Sage Publications Inter-organizational Relations (SAGE Library in Business and Management)

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 of theoretical and empirical knowledge about IOR; the continuing debates; and to offer suggestions about the next generation of research. Overseen by an international team of editors who provide a map of the field through a new comprehensive introduction, this work will be of interest to scholars across a wide range of disciplines, and is structured to reflect both chronology in development of the topic, and the conceptual and empirical knowledge that has accumulated. Volume One: Inter-organizational Relations: Basic Concepts and Formation of the Field Volume Two: The Structure and Governance of Inter-organizational Relations Volume Three: Understanding Inter-organizational Relations in Context Volume Four: Understanding Inter-organizational Relations as Process Volume Five: Inter-organizational Relations: Current Debates and Future Research About the Author Steve Cropper is a Professor of Management in the School of Public Policy and Professional Practice and the Institute for Public Policy and Management at Keele University. He is a Visiting Professor at University of Strathclyde Business School. He received his degree in City and Regional Planning from Dundee University and PhD from UWIST, Cardiff. He was Convenor of the British Academy of Management Special Interest Group on Interorganisational Relations (2002-5), and was Chair of the Organising Committee of MOPAN (Multi-Organisational Partnerships, Alliances and Networks) in 2010. His research focuses on the initiation, stabilisation and sustainability of partnerships for community health and health services development. Mark Ebers is a Professor of Business Administration, Corporate Development and Organisation at Cologne University, Germany. Previously, he served on the faculties of Augsburg University and Paderborn University. He has been a Visiting Professor at Columbia University, Tilburg University, Harvard Business School, Harvard University and Bocconi University. He is an International Visiting Fellow of the ESRC/EPSRC Advanced Institute of Management (AIM) at Strathclyde University, and John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow at Harvard University. His research focuses on the governance and outcomes of inter-organisational relations. Peter Smith Ring is a Professor of Strategic Management in the College of Business Administration, Loyola Marymount University and an International Visiting Fellow of the ESRC/EPSRC Advanced Institute of Management Research. He received his PhD from the Graduate School of Management in the University of California, Irvine, following a career in law. He was awarded an MPA from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, an LLB from the Georgetown University Law Centre and an AB (Cum Laude) from St. Anselm College. He was a Ford Foundation Police Legal Advisor Fellow at Northwestern University′s School of Law from 1996 to 1998. His research focuses on the governance structures and developmental processes of networks and strategic alliances, the roles of trust in transaction processes, contract as an organisational trope, the strategic behaviour of multinational firms and comparative management processes of the public and private sectors.