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

Editors: Hendrikse, G., G. Cliquet, T., Ehrmann, J. Windsperger,

Management and Governance of Networks: Franchising, Cooperatives and Strategic Alliances, Springer, Heidelberg, 2017, ISBN: 978-3-319-57275-8.

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 lifecycle of alliances.