@techreport{Schmidt1998Emerging,
abstract = {Although an extensive amount of literature reviews emerging patterns of  east-west co-operation, it is not easy to grasp the state of the art. Too  many of the books, articles and papers tend to mark the trees rather  than to map the forest.  The paper analyses recent trends from the point of view of modern economics  which emphasizes the growing use of a wide variety of new  types of co-operative mechanisms between firms in organizing international  business. It takes an appraising look at the outcome of a recent  research project of a group of scholars from east and west.  The paper comes to the conclusion that east-west integration is proceeding  at a considerable rate. But it is dominated by shallow modes   by arm's length transactions and contract work. To a certain extent, this  might reflect new patterns of inter-firm co-operation. But this might also  be an indication that co-operation with partners in CECTs is still in a flat  state. Eastern firms find it hard to obtain an adequate position in international  networks. Their lack of competence, reliability and reputation is  often an insurmountable barrier. Accordingly, they must improve upon  their technological and organizational standards to be considered by  western firms as competent, reliable and trustworthy and, hence, equal  partners in collaborational networks.},
address = {Kiel},
author = {Klaus-Dieter Schmidt},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {D2; D8; F02; F1; F2; F14; F15; F23; 330; Internationale Unternehmenskooperation; Unternehmensnetzwerk; Organisationstheorie; Neue Institutionen\"{o}konomik; Osteuropa; Westliche Staaten},
language = {eng},
number = {882},
publisher = {Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)},
title = {Emerging East-West collaborative networks: An appraisal},
type = {Kiel Working Papers},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/47114},
year = {1998}
}
