Market – Hierarchy – Networking: Cooperation in Times of Globalization, Fragmentation, and Uncertainty
ISBN:
978-3-631-57526-0
Verlag:
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Land des Verlags:
Deutschland
Erscheinungsdatum:
29.09.2008
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Reihe:
Strukturwandel und Strukturpolitik. Structural Change and Structural Policies.
Format:
Softcover
Seitenanzahl:
244
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Due to globalization and increased competition, many international firms have been adopting outsourcing strategies in order to cut costs by decreasing their degree of vertical integration. However, this strategy causes new problems. For instance, fragmentation of the company’s value chain causes uncertainty with respect to the quality and availability of resources and the reliability of transaction partners. Further, the number of potential transaction partners has increased with the abolishment of trade barriers, which not only increases uncertainty, but also the complexity of the processes. International firms are managing these problems with different organizational structures and contractual arrangements with their transaction partners, while others have been evolutionary emerging.
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Biografische Anmerkung
The Author: Gero Hocker finished his studies in Economics at the University of Bremen in 2007. The author works with an European independent financial advisor.