Activity 33
• 1.3 “Classical” Explanations for Cooperation 39
• 1.4 Sustainable Differentiation through Alternative Modes of Organisation 47
• 1.5 Summary 54
• Part II: Theoretical Building Blocs 58
• 2.1 Economic Theory and Strategic Investment Decisions 60
• 2. Strategy, Process Redesign and Organization 60
• 2.2 Wide-Scope vs. Narrow-Scope Economics 64
• 2.3 The Relationship between Strategic Objectives and Processes 68
• 2.4 The Relationship between Processes and Organizational Structure 75
• 2.5 Contract Specification and Endogenous Design of Institutional Structures 83

• Part I: Introduction 14
• Introduction: In Search of Useful Theories for Cooperation and Process Redesign 16
• 1. Cooperation and Strategic Alliances: Empirical Evidence and Theoretical Explanations 26
• 1.1 Basic Notions and Definitions for Cooperative Projects 26
• 1.2 Empirical Evidence for Increases and Changes in Cooperative Investment Activity 33
• 1.3 “Classical” Explanations for Cooperation 39
• 1.4 Sustainable Differentiation through Alternative Modes of Organisation 47
• 1.5 Summary 54
• Part II: Theoretical Building Blocs 58
• 2.1 Economic Theory and Strategic Investment Decisions 60
• 2. Strategy, Process Redesign and Organization 60
• 2.2 Wide-Scope vs. Narrow-Scope Economics 64
• 2.3 The Relationship between Strategic Objectives and Processes 68
• 2.4 The Relationship between Processes and Organizational Structure 75
• 2.5 Contract Specification and Endogenous Design of Institutional Structures 83
• 3. Capital, Time, and Cooperative Contractive Modes 90
• 3.1 The Time-Profile of Project-Related Assets 91
• 3.2 Asset Specificity and Asset Complementarity 100
• 3.3 Generic Contract Modes and Institutional Arrangements 106
• 3.4 A Capital Theoretical Interpretation of the Business Firm 114
• 3.5 A New Interpretation of Cooperation as an Option 118
• 4. Neo-Institutional Explanations for Cooperative Projects and Networks 124
• 4.1 Entry Times and Exit Times and their Relevance for the Analysis of Institutions 125
• 4.2 Advantages and Limits of Integration 132
• 4.3 Extensions of Neo-Institutional Economics to Hybrid Modes of Organization 138
• 4.4 The Network Model of Collaboration 151
• Part III: Project Structuring and Cooperation Design 158
• 5. A Model for Structuring Cooperative Investment Projects 160
• 5.1 Outline of the Model 160
• 5.2 Specification of Goals and Tasks of Independent Agents 165
• 5.3 Distribution of Resources between Independent Agents 174
• 5.4 The Formation of Appropriate Institutional Structures 180
• 5.5 Distributed Ownership and Task-Specific Contractual Arrangements 188
• 6.1 Telecommunication Satellite Technology and its Evolution 196
• 6. Strategic Alliances and Restructuring in the Telecommunication Satellite Industry 196
• 6.2 Decomposing Satellite-Related Business Processes and Industry Restructuring 200
• 6.3 Cooperative Associations for European Satellite Projects 206
• 6.4 Governance Modes for Competitive International Satellite Programs 219
• 6.5 An Industry in Transition: The Case of the German Telecommunication Satellite Industry 230
• 7. Structuring Financial Arrangements for Start-Up Projects 236
• 7.1 Theoretical Reasons for Multilateral Finance 238
• 7.2 Project Finance for Start-Up Companies 243
• 7.3 Syndicated Venturing as Special Form of Multilateral Finance 256
• 7.4 Projects Involving Government as Financier 264
• 7.5 Conclusions for Multilateral Finance 275
• Part IV: Policy Implications 278
• 8.1 The Need for New Cooperative Solutions 280
• 8. New Cooperative Solutions and Public-Private Partnership 280
• 8.2 The Social Dilemma for “Public” Investment and Finance 285
• 8.3 How to Design Complex Collaborative Projects 289
• 8.4 Effective Management of Public – Private Partnerships 292
• 8.5 New Forms of Financing Public – Private Partnerships 297
• 8.6 Some Concluding Principles 302
• References 306
• Index 320

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