| ISBN13: | 9783031812323 |
| ISBN10: | 3031812328 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 361 pages |
| Size: | 235x155 mm |
| Language: | English |
| Illustrations: | 4 Illustrations, black & white; 16 Illustrations, color |
| 700 |
Managing Networks in the Digital Economy
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This book presents recent developments in the theory and management of networks (such as alliances, cooperatives, franchise chains) and platforms. In addition, it explores the impact of digitalization on networks and presents empirical studies on digital platform businesses.
The book will be of major interest to scholars and students of economics of organization, business and management, governance of networks and digital platforms, and practicing managers.
This book presents recent developments in the theory and management of networks (such as alliances, cooperatives, franchise chains) and platforms. In addition, it explores the impact of digitalization on networks and presents empirical studies on digital platform businesses.
The book will be of major interest to scholars and students of economics of organization, business and management, governance of networks and digital platforms, and practicing managers.
Managing Networks in the Digital Economy: Alliances, Cooperatives, Franchise Chains, Platforms, and Digitalization: An Introduction.- Part I. Alliances.- (Re)configuring the Inter-Organizational Relationships.- When Uncommon Alliances Provide a Fast Response to Disruption.- Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Positive and Fragmented Networks.- Business Relationship Lifecycle Theory: Past, Present, and the Future.- Part II. Cooperatives.- Agricultural Cooperatives and Cooperative Principles.- Cooperatives and Climate Change Adaptation: The Effects of Membership and Access to Services.- Are Platform Worker Cooperatives Feasible? A Comparative Case Study in the Ride Hailing and Delivery Service Sectors.- Transformation of Consumers? Cooperation: Crowdfunding as a Game-Changer.- Part III. Franchise Chains.- The Dynamics of Quality in a Franchise Chain: A Simulation Approach to the Effects of Free- riding.- A Multidimensional Model for the Professionalization of Independent Franchisee Associations.- Franchising in the Fast-Food Sector: Insight from the US and France.- Franchising in the Gastronomic Sector.- Part IV. Platforms and Digitalization.- Understanding P2P Platform?s Growth: Determinants of Peer-Provider Participation in Digital P2P Platforms.- Physical Spaces, Digital Spaces, and Facilitation: The Winning Triptych for Collaborative Innovation Spaces in the Post-COVID-19 Era.- Virtual Collaboration through Online Events as a Manifestation of Dynamic Marketing Capabilities in Developing Short Food Supply Chains. Experiences from Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland.- Digital Technologies and Participatory Governance: Comparing Digital Civic Engagement Initiatives during the COVID-19 Outbreak.
