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Relational Economics

A Political Economy

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  • Introduces a theoretical basis for the governance of relational transactions
  • Presents a research agenda of relational economics
  • Studies the network, stakeholder and leadership mechanisms of global value chains

Part of the book series: Relational Economics and Organization Governance (REOG)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Transaction and Contract

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
    2. Relational Contracts and Goods

      • Josef Wieland
      Pages 27-39
  3. Governance and Polycontextuality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
    2. Governance and Societal Normativity

      • Josef Wieland
      Pages 43-54
    3. Polylingualism and Coding

      • Josef Wieland
      Pages 55-66
  4. The Firm and Polycontextual Management

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
    2. Normativity and Polycontextual Governance

      • Josef Wieland
      Pages 85-103
    3. Leadership and Transculturalism

      • Josef Wieland
      Pages 105-118
  5. Cooperation Rent and Societal Value Creation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
    2. Organisational Cooperation and Rent

      • Josef Wieland
      Pages 121-132
    3. Relational Rent and Societal Value Creation

      • Josef Wieland
      Pages 133-143
    4. Conclusion: Epistemology and Method

      • Josef Wieland
      Pages 155-168

About this book

This book introduces the research agenda of relational economics as a political economy for the governance of local and global economic transactions in modern societies. It analyses the mechanisms of global value creation and production networks by studying cooperation in intra- and inter-firm networks, intersectoral stakeholder management, and transcultural leadership.

The author develops a categorical taxonomy for private and public value creation based on the effective and efficient interlinking of, and interaction between, a range of resources and abilities. In contrast to mainstream economics, which largely focuses on the laws of discrete and dyadic exchange transactions, this book assesses the polyvalent characteristics of relational transactions.

The chief categories involved in an economic theory of the relations between events are the relational transactions and their various forms of governance; the polycontextual cooperation between economic, political andcivil society agents; and the factor incomes and relational rents that relational transactions produce. Today, relational transactions are the rule, not the exception, in modern economies and their global value creation networks. Given its scope and focus, this book will appeal to scholars of economics, economic sociology, organisational studies and related fields.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen, Germany

    Josef Wieland

About the author

Prof. Josef Wieland is the Chair of Institutional Economics, Organizational Governance, Integrity Management & Transcultural Leadership, and Director of the Leadership Excellence Institute Zeppelin (LEIZ) at Zeppelin University, Germany. He is an expert in the field of responsibility, values, and compliance in local and global production networks. With more than 20 years of research experience in the field, he initiated the Forum Compliance & Integrity (FCI). He chaired the German Network of Business Ethics (DNWE) and is a member of, e.g., the National CSR Forum and the jury for the German government’s CSR Award. During Germany’s G20 presidency in 2016/2017, Prof. Wieland co-chaired the working group on “Sustainability in Global Value Chains” as part of the Think20 process. In 2004, he received the highly estimated State Research Prize for Applied Research from the State of Baden-Württemberg. Since 2017, he is Vice-President (Research) of Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen, Germany.


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eBook USD 39.99
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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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Hardcover Book USD 54.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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