This paper argues that the existence of knowledge-intensive firms pose puzzelments for the contractual theories of the firm. For example, in knowledge-intensive firms physical assets are widely absent, the nature of employment relations and assetownership are much less clear compared to industrial firms. Although knowledge-intensive firms account for a growing share in wealth-creation and emplo...

In contrast to prior studies examining strategic alliances as a discrete governance structure (e.g., alliance versus M&A), we investigate their particular contractual features. A focus on the contractual provisions that firms employ in alliances also permits a more finegrained understanding of alliance design relative to broad taxonomies of collaborative agreements that are currently in use (e....

This article focuses on the issues of arbitrability disputes territory Republic Uzbekistan. The categories contractual and non-contractual nature are considered in detail through prism their accordance with current legislation Uzbekistan introduction precise regulatory legal acts. targets both law school students practicing lawyers field arbitration state proceedings.

This study investigates contracting mechanisms in situations of opportunistic disputes between organizations. The authors specifically explore the relationships between the formal versus informal nature of opportunism and the formal versus informal nature of contractual governance. They use a unique data set of 102 buyer– supplier disputes to explore in depth different types of opportunism – th...