Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introductory remarks on the phenomenon of business networks and on this volume / Stefanie Jung, Peter Krebs -- Cooperation gains from network goods / Johannes Glückler, Ingmar Hammer -- Company networks reloaded : putting a general functional approach to defining complex problems to the test / Peter Krebs, Katja Aedtner, Marion Schultes -- The modular system of network activities / Peter Krebs, Stefanie Jung, Katja Aedtner, Marion Schultes -- Governance structures in business networks / Peter Krebs, Stefanie Jung -- Network-like organisations: on their distinction and meaning exemplified by the co-operation in construction / Katja Aedtner -- Company networks and the dichotomy and statics of competition law : a combined dynamic control of conduct and structure as a solution approach / Marion Schultes -- Economic analysis of value-added networks : a holistic approach to the competitive effects of vertical agreements / Jonatan Prosenjak -- Company networks in the light of european market power / Hermann Dück, Alexander Eufinger, Marion Schultes -- The scope of loyalty duties in dynamic networks / Emily M. Weitzenboeck -- A frame for business networks governance / Carlos Gómez Asensio -- Contractual business networks: interpretation criteria and axiological perspective / Camilla Crea -- Virtual enterprises : liability problems in one- and multi-level networks / Katja Aedtner, Gunther Teubner -- Interface-liability : tortious joint liability towards third parties of network-like cooperating companies, and at the same time a contribution to liability in cases of multi-causation / Maximilian Becker.