Network Governance: Alliances, Cooperatives and Franchise ChainsThomas Ehrmann, Josef Windsperger, Gérard Cliquet, George Hendrikse 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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Acad Manage administration alignment antecedents assessment back-of-house beehives benefits brand business format franchising certainty equivalent payoff Cliquet coefficient conflict context contract cooperative coordination Corporations Act 2001 Croonen customers decision defined definition Econ economic efficient embeddedness entrepreneurial process entrepreneurship exploitation projects exploration factors failure farmers financial find findings firms first franchise networks franchise system franchisee trust franchisor goals governance Gulati Hendrikse hindsight bias honey Hypothesis identified impact individual influence inter-organizational international retailing Internet knowledge transfer mechanisms literature market entry McDonald’s measures mode choice network effect operational organizational learning partnership performance perspective PLCs pooling ratio positive processor product quality production uncertainty project manager REDgroup reflected relational norms respondents risk risk aversion role self-employed service quality significant social capital specific Strateg Manage strategic alliances success suppliers supply chain network theory transaction costs trustworthiness variables websites Windsperger young alliances