Inter-organizational relations / edited by Steve Cropper, Mark Ebers, and Peter Smith Ring.

Includes bibliographical references.

Volume I. Inter-organizational relations: basic concepts and formation of the field -- Volume II. The structure and governance of inter-organizational relations -- Volume III. Understanding inter-organizational relations in context -- Volume IV. Understanding inter-organizational relations as process -- Volume V. Inter-organizational relations: current debates and future research.

Inter-organizational relations and practices - formal and informal - seem to be everywhere; and the tasks of description, explanation and 'prescription' of inter-organizational arrangements and their attributes have become important scholarly challenges. Turning the spotlight on this profoundly engaging topic, this five-volume set brings together articles from internationally-renowned scholars, seeking to address the various questions that have arisen; the forms of analysis that have developed in the field; the accumulation ...