Eccles(10) has defined an intermediate arrangement called a quasi-firm as a co-ordinated contracting mode which relates a prime contractor, as principal, and a group of sub-contractors, as agents, in a recurring relationship.
Eccles(10) a défini une forme d'arrangement intermédiaire dite quasi-entreprise, laquelle est un mode de sous-traitance coordonnée mettant en relation un entrepreneur principal comme mandant et un groupe de sous-traitants comme agents dans le cadre d'un arrangement renouvelable.