This chapter is devoted to an analysis of cooperative relationships, networks, and coopetition. The different types of agreements and the main theoretical approaches of cooperation are presented. The chapter explores the evolution of cooperation within inter-organizational networks and the emergence of other networks such as business ecosystems. The concept of coopetition, defined as the abilit...

A number of experimental studies have shown that the opportunity to punish anti-social behavior increases cooperation levels when agents face a social dilemma. Using a public good experiment, I show that in the presence of counter-punishment opportunities cooperators are less willing to punish free riders. As a result, cooperation breaks down and groups have lower earnings in comparison to a tr...

Coevolution of individual strategies and social ties, in which individuals not only adjust their strategies by social learning but also switch their adverse partners to search for potential beneficial ones, has attracted increasing attention very recently. It is found that the interplay of strategic updating and partner network adaptation can facilitate the escape from the stalemate of cooperat...

I analyze the welfare implications of protecting intellectual property rights (IPRs) in developing countries through its impact on innovation, market structure, and technology transfer. FDI, tariffs, and cooperation are introduced to the strategic IPR literature. In a North-South framework, the Southern government sets the IPR policy strategically by anticipating the Northern firm’s decision on...

A fundamental shift in the future of work is underway, with significant implications for the number, location, and types of jobs. This shift is entangled in a wider set of longerterm transitions. The disruptive nature of this shift presents new policy challenges and carries implications for maintaining the social contract. This paper shares recent examples of global Foresight that have been dev...

Environmental Health Perspectives • VOLUME 114 | NUMBER 10 | October 2006 A 603 The NIEHS Strategic Plan for 2006–2011, New Frontiers in Environmental Sciences and Human Health, lays out a vision for establishing a global effort in the environmental health sciences. A central component of that vision is the establishment of enhanced research capacity in developing nations and cooperation betwee...

Partnership is a strategic decision to aim the common objectives. This article will review strategic decisions and the used tactics by the DAE University in cooperation with the other universities especially, partnership with a virtual university. This case study is focused on the campus that is the international branch of a big university, which has worked more than eight years in Dubai. The D...

Croatian food industry is one of the most signifi cant strategic segments of the whole Croatian industry. However, the largest producers in Croatian food industry are still large lapsed enterprises formed before establishment of market economy. Hence, our purpose is to present the state, role and potential of SMEs inside the industry. Th e analysis of the role of SMEs is shown through data abou...

In management literature the hybrid behavior comprising competition and cooperation has been named coopetition. Whereas a number of authors (Brandenburger & Nalebuff, 1996; Lado, Boyd & Hanlon, 1997; Gnyawali & Madhavan, 2001) have recently emphasized the increasing importance of coopetition for today’s interfirm dynamics, scientific investigation on the issue of coopetition has not gone much f...

Germany has made the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) since its creation an instrument of choice for its policy to combat desertification and drought and for sustainable management of land. More then ten years after the Convention has entered into force in 1996, Germany continues to view it as a key reference point and strategic instrument of its development cooperation.