The Cooperative Edge: The Internal Politics of International Cartels by Debora L. Spar (1994, Hardcover)

Key Details
Author:	Debora L. Spar
Language:	English
Publisher:	Cornell Univ Pr
Series:	Cornell Studies in Political Economy
Format:	Hardcover
ISBN-10:	0801426588
ISBN-13:	9780801426582

Size
Height:	9.5 in
Width:	6.5 in
Thickness:	1.2 in
Weight:	21.6 oz

Publisher's Note
Spar (Harvard Business School) examines four markets diamonds, uranium, gold, and silver all of which possess similar structural characteristics and theoretically should be similarly amenable to the formation of a cartel. Her interest is in the fact that they don't display such similarity, and she studies the internal organization of the competitors themselves to find out why some are better equipped to deal with the rigors of cooperation. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Why does international cooperation work for some enterprises and not for others? And what distinguishes the few that succeed from the majority that fail? In this tough-minded, lucid book, Debora L. Spar finds answers to these questions when she examines four commodity cartels. Along the way, she tells some intriguing stories of skulduggery and collusion.