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"Si vis pacem, para bellum" - the construction of business cooperation in the Swiss machinery industry

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2017
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Eichenberger, P., & Ginalski, S. (2017). “Si vis pacem, para bellum” - the construction of business cooperation in the Swiss machinery industry. Socio-Economic Review, 15(3), 615–635. https://doi.org/10.1093/ser/mww037

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This article addresses the historical emergence of business cooperation. We resort to Höpner’s (2007) concepts of organization and coordination in order to analyze how firms progressively engaged in Business Interest Associations (BIAs) and interlocking directorates during the first part of the 20th century. Our inquiry is based on a network analysis on large firms of the Swiss machine, electrotechnical and metallurgy (MEM) sector. Our results show that before the First World War, only major firms were promoting coordination and organ

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  • Eichenberger, Pierre
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  • Ginalski, Stephanie
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15

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3

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615

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635

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English

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2017-07

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2018-03-29

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1475-1461

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Green

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49 since deposited on 2018-03-29
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179 since deposited on 2018-03-29
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Eichenberger, P., & Ginalski, S. (2017). “Si vis pacem, para bellum” - the construction of business cooperation in the Swiss machinery industry. Socio-Economic Review, 15(3), 615–635. https://doi.org/10.1093/ser/mww037

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