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On the Nature, Formation, and Maintenance of Relations Among Organizations
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A relationship between two or more organizations is a social action system because it exhibits the basic properties of any organized form of collective behavior as discussed by the authors, and it is defined as a social structure and process that defines and evaluates the characteristics of interorganizational relationships.Abstract:
A relationship between two or more organizations is a social action system because it exhibits the basic properties of any organized form of collective behavior. Dimensions commonly used to examine social structure and process are appropriate for defining and evaluating the characteristics of inter-organizational relationships. A theory is developed on how and why relationships between organizations voluntarily emerge and are maintained.read more
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Developmental Processes of Cooperative Interorganizational Relationships
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Corporate culture, customer orientation, and innovativeness in Japanese firms : a quadrad analysis
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