Cooperation and competition in the context of organic and mechanic worldviews - A theoretical and case based discussion

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-32

  Ims, Knut J ^a   Jakobsen, Ove D ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b Graduate School of Business   (Norway)

Author keywords

Collusion; Competition; Cooperation; Fair trade; Mechanistic worldview; Organic worldview; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747134136     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9055-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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