Inter-firm co-operation as a regional development potential?

Abstract: In this article the question is examined whether inter-firm cooperation is a potential for the realisation of an endogenous development strategy even under the conditions of increased competition caused by globalisation of economic activities. If cooperation is an endogenous potential in such a regional development strategy the following criteria should be fulfilled: * high tendency to cooperate, a broad base of intraregional cooperation, * no one-sided dependencies between the cooperation partners, * strategic cooperation functions are performed by indigenous partners, * cooperation of indigenous enterprises shows a positive correlation with a firm's success. These criteria were examined in an empirical study focusing on cooperation behaviour in the machinery industry in Lower and Middle Franconia (Northern Bavaria). According to the dominance of small firms in the research area, the exposition focused on the cooperation of small firms with their clients. The following results bec.... https://www.erdkunde.uni-bonn.de/article/view/2359

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Inter-firm co-operation as a regional development potential? ; volume:51 ; number:1 ; year:1997 ; Erdkunde ; 51, Heft 1 (1997)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Lowey, Stefanie

Further information

• DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.1997.01.06
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2410290835140.980741606212
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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