Title:Contractual Formalization and Governance of Long-Term Relationships
Author(s):GOBBATO, MarcoDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:In this paper I discuss the relationship between contractual formalization, contractual incompleteness and the governance of long-term relationships. I analyze data on contracts for the production and distribution of goods ...
Title:Contractual Networks and the Access of Small and Medium Enterprises to Global Value Chains
Author(s):JOPPERT SWENSSON, Luana F.Date:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:In the last three decades, the organisation of production has undergone major transformations, characterised by the movement from vertical integration towards de-verticalisation, with the increasing of outsourcing and ...
Title:Contractual Networks and the Small Business Act: Towards European Principles?
Author(s):CAFAGGI, FabrizioDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:In this paper, I address the issue of contractual networks in the European context. The
term “contractual networks” encompasses both multilateral contracts and networks of
linked bilateral contracts. Contractual networks ...
Title:Contractual Networks, Inter-Firm Cooperation and Economic Growth
Author(s):CAFAGGI, FabrizioDate:2011Type of Publication:BookAbstract:This insightful book presents a legal and economic analysis of inter-firm cooperation through networks as an alternative to vertical integration. It examines comparatively various forms of collaboration, ranging from ...
Title:The Contrasting Local Perceptions of Europe: The 2009 milk strike in the French Basque country
Author(s):ITÇAINA, XabierDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:Cahiers du Centre Emile Durkheim/Centre Emile Durkheim Working PapersAbstract:The dairy sector is mostly concerned with market volatility and with the transformations of European regulations. In September, 2009, more than 60,000 European dairy farmers halted or reduced milk deliveries to protest ...