Network Governance

1. Front Matter

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2. Introducing “Network Governance: Alliances, Cooperatives and Franchise Chains”

   • Josef Windsperger, Gérard Cliquet, Thomas Ehrmann, George Hendrikse

   Pages 1-7

3. Alliances

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. Coordinating Inter-organizational Learning Throughout Alliance Evolution

      • Ana Aleksić Mirić, Richard M. Burton, Mirjana Petković

      Pages 11-32

   3. Network Embeddedness and Performance of Joint R&D Projects

      • Nieves Arranz, J. Carlos Fdez. de Arroyabe

      Pages 33-50

   4. The Impact of Relational Norms on Key Relational Outcomes in Supplier–Buyer Relationships

      • Muhammad Zafar Yaqub

      Pages 51-72

   5. The Impact of Trust on the Choice of Knowledge Transfer Mechanisms in Clusters

      • Marijana Srećković, Josef Windsperger

      Pages 73-85

   6. International Market Expansion of Retail Networks: Determinants of Market Entry Failures

      • Odile Streed, Gérard Cliquet

      Pages 87-106

   7. Networks and Their Goals: Implications for Strategic Chain Management

      • Taras Gagalyuk, Jon H. Hanf

      Pages 107-123

4. Cooperatives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125

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   2. The Resilience of the Cooperative Form: Cooperative Beehiving by Swedish Cooperatives

      • Karin Hakelius, Kostas Karantininis, Li Feng

      Pages 127-147

   3. Collective Entrepreneurship and Rural Development: Comparing Two Types of Producers’ Organizations in the Ethiopian Honey Sector

      • Clarietta Chagwiza, Roldan Muradian, Ruerd Ruben, Worku Tessema

      Pages 149-169

   4. CEO Incentive Provision in Cooperatives: The Impact of Membership Size and Heterogeneity

      • Li Feng, George Hendrikse

      Pages 171-178

   5. Uncertainties and Governance Structure in Incentives Provision for Product Quality

      • Wendong Deng, George Hendrikse

      Pages 179-203

5. Franchising Chains

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-205

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   2. What Makes Franchisees Trust Their Franchisors?

      • Evelien P. M. Croonen, Maryse J. Brand

      Pages 207-229

   3. Franchisees’ Websites and Concept Uniformity: A New Challenge for Franchisors

      • Rozenn Perrigot, Guy Basset, Danièle Briand-Meledo, Gérard Cliquet

      Pages 231-254

   4. Can Service Quality Be Standardized in a Franchise Network? The Case of McDonald’s in Egypt

      • Hanane Elzeiny, Gérard Cliquet

      Pages 255-268

   5. Quasi-Franchising: A New Model for Strategic Business Cooperation

      • Andrew Terry, Cary Di Lernia

      Pages 269-286

   6. Entrepreneurial Processes of the Finnish Franchisee Training Program’s Graduates

      • Jenni Torikka

      Pages 287-312

The current book on Nework Governance contributes to the literature by offering new perspectives on network goals and performance, inter-organizational learning and trust in alliances, corporate governance issues in cooperatives, governance of cross-border retail networks, contract design and governance innovations in cooperatives and fanchising.

• Alliances
• Cooperatives
• Franchising
• Informal and formal governance
• complexity

• , Institut für Strategisches Management, Universität Münster, Münster, Germany

  Thomas Ehrmann

• , Department of Management, University of Vienna, Wien, Austria

  Josef Windsperger

• , Institute of Management of Rennes (IAE), Université de Rennes 1, Rennes Cédex 7, France

  Gérard Cliquet

• , Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands

  George Hendrikse

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