Managing Networks in the Digital Economy : Alliances, Cooperatives, Franchise Chains, Platforms and Digitalization

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.