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Record Nr.

UNINA9910298507903321

Titolo

Interfirm Networks : Franchising, Cooperatives and Strategic Alliances / / edited by Josef Windsperger, GĂ©rard Cliquet, Thomas Ehrmann, Georg Hendrikse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-10184-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Disciplina

330

338.6

381

658.1

Soggetti

Organization

Planning

Production management

Industrial organization

Sales management

Globalization

Markets

Operations Management

Industrial Organization

Sales/Distribution

Emerging Markets/Globalization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Franchising Networks -- Cooperatives -- Strategic Alliances.

Sommario/riassunto

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 cooperation, role



of social capital and performance in franchising networks; includes topics of loyalty, reputation and organizational form as well as performance of cooperatives, and discusses the relationship between formal and relational governance in alliances, governance structures of innovation activities, dynamics of interfirm conflicts, and network externalities and alliance formation.