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    Franchising, Cooperatives and Strategic Alliances

    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    The organization of interfirm networks, such as alliances, cooperatives, franchise and retail chains, has become an important research topic in the field of economics, marketing, strategic management, and organization theory. This book contributes to the literature on formal and informal inter-organizational governance by providing new insights on contract design, ownership, evolution of ... Read more

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  • Network Governance

    Alliances, Cooperatives and Franchise Chains

    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    The current book on Nework Governance contributes to the literature by offering new perspectives on network goals and performance, inter-organizational learning and trust in alliances, corporate governance issues in cooperatives, governance of cross-border retail networks, contract design and governance innovations in cooperatives and fanchising. ... Read more

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  • Management and Governance of Networks

    Franchising, Cooperatives, and Strategic Alliances

    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This book highlights cutting-edge research in the economics and management of networks as an interdisciplinary field, offering new theoretical, empirical and practical perspectives on the management, governance, ownership and control of cooperatives, franchising networks and strategic alliances. Further, it presents a strategic group perspective on franchisers and discusses both social ... Read more

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