Management and Governance of Networks

1.Management and Governance of Networks: An Introduction.- PartI: FRANCHISING.- 2.Strategic Groups in the French Franchising Sector.- 3.Control and Performance in Franchising Networks.- 4.Beyond Main Street: Franchising Strategies for Indigenous Entrepreneurship in Australia.- 5.Social Entrepreneurship and Franchising: A Panacea for Emerging Countries? The Case of Algeria.- 6.Franchising in the Education Sector: How do Pakistani Customers Perceive this New Phenomenon?.- PartII: COOPERATIVES.- 7.Profiling the Natural Food Cooperative Members: Strategic Implications in Terms of Market Positioning and Governance.- 8.Farmer Cooperatives as Systems of Attributes: An Analysis of Ownership and In-vestment Complementarities.- 9.Toward an Updated Typology of U.S. Farmer Cooperatives: Survey Evidence of Recent Hybrid Ownership Restructuring.- 10.Innovation in Cooperatively Organized Breeding Networks - Analysis of Cluster Structures in Dairy Cattle Breeding in Germany.- 11.Uniformity in Collective Entrepreneurship: The Case of Food Retail Cooperatives in France.- 12.Characterizing Cooperatives in China.- 13.Cooperatives in Kyrgyzstan: Findings from a Survey of Cooperatives and Users.- Part III: STRATEGIC ALLIANCES.- 14.Alliance Portfolio Management: A Model based on Dynamic Capabilities.- 15.The Antecedents of Relationship Phase Affect in Alliances.- 16.Food Safety Management through the Lens of Hybrids: The Case of Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Shippers.