Co-operative structures in global business [e-book] : communicating, transferring knowledge, and lea...
Co-operative structures in global business [e-book] : communicating, transferring knowledge, and learning across the corporate frontier / Gordon H. Boyce.
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London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.
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English
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1 online resource (258 p.)
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; Preface; The theoretical and historical context; Agency agreements in international business: dynamic model of shipowner agent relations, 1870 1939; A family-based network: the Holt Swire Scott connection, decision-support systems and staf...
A technology transfer agreement: Babcock Wilcox, 1880 1970Learning within an inter-organisational group: the Union Steamship Co. and oil propulsion, 1912 39; A joint exploration venture: Western Mining Corporation and Hanna/Homestake, 1960 72; Contracts based on knowledge: the J. Walter Thompson...
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London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.
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England
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2001.
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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 fo...
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Co-operative structures in global business [e-book] : communicating, transferring knowledge, and learning across the corporate frontier / Gordon H. Boyce.
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Routledge international studies in business history ; 9
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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English
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0-203-18767-9
1-134-60609-5
1-134-60610-9
0-203-25218-7
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338.87
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991023910850302626