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Trust, Power and Control in Trans-Organizational Relations (2001)
Journal Article
Bachmann, R. (2001). Trust, Power and Control in Trans-Organizational Relations. Organization Studies, 22(2), 337-365. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840601222007

This paper analyzes trust and power as means of co-ordinating trans-organizational relationships. It is argued that, depending on the institutional environment, there are two distinct patterns of controlling relationships, where trust and power are i... Read More about Trust, Power and Control in Trans-Organizational Relations.

Review of 'Global Players in lokalen Bindungen. Unternehmensglobalisierung in soziologischer Perspektive' by Andrea Eckardt, Holm-Detlev Köhler, Ludger Pries (eds.). Berlin: Edition Sigma, 1999 (2001)
Journal Article
Bachmann, R. (2001). Review of 'Global Players in lokalen Bindungen. Unternehmensglobalisierung in soziologischer Perspektive' by Andrea Eckardt, Holm-Detlev Köhler, Ludger Pries (eds.). Berlin: Edition Sigma, 1999. KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 53(4), 799-801. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11577-001-0125-z

Co-operation at work: a process-oriented perspective on joint activity in inter-organizational relations (2000)
Journal Article
Wehner, T., Clases, C., & Bachmann, R. (2000). Co-operation at work: a process-oriented perspective on joint activity in inter-organizational relations. Ergonomics, 43(7), 983-997. https://doi.org/10.1080/001401300409161

In this paper the authors present a conceptual framework for analysing cooperation between organizations as a situated process, highlighting co-operation, co-ordination and co-construction as different modes of joint activity. Within this framework,... Read More about Co-operation at work: a process-oriented perspective on joint activity in inter-organizational relations.

Trust - Conceptual Aspects of a Complex Phenomenon (1998)
Book Chapter
Bachmann, R. (1998). Trust - Conceptual Aspects of a Complex Phenomenon. In C. Lane, & R. Bachmann (Eds.), Trust Within and Between Organizations. Conceptual Issues and Empirical Applications (298-322). Oxford University Press

Review of 'Integrating Technology. Expertise and Innovation - Information Technology Strategies in the Financial Services Sector' by R. Fincham, J. Fleck, R. Procter, H. Scarbrough, M. Tierney and R. Williams. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 1994 (1997)
Journal Article
Bachmann, R. (1997). Review of 'Integrating Technology. Expertise and Innovation - Information Technology Strategies in the Financial Services Sector' by R. Fincham, J. Fleck, R. Procter, H. Scarbrough, M. Tierney and R. Williams. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. Organization, 4(3), 433-435. https://doi.org/10.1177/135050849743007

Contract Law, Social Norms and Inter-firm Cooperation (1997)
Journal Article
Arrighetti, A., Bachmann, R., & Deakin, S. (1997). Contract Law, Social Norms and Inter-firm Cooperation. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 21(2), 416-440. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.cje.a013665

This paper analyses the regulation of inter-firm contracting in Germany, Britain and Italy. Contrary to earlier empirical studies and to models drawn from transaction-cost theory, we find that contract law may play an important role in underpinning l... Read More about Contract Law, Social Norms and Inter-firm Cooperation.

Co-operation in Inter-Firm Relations in Britain and Germany: The Role of Social Institutions (1997)
Journal Article
Lane, C., & Bachmann, R. (1997). Co-operation in Inter-Firm Relations in Britain and Germany: The Role of Social Institutions. The British Journal of Sociology, 48(2), 226-254. https://doi.org/10.2307/591750

The first part of the paper will theoretically examine the social function of trust, the preconditions of the production of trust and the possibility of reconstructing power as a mechanism functionally similar to trust. The second part of the paper i... Read More about Co-operation in Inter-Firm Relations in Britain and Germany: The Role of Social Institutions.

The Social Constitution of Trust: Supplier Relations in Britain and Germany (1996)
Journal Article
Lane, C., & Bachmann, R. (1996). The Social Constitution of Trust: Supplier Relations in Britain and Germany. Organization Studies, 17(3), 365-395. https://doi.org/10.1177/017084069601700302

Trust is analysed as a means to reduce uncertainty and risk in vertical inter-firm relationships. Both theoretically and with reference to empirical comparative research (Britain and Germany), it is shown that trust-based relations between buyer and... Read More about The Social Constitution of Trust: Supplier Relations in Britain and Germany.