The 20th century has witnessed the de-verticalization of production and the rise of collaborative agreements in both the biopharma and manufacturing sectors. Prior scholarship has led to a rich inquiry into these collaborations with different explanations for their governance and contracts. Some highlight the agreements for their ability to build trust. Others emphasize the ability of these agreements to bring the efficient benefits of a hierarchy to agreements between firms. Still others rationalize the agreements as a mechanism for institutionalizing learning.
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to join the School of Law for the 2024 LEET Symposium on the topic of “Relational Contracting in the New Industrial Policy” Friday, Nov. 8, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Moot Courtroom (A59).
This symposium will bring together many of the key scholars in the field to address network contracts and new governance strategies for the innovation sphere. It will also examine network failures.