How business organizes collectively an inquiry on trade associations and other meta-organizations
"Collective action by firms is a central phenomenon in society, seen for example in standards setting, multi-stakeholder initiatives, and in relation to climate change, environmental and human rights issues. This incisive book reveals how firms set up specific devices, referred to by the author...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Northampton
Edward Elgar Publishing
2020, 2020
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| Series: | New horizons in organization studies series
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBooks Collection Business & Economics - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents: Part 1
- Firms collective action: A synoptic view
- 1. The emergence and evolution of business meta-organizations
- 2. On political and economic problems raised by business meta-organizations
- Part 2
- Within trade associations and other meta-organizations
- 3. Fcads as a mix of heterarchy and hierarchy
- 4. Dynamic analysis of a business meta-organization
- 5. The ways of acting of business meta-organizations
- 6. Other types FCADs
- Conclusion
- References
- Index