The book emphasizes research in economics and management of networks as an interdisciplinary field by offering new theoretical perspectives and presenting new empirical results on strategic and governance structure issues in cooperatives, franchising networks, alliances, joint ventures and venture capital relations. The authors apply different theoretical views on networks, such as transaction cost theory, property rights theory, resource- and knowledge-based theory, evolutionary theory, information richness theory and social exchange theory.
Author(s): George Hendrikse, Josef Windsperger (auth.), Prof. Dr. George Hendrikse, Docent Dr. Mika Tuunanen, Prof. Dr. Josef Windsperger, Prof. Dr. Gérard Cliquet (eds.)
Series: Contributions to Management Science
Edition: 1
Publisher: Physica-Verlag Heidelberg
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 391
Tags: Organization/Planning; Marketing; Entrepreneurship; Industrial Organization
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introducing “Strategy and Governance of Networks”....Pages 1-9
On the Nature of a Cooperative: A System of Attributes Perspective....Pages 13-26
Determinants of Successful Cooperation in Agricultural Markets: Evidence from Producer Groups in Poland....Pages 27-46
Innovation Processes in Cooperative Organizations: Results of a Case Study Research....Pages 47-62
Structure and Governance of Networks: Cases of Franchising and Co-operative Chains....Pages 63-82
Stable Plural Forms in Franchise Systems: An Examination of the Evolution of Ownership Redirection Research....Pages 87-112
A Comparison of Company Owned and Franchised Fast Food Outlet Performance: Insights from Health Inspection Scores....Pages 113-125
New Challenges for Store Location in a Plural Form Network: An Exploratory Study....Pages 127-145
Plural Form and the Internationalization of Franchising Networks: Exploring the Potential Relationship....Pages 147-164
The Knowledge Transfer Strategy of Franchising Firms: Evidence from the Austrian Franchise Sector....Pages 167-182
Trust and Fairness in Franchise Relationships....Pages 183-203
Concept Uniformity: Control Versus Freedom in Business Format Franchising....Pages 205-220
Franchisee Discontinuance and Failure Empirical Findings from Finland....Pages 223-243
A Model to Analyse Governance Structures in Technological Networks....Pages 249-268
Inter-Firm Relations and Innovative Activity: A Cluster Analysis Based on Subcontracting Firms in the French Sillon Alpin....Pages 269-292
Conflict Resolution Mechanisms in Alliance Networks....Pages 293-309
Intermediary Institutions and Embeddedness in Technology Networks....Pages 311-323
Governing for Success: The Host Country Uncertainty and the Design of Foreign Parent Control in International Joint Ventures....Pages 327-346
Performance Implications of Network Structure, Resource Investment, and Competition in the German Motion Picture Industry....Pages 347-372
Syndication Strategies in Venture Capital Networks....Pages 373-391
