Partnerships : machines of possibility /: machines of possibility. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Niels Åkerstrøm Andersen.
• Other Names: Andersen, Niels Åkerstrøm
• Contents: Partnerships; Contents; List of tables and figures; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Analytical strategy; 2. Articulating partnerships; 3. Outsourcing limits; 4. Contracts and relationality; 5. Contracts as communication; Form of contracts; Contract and functional differentiation; 6. Partnerships as second-order contracts; 7. Partnerships as tentative structural coupling; 8. Partnerships as second-order organisations; Conclusion; References; Index.
• Publisher Details: Bristol, UK : Policy Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 165 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 302.35; Partnership; Strategic alliances (Business); Organizational sociology; Interorganizational relations; Corporate culture; Contracts; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Negotiating; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- General; Contracts; Corporate culture; Interorganizational relations; Organizational sociology; Partnership; Strategic alliances (Business); Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847423146; 1847423140; 1281773255; 9781281773258
• Related ISBNs: 9781847420268; 1847420265
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-159) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.