@inproceedings{koplyay_framework_2019,

title = {A framework for understanding illegal business activities, from competition to corruption-The case of snc lavalin},

author = {T. Koplyay and M. Malouin},

editor = {Krejci C. Keathley H. Schott E.},

url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85086287399&partnerID=40&md5=28bb6bb46785cb78b09a7c976aeef250},

isbn = {978-099751956-3 (ISBN)},

year  = {2019},

date = {2019-01-01},

booktitle = {2019 International Annual Conference Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Management and 40th Meeting Celebration: A Systems Approach to Engineering Management Solutions, ASEM 2019},

publisher = {American Society for Engineering Management},

abstract = {Markets go from early stages of entrepreneurial firms, linked to ecosystems to late stage value chains dominated by mature firms. In early stages, pure competition dominates with plenty of market space available to distance the firm from direct competitive pressures and whenever these pressures materialize, the firm can reposition somewhere else in the market and pursue its destiny based on its own competencies. As the market develops and firms start to mature, the competition is partially supplemented with cooperation. The first steps are taken towards common capabilities, or the grouping of several firms' competencies. When these capabilities harden by the time the market reaches the cluster stage, the informal coordination is slowly replaced by active and deliberate collaboration and the first prototype of the value chain emerges. By late stages when market boundaries firm up and the market growth is exhausted, the competitive game becomes a zero sum and firms start displaying strategies of harm towards each other. After a wave of massive M&A, the market is reduced to an oligopoly, where strategies of collusion start to happen. If these activities breach the principles of transparency and accountability, and are abetted by crumbling corporate values, corruption can take hold. This paper will explore the market conditions, external factors and societal tolerance that leads to active and contagious business corruption. We shall rely on the Canadian SNC-Lavalin case to illustrate many points. © American Society for Engineering Management, 2019.},

note = {Journal Abbreviation: Int. Annu. Conf. Proc. Am. Soc. Eng. Manag. Meet. Celebr.: Syst. Approach Eng. Manag. Solut., ASEM},

keywords = {Accountability, Business activities, Collaboration, Collusion, Commerce, Competition, Competitive games, Competitive pressure, Cooperation, Corporate values, corruption, Crime, Entrepreneurial firms, External factors, Firm life cycle and oligopoly, Market condition, Pure competition},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{davoust_decentralized_2012,

title = {Decentralized collaboration with a peer-to-peer wiki},

author = {A. Davoust and A. Craig and B. Esfandiari and V. Kazmierski},

url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84866895000&doi=10.1109%2fCTS.2012.6261064&partnerID=40&md5=723cd1ecec95622fcf952aa0eaa51cdb},

doi = {10.1109/CTS.2012.6261064},

isbn = {978-146731380-3 (ISBN)},

year  = {2012},

date = {2012-01-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems, CTS 2012},

pages = {286–293},

address = {Denver, CO},

abstract = {We report our experience using a peer-to-peer (P2P) wiki system for academic writing tutorials. Our wiki system supports a non-traditional collaboration model, where each participant maintains their own version of the documents. The users share their contributions in the P2P network, which allows them to be exposed to multiple viewpoints, and to reuse each other's work. We collected and analyzed the contributions of the participants to these tutorials, and the results demonstrate the value of this collaboration model. In particular, we found the popularity of a document in the system is correlated with its quality, and the similarity between contributions of peers is a good predictor of future similarities. These properties provide helpful criteria for users to identify valuable material for reuse. © 2012 IEEE.},

note = {Journal Abbreviation: Proc. Int. Conf. Collab. Technol. Syst., CTS},

keywords = {Collaboration, Collaboration models, decentralized, Multiple viewpoints, Non-traditional, P2P network, Peer to peer, Peer to peer networks, Peer-To-Peer, System supports, Wiki},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}