FROM THE “DREAM OF OPPORTUNITIES” TO THE “NIRVANA OF TRUST”: ISSUES FOR A FRAMEWORK ON COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT STABILITY

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  • Paulo Antônio Zawislak Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - Porto Alegre, RS

Keywords:

competition and cooperation, cooperation stability, strategic alliances, networks, cooperativeness

Abstract

In the era of hyper-competition, rather than simply coping with dynamic technological capabilities, firms are supposed to have relationship capabilities. Cooperation seems to emerge as an overall option for competitiveness. But a question still remains: is cooperation really cooperative? This paper intends to establish a theoretical approach to the explanation of such dilemma and to propose a framework for issues related to stable cooperation among firms. Strategic alliances and networks are the main options. The difference from one to the other will be the combination of opportunism-trust vis-à-vis techno-economic asset interdependence.

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Author Biography

Paulo Antônio Zawislak, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - Porto Alegre, RS

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Published

2013-07-29

How to Cite

Zawislak, P. A. (2013). FROM THE “DREAM OF OPPORTUNITIES” TO THE “NIRVANA OF TRUST”: ISSUES FOR A FRAMEWORK ON COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT STABILITY. Electronic Review of Administration, 10(6). Retrieved from https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/read/article/view/41441

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 6 (2004): Edição 42 - Especial - nov/dez 2004

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