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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Building and sustaining effective relational contracts in multinational firms

Abstract

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The purpose of this thesis is to demonstrate how complex interactions in organizational transactions and behavior can be better understood by using theory related to relational contracts. Further, given this understanding, suggestions are made as to how firms can increase competitive advantage by building and sustaining better relational contracts in their organizations.

Degree

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Department dc:contributor.department
Sloan School of Management.
Grantor dc:publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Year dc:date.issued
2013

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Bather, Sebastian N. S. (Sebastian Neville Sven)
Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
  • Robert S. Gibbons.

Subjects

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Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.
Language dc:language.iso
eng

Identifiers

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Handle dc:identifier.uri
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/80688
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/80688

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citation

Bather, Sebastian N. S. (Sebastian Neville Sven). Building and sustaining effective relational contracts in multinational firms. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/80688