Ebook: Network Governance: Alliances, Cooperatives and Franchise Chains

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.

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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.

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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.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Coordinating Inter-organizational Learning Throughout Alliance Evolution....Pages 11-32
Network Embeddedness and Performance of Joint R&D Projects....Pages 33-50
The Impact of Relational Norms on Key Relational Outcomes in Supplier–Buyer Relationships....Pages 51-72
The Impact of Trust on the Choice of Knowledge Transfer Mechanisms in Clusters....Pages 73-85
International Market Expansion of Retail Networks: Determinants of Market Entry Failures....Pages 87-106
Networks and Their Goals: Implications for Strategic Chain Management....Pages 107-123
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
The Resilience of the Cooperative Form: Cooperative Beehiving by Swedish Cooperatives....Pages 127-147
Collective Entrepreneurship and Rural Development: Comparing Two Types of Producers’ Organizations in the Ethiopian Honey Sector....Pages 149-169
CEO Incentive Provision in Cooperatives: The Impact of Membership Size and Heterogeneity....Pages 171-178
Uncertainties and Governance Structure in Incentives Provision for Product Quality....Pages 179-203
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
What Makes Franchisees Trust Their Franchisors?....Pages 207-229
Franchisees’ Websites and Concept Uniformity: A New Challenge for Franchisors....Pages 231-254
Can Service Quality Be Standardized in a Franchise Network? The Case of McDonald’s in Egypt....Pages 255-268
Quasi-Franchising: A New Model for Strategic Business Cooperation....Pages 269-286
Entrepreneurial Processes of the Finnish Franchisee Training Program’s Graduates....Pages 287-312
The Failure of Pre-purchase Disclosure to Protect Franchisees of a Franchisor in Administration....Pages 313-334
Introducing “Network Governance: Alliances, Cooperatives and Franchise Chains”....Pages 1-7

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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.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Coordinating Inter-organizational Learning Throughout Alliance Evolution....Pages 11-32
Network Embeddedness and Performance of Joint R&D Projects....Pages 33-50
The Impact of Relational Norms on Key Relational Outcomes in Supplier–Buyer Relationships....Pages 51-72
The Impact of Trust on the Choice of Knowledge Transfer Mechanisms in Clusters....Pages 73-85
International Market Expansion of Retail Networks: Determinants of Market Entry Failures....Pages 87-106
Networks and Their Goals: Implications for Strategic Chain Management....Pages 107-123
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
The Resilience of the Cooperative Form: Cooperative Beehiving by Swedish Cooperatives....Pages 127-147
Collective Entrepreneurship and Rural Development: Comparing Two Types of Producers’ Organizations in the Ethiopian Honey Sector....Pages 149-169
CEO Incentive Provision in Cooperatives: The Impact of Membership Size and Heterogeneity....Pages 171-178
Uncertainties and Governance Structure in Incentives Provision for Product Quality....Pages 179-203
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
What Makes Franchisees Trust Their Franchisors?....Pages 207-229
Franchisees’ Websites and Concept Uniformity: A New Challenge for Franchisors....Pages 231-254
Can Service Quality Be Standardized in a Franchise Network? The Case of McDonald’s in Egypt....Pages 255-268
Quasi-Franchising: A New Model for Strategic Business Cooperation....Pages 269-286
Entrepreneurial Processes of the Finnish Franchisee Training Program’s Graduates....Pages 287-312
The Failure of Pre-purchase Disclosure to Protect Franchisees of a Franchisor in Administration....Pages 313-334
Introducing “Network Governance: Alliances, Cooperatives and Franchise Chains”....Pages 1-7
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