This contributed volume focuses on the management and governance of international business networks (IBN). Specifically, the chapters refer to theoretical, conceptual, empirical, and case study papers from all areas in economics and management of IBN. These include cooperatives, franchising, retail chains, strategic alliances, public-private partnerships and new network forms in the digital economy.
This book is ideal for researchers and strategists who are keen to improve their understanding of the latest developments in the field.
Managing Cooperatives, Franchises, and Alliances in International
Business: Introduction.- Board Structure Variety in Cooperatives.- On the
Evolution of Product Portfolio of Cooperatives versus IOFs.- Cognition and
Incentives in Cooperatives.- Influence of Communication Openness, Information
Exchange, and Horizontal Ties on FarmerBuyer Relationships.- Governance and
Management Innovations in Producer Organisations in India: A Case Study of
NDDBs Milk Producers Companies.- Franchise Systems in the Information Age:
Challenges and Opportunities.- Empowerment and Customer Decision Rules in
Franchise Networks.- When Key Elements of Franchising Become Sources of
Conflicts.- Franchise vs. Independent Retail and Service Stores: Customer
Perceptions.- Are there Gender Differences in Entrepreneurial Orientation and
Performance? Evidence from French Franchisees.- Is Retailers locational
choice in line with chain positioning strategy?.- Analysis of
Intra-organizational Networks: Principles, Application and Contribution to
the Organizational Design Theory.- Market Entry through Multilateral Networks
in Developing Countries The Case of Public Private Development Partnership
in Zaire.- The Impact of Quality Management Practices on Purchasing
Performance within Supply Chain Relationships in Service Organizations.-
Knowledge Attributes and Internationalization of e-Services Firms: Literature
Review and Conceptual Model.- The Two-sided Effect of the Sharing Economy and
its Impacts on Inter-organizational Cooperation in the Tourism Sector.
Prof. Josef Windsperger's research fields are economics and management of networks and the theory of the firm. His research has been published in Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, European Journal of Law and Economics, Journal of Retailing, Journal of Business Research, Economic Letters, Managerial and Decision Economics, Journal of Management and Governance, Journal of Marketing Channels, Entrepreneurial Theory and Practice, Journal of International Management, Small Business Economics, International Marketing Review, Journal of Organization Design, International Journal of the Economics of Business, International Business Review, Industrial Marketing Management and European Journal of International Management. He is the coordinating editor of the edited Springer books based on the Economics and Management of Networks-Conferences, and the founder and organizer of EMNet-conferences.
Gérard Cliquet is an emeritus professor at the University of Rennes 1 (France) wherehe was Professor of Marketing and Retailing in the School of Business Administration (IGR-IAE). He has published 70 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and 20 books as an author or editor on several topics, including geomarketing, retailing, franchising, intercultural marketing, and retail branding.
Aveed Raha is a research associate in the Department of Business Decisions and Analytics at the University of Vienna (Austria). He holds a PhD in management from the University of Vienna. His research and teaching focus is on the governance of firms and interfirm networks, corporate social responsibility, and ethical issues in business.
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