Management and Governance of Networks : Franchising, Cooperatives, and Strategic 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. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Management and Governance of Networks: An Introduction....Pages 1-7 Front Matter....Pages 9-9 Strategic Groups in the French Franchising Sector....Pages 11-33 Control and Performance in Franchising Networks....Pages 35-56 Beyond Main Street: Franchising Strategies for Indigenous Entrepreneurship in Australia....Pages 57-73 Social Entrepreneurship and Franchising: A Panacea for Emerging Countries? The Case of Algeria....Pages 75-90 Franchising in the Education Sector: How Do Pakistani Customers Perceive This New Phenomenon?....Pages 91-108 Front Matter....Pages 109-109 Profiling the Natural Food Cooperative Members: Strategic Implications in Terms of Market Positioning and Governance....Pages 111-130 Farmer Cooperatives as Systems of Attributes: An Analysis of Ownership and Investment Complementarities....Pages 131-147 Toward an Updated Typology of US Farmer Cooperatives: Survey Evidence of Recent Hybrid Ownership Restructuring....Pages 149-170 Innovations in Cooperatively Organized Breeding Networks: Analysis of Cluster Structures in Dairy Cattle Breeding in Germany....Pages 171-191 Uniformity in Collective Entrepreneurship: The Case of Food Retail Cooperatives in France....Pages 193-211 Characterizing Cooperatives in China....Pages 213-231 Cooperatives in Kyrgyzstan: Findings from a Survey of Cooperatives and Users....Pages 233-249 Front Matter....Pages 251-251 Alliance Portfolio Management: A Model Based on Dynamic Capabilities....Pages 253-266 The Antecedents of Relationship Phase Affect in Alliances....Pages 267-294 Food Safety Management Through the Lens of Hybrids: The Case of Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Shippers....Pages 295-322 Annotation This work 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