Cooperating for the Future: A Case Study of the Ashkelon Desalination Plant
@inproceedings{Ziv2010CooperatingFT,
title={Cooperating for the Future: A Case Study of the Ashkelon Desalination Plant},
author={Sarina Traci Ziv},
year={2010}
}The purpose of this thesis was to determine when it could be advantageous for two competing technology companies to cooperate with one another. To answer this question, an illustrative case study of the Ashkelon desalination plant was analyzed against traditional theories and, once those theories were proven to be insufficient, a more refined contingency approach of cooperating for the future was proposed. This thesis’ study revealed that a competing technological company can cooperate with a…
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