Complexity of Outsourcing Contracts and Ex Post Transaction Costs: An Empirical Investigation

By Jérôme Barthélemy, Bertrand V. Quelin. 2006

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management Information Systems

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The Many Futures of Contracts (2014, background): “…equity investments. empirical work that uses the safeguarding approach examines determinants of contractual completeness and complexity (Barthelemy & Quélin, 2006), as well as safeguarding provisions, including assignment of property rights (Klein Woolthuis, Hillebrand, & Nooteboom,…”
Relational ties or customized contracts? An examination of alternative governance choices in China (2008, background): “Consistent with this logic, Barthelemy and Quelin (2006) find that the greater the uncertainty regarding future needs of the partner, the more elaborate the clauses in the contract to address unexpected contingencies.”
Contract Law and the Governance of Inter-Firm Technology Partnerships - An Analysis of Different Modes of Partnering and Their Contractual Implications (2007, unknown): “As such this paper follows some recent contributions to this journal that study the interaction between organizational and legal implications of inter-firm relationships (Barthélemy and Quélin, 2006; Harrison, 2004; Hennart, 2006; Ring, 1997; Wright and Lockett, 2003).”
Exchange hazards, relational reliability, and contracts in China: The contingent role of legal enforceability (2010, background): “Explicit contracts refer to formal agreements that specify and detail the obligations of each party, such as their roles and responsibilities, performance expectations, monitoring procedures, and dispute resolution processes (Barthelemy and Quelin, 2006).”
Balancing Internal and External Knowledge Acquisition: The Gains and Pains from R&D Outsourcing (2010, unknown): “…the firm (e.g., Barney, 1991; Wernerfelt, 1984), external R&D serves as an instrument to access knowledge resources that may subsequently be redeployed with existing resources in a way superior to a competitor’s deployment (Barthélemy and Quélin, 2006; DeSarbo et al., 2005; Kogut and Zander, 1992).”
Competence- and Integrity-Based Trust in Interorganizational Relationships: Which Matters More? (2018, background): “Scholars have generally acknowledged that these costs uniquely contribute to IOR efficiency (e.g., Barthélemy & Quélin, 2006; Burgers, Hill, & Kim, 1993).”
Process Innovation: Open Innovation and the Moderating Role of the Motivation to Achieve Legitimacy (2018, background): “According to the RBV, external R&D serves as an instrument to acquire knowledge resources that may subsequently be redeployed with existing resources in a way superior to a competitor’s deployment (Barthélemy and Quélin, 2006; Desarbo et al., 2005).”
Improving performance and reducing cost in buyer–supplier relationships: The role of justice in curtailing opportunism (2015, unknown): “…been on economic forces such as contractual safeguarding, shared ownership, investments in relationship-specific assets, andmanagerial governance (Barthelemy & Quelin, 2006; Brown, Dev, & Lee, 2000; Buvik & Reve, 2001; Dahlstrom & Nygaard, 1999; De Vita, Tekaya, & Wang, 2010; Lumineau & Quelin,…”