Design and Management of Interfirm Networks : Franchise Networks, Cooperatives and Alliances

Interfirm networks include franchising, retail and service chains, cooperatives, financial networks, joint ventures, strategic alliances, licensing, public-private partnerships and new network forms in the digital economy. This book gathers the latest research studies that approach these networks – and the creation of innovation under the conditions of a complex, dynamic, knowledge-intensive and digital economy – from an interdisciplinary perspective. The studies, all of which were written by respected experts, explore how firms can improve their competitiveness by securing access to innovation, knowledge, complementary resources and capabilities otherwise not available to them. In addition, they highlight how, driven by an unpredictable environment, firms embedded in inter-organizational networks are increasingly transforming from co-operators to collaborators and valuable co-creators of innovation. Front Matter ....Pages i-ix Design and Management of Interfirm Networks: An Introduction (Josef Windsperger, Gérard Cliquet, George W. J. Hendrikse, Marijana Srećković)....Pages 1-9 Front Matter ....Pages 11-11 Innovation Climate in Plural Form Franchise Networks: The Mediator Role of Mutual Learning (Nguyen Minh Ngoc, Gérard Cliquet)....Pages 13-32 They Are Jolly Good Fellows! A Framework for Antecedents and Consequences of Peer Trust in Franchise Networks (Evelien P. M. Croonen, Reinder Hamming)....Pages 33-56 Business Model Innovation in Franchising: Rethinking the Franchising Taxonomy (Cary Di Lernia, Andrew Terry)....Pages 57-74 Why Adopt Microfranchising? Evidence from Brazil on an Organizational Innovation Designed to Face New Challenges (Rubens Nunes, Vivian-Lara S. Silva, Muriel Fadairo, Maria Sylvia M. Saes)....Pages 75-89 Strategic CSR and the Competitive Advantage of Franchise Firms (Maria Jell-Ojobor)....Pages 91-111 Institutional Influences of Professional Associations and Franchise Organizations on Competitiveness of the Healthcare Clinics (Nina Gorovaia, Guillermo Navarro Sanfelix, Francisco Puig)....Pages 113-131 Management of Franchising Networks: Seven Principles for Fair Franchise Advisory Councils (Evelien P. M. Croonen, Ivo Bleeker)....Pages 133-154 Decision Model to Locate a Franchisee Applied to a Fast-Food Restaurant (José Daniel García-Castro, Josefa Mula)....Pages 155-176 Front Matter ....Pages 177-177 Horizon and Portfolio Investment Constraints in Agricultural Cooperatives (Jason Franken, Michael Cook)....Pages 179-195 Member Heterogeneity and Exit (Julia Höhler)....Pages 197-215 Cooperatives in Modern Food Supply Chains: A Case Study of the Malt Barley Sector in Ethiopia (Delelegne A. Tefera, Jos Bijman)....Pages 217-237 Hybrids in the French Apple Industry: Opportunistic and Cognitive Differences Between a Cooperative and an Investor-Owned Group (Louis-Antoine Saïsset, Jean-Marie Codron)....Pages 239-266 Front Matter ....Pages 267-267 Collocation for Supplier–Client Knowledge-Based Coordination: Niche Positioning, Task Complexity, and Comparative Costs (Douglas J. Miller, Carmen Weigelt)....Pages 269-293 Dealing with the Post-Honeymoon Blues: Tensions and Governance in Industry-University Alliances (Eveline Corine ten Hoor, Isabel Estrada Vaquero)....Pages 295-319 The Co-evolution of Clusters and the Role of Trans-local Linkages (Francesca Mariotti, Muhammad Zafar Yaqub, Sajjad Haider)....Pages 321-335 The Effects of Cluster Cooperation as a Source of Company Value Creation (Joanna Kuczewska, Sylwia Morawska, Tomasz Tomaszewski)....Pages 337-351 Entering a Foreign Market: Exports, FDI or Strategic Alliance? (Karl Morasch)....Pages 353-372 Public-Private Partnerships in Latin America: Evidences from Healthcare Networks (Nathalie Colasanti, Rocco Frondizi, Marco Meneguzzo, Noemi Rossi)....Pages 373-388