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Corporate governance and contractual governance: A model [PDF]

, 1997
In this paper we propose a formalised model which describes the trade-off problems faced by a firm desiring to create a structure of governance that deals both with the problems of supervising the work of its managers (corporate governance) and with the transactional problems arising from its contractual relations with other stakeholders, in particular
Guelpa, Fabrizio
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Contractual corporate governance [PDF]

Companies have the choice to deviate from their national corporate governance standards by opting into another system. They can do so via contractual devices – such as cross-border mergers and acquisitions, (re)incorporations, and cross-listings – which ...
Goergen, M., Renneboog, L.D.R.
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Revisiting the Interplay Between Contractual and Relational Governance: A Qualitative and Meta-Analytic Investigation

Journal of Operations Management, 2015
Although extant literature has shown that formal contracts and relational governance play a key role in interorganizational relationships, the nature of their interplay still remains equivocal.
Fabrice LUMINEAU, Zhi Cao
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The Influence of Relational Experience and Contractual Governance on the Negotiation Strategy in Buyer–Supplier Disputes [PDF]

Journal of Operations Management, 2012
This paper theoretically refines and empirically extends the debate on the type of interplay between relational experience and contractual governance in an under-researched area: supply chain disputes.
Fabrice LUMINEAU
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The effects of project uncertainty on guanxi governance and contractual governance

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 2023
PurposeThis study examines how project uncertainties (environmental uncertainty and participant uncertainty) affect guanxi and contractual governance and assesses the mediating role of guanxi governance between project uncertainty and contractual governance.Design/methodology/approachData were collected in two stages from Chinese contractors. First, in-
Yi-Hsin Lin, Deshuang Niu, Yanzhe Guo, Ningshuang Zeng   +3 more
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Contractualism and Tax Governance: Hobbes and Hume

2019
In early modern history the concept of social contract was developed to establish sovereign authority and citizens’ duty to obey the law. The social contract marks the transition from the state of nature to the civil state. The contract or covenant is concluded by self-interested individuals driven by the fear of death.
Gribnau, Hans, Dijkstra, Carl
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Contractual governance for sustainable service

Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management, 2005
What is contractual governance in a scenario of performance management? When approached from a static viewpoint, contracting is largely connected with the securing of resources, thus acquiring a capacity focus. In this article, we focus on contractual governance as a part of performance management for a stakeholder network in a specific, government ...
Bo Enquist, Mikael Johnson, Carolina Camén   +2 more
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Contractual Governance in Trucking: A Comment

The American Economist, 1994
In an innovative and cogent article, Smith (1993) analyzes the structure of post-deregula tion contracting in the trucking industry, utiliz ing the transactions-cost framework developed by Williamson (1979) and by Klein, Crawford, and Alchian (1978).
Franklin G. Mixon, Kamal P. Upadhyaya
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Relational and Contractual Governance for Innovation

2018
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Springer via the DOI in this record ; While the early years of Information Technology (IT) and business process outsourcing (BPO) were mainly characterized by a quest for cost savings (Loh and Venkatraman 1992; Lacity and Hirschheim 1993) and a focus on core competences (Quinn ...
Oshri, I, Kotlarsky, J, Gerbasi, A
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Contractual Legitimacy in Organizations and Governments

European Journal of Sociology, 1972
In an essay on the Nambikuara of the Mato Grosso, Lévi-Strauss revives in an interesting fashion the problem of the Social Contract. Among the Nambikuara are found the most primitive forms of social and political structure. In the words of Lévi-Strauss: “No social structure is weaker and more fragile than the Nambikuara band” (I).
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