Management and Governance of Networks
Franchising, Cooperatives, and Strategic Alliances
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Beschreibung
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 entrepreneurship issues in franchising and franchising strategies for Indigenous entrepreneurship in Australia. Lastly, it offers a dynamic capabilities approach to alliance portfolio management and analyses the antecedents of the transitions taking place in the lifecycles of alliances.
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 entrepreneurship issues in franchising and franchising strategies for Indigenous entrepreneurship in Australia. Lastly, it offers a dynamic capabilities approach to alliance portfolio management and analyses the antecedents of the transitions taking place in the lifecycles of alliances.
Shows how franchisers build strategic groups to create competitive advantage Argues that alliance portfolio capabilities are a key strategic asset and formal control improves franchiser performance Establishes that complementarities between ownership and investment in cooperatives loosen equity constraints Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Autor*in
George W. J. Hendrikse
Themen in »Management and Governance of Networks«
Buyer-supplier Relationships Cooperatives Franchise Chains Franchisee Networks Inter-organizational Learning Knowledge Transfer Retail Networks