Towards a model of governance in complex (product-service) inter-organizational systems

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1155-1164

  Roehrich, Jens K ^a   Lewis, Michael A ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; Contracts; Inter organizational governance; Product service systems; Trust

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS MODELS; CAPITAL ASSET; COMPLEX PRODUCTS; COMPLEXITY; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL GOVERNANCE; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS; INTERORGANIZATIONAL INTERACTION; LEVELS OF ANALYSIS; MULTI-LEVEL INTERACTIONS; POLICY MAKERS; PRODUCT-SERVICE SYSTEMS; RELATIONAL MECHANISMS; TRUST; VALUE CHAINS;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLICY MAKING; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; SERVICE SECTOR; SUBCONTRACTING;

EID: 78649799804     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446191003762249     Document Type: Article

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