According to the property rights view, de- sion rights should be allocated according to the distribution of intangible kno- edge assets between the franchisor and franchisee and ownership rights should be assigned according to the residual decision rights.

Introducing ‘Economics and Management of Networks’.- Introducing ‘Economics and Management of Networks’.- Franchising.- Plural Form in Franchising: An Incomplete Contracting Approach.- Franchisee Versus Company Ownership — An Empirical Analysis of Franchisor Profit.- Existence of the Plural Form Within Franchised Networks: Some Early Results from the US and French Markets.- The Governance Structure of Franchising Firms: A Property Rights Approach.- Governance Inseparability in Franchising: Multi-case Study in France and Brazil.- Entrepreneurial Autonomy, Incentives, and Relational Governance in Franchise Chains.- Beneficially Constraining Franchisor’s Power.- A Cointegration Analysis of the Correlates of Performance in Franchised Channels.- Franchised Network Efficiency: A DEA Application to US Networks.- Franchising as Entrepreneurial Activity: Finnish SME Policy Perspective.- Creating Franchised Businesses Through Franchisee Training Program — Empirical Evidence from a Follow-up Study.- Understanding Strategic Interactions in Franchise Relationships.- Strategic Alliances.- Administrative and Social Factors in the Governance Structure of European R&D Networks.- Firm and Industrial Organization Frontiers: An Empirical Model of Inter-firm Network in the Winter Sports Industry.- The Influence of Financial Institutions and Investor Behaviour on Company Management Practice.- International Audit Firms as Strategic Networks — The Evolution of Global Professional Service Firms.- International Joint Venture Performance: Impact of Performance Measures and Foreign Parent, Target Country and Investment Specific Variables on Performance.- Cooperatives.- Orientation in Diversification Behavior of Cooperatives: An Agent-Based Approach.- Organization and Strategyof Farmer Specialized Cooperatives in China.

The design and management of networks have become very important research topics in the field of organizational economics and management in the last decade. First, the book emphasizes research in economics and management of networks as a theory-driven field by offering new theoretical perspectives on governance structure issues in franchising, alliances, venture capital relations and cooperatives. Second, the book presents new research results on efficiency and performance of franchising networks and joint ventures, as well as on entrepreneurship and strategic issues in franchising and cooperatives.