Management and Governance of Networks : Franchising, Cooperatives, and Strategic Alliances

• Other Authors: Hendrikse, George (Editor), Cliquet, Gérard (Editor), Ehrmann, Thomas, 1958- (Editor), Windsperger, Josef (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer International Publishing, [2017]
• Series: Contributions to management science.
• Subjects: Business networks > Management.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319572765; 9783319572758
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

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. Fur...

Table of Contents:

• List of Contributors; Management and Governance of Networks: An Introduction; 1 Franchising; 2 Cooperatives; 3 Strategic Alliances; References; Part I: Franchising; Strategic Groups in the French Franchising Sector; 1 Introduction; 2 Background Literature on Strategic Groups; 2.1 Strategic Groups and Franchising; 2.2 Main Results in the Franchise Literature; 3 Data Collection and Study Variables; 4 Multidimensional Static Analysis; 4.1 Hierarchical Clustering Analysis; 4.2 Robustness Checks and Stability of the Clusters; 5 Strategic Groups and Performance Outcomes.
• 6 Conclusion and Directions for Further Research; Appendix 1: Principal Component Analysis; Appendix 2: Predictive Modeling; References; Control and Performance in Franchising Networks; 1 Introduction; 2 Franchisor Performance, Intangible Resources, and Environmental Uncertainty; 2.1 Resource-Based Perspective; 2.2 Transaction Cost Economic Perspective; 3 The Moderating Role of Control; 3.1 Interaction Between Control and Intangible Resources; 3.2 Interaction Between Control and Environmental Uncertainty; 4 Empirical Analysis; 4.1 Data Collection; 4.2 Measures; 5 Regression Analysis.
• 6 Discussion and Implications; 6.1 Discussion; 6.2 Implications; 6.3 Limitations and Future Research Directions; 7 Conclusions; Appendix: Measures of the Variables; References; Beyond Main Street: Franchising Strategies for Indigenous Entrepreneurship in Australia; 1 Introduction; 2 The Indigenous Business Challenge; 2.1 Indigenous Australia; 2.2 Indigenous Disadvantage; 2.3 Indigenous Business; 3 A Franchising Strategy for Indigenous Entrepreneurship; 4 Facilitating Indigenous Entrepreneurship Through Conventional and Nonconventional Franchising; 5 A Variegated Cooperative Model; 6 Conclusion.
• 2.1 Customer Perceptions Regarding Franchising; 2.2 Franchising in Emerging Markets; 2.3 Franchising in the Education Sector; 3 Franchising in Pakistan; 3.1 Commercial Franchising in Pakistan; 3.2 Nontraditional Franchising in Pakistan; 3.3 Franchising in the Education Sector in Pakistan; 4 Research Methodology; 5 Findings; 5.1 Customer Perceptions Regarding Franchising in the Education Sector; 5.1.1 Customer Perceptions Regarding Franchised Schools Versus Public Schools; 5.2 Customer Perceptions Regarding the Main Characteristics of Franchising in the Education Sector.