A legal framework for emerging business models
Subtitle: dynamic networks as collaborative contracts
By: Emily M. Weitzenboeck, Postdoctoral Scholar, Norwegian Research Center for Computers & Law, University of Oslo, Norway
Series: Corporations, globalisation and the law
Publisher: Edward Elgar; Edward Elgar Publishing; Brand: Edward Elgar Pub
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cheltenham, Glos, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 363
ISBN-13: 9781781004654
Subjects: Virtual corporations; Law and legislation; Electronic contracts; Electronic commerce; Business networks; Business enterprises
Description: The book analyses how dynamic networks are organized and set up through, very often, collaborative contracts and how the behaviour of their member firms is regulated. Good faith and fair dealing as a behavioural criterion in contractual and partnership relations, is an important theme of this work. The background and preconditions for the emergence and growth of such business forms is also investigated. The book contains case studies of such networks from different countries in particular Germany, Austria, Switzerland, England and Norway. It examines relevant legal rules in a number of jurisdictions such as England, Norway, Germany, Italy, France and the US.
Notes: Based on author's thesis (doctoral -- University of Oslo, 2012), under the title: Between Contract and Partnership : Dynamic Networks as Collaborative Contracts and more.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-351) and index.
Table of contents: title: Case Studies; title: The Precontractual Stage; title: Post Formation of a Virtual Enterprise : Contractual Issues; title: Internal Relationship between the Parties During Performance : Good Faith as a Behavioural Criterion; title: Partnership Law Issues; title: Contractual Networks; title: Conclusion.