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The Quasi-Judicial Role of Large Retailers : An Efficiency Hypothesis of Their Relation with Suppliers

Arruñada, Benito - 2020

The paper explores an efficiency hypothesis regarding the contractual process between large retailers, such as Wal-Mart and Carrefour, and their suppliers. The empirical evidence presented supports the idea that large retailers play a quasi-judicial role, acting as "courts of first instance" in...

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The Quasi-Judicial Role of Large Retailers : An Efficiency Hypothesis of Their Relation with Suppliers

Arruñada, Benito - 2020

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Retailer Use of a Professional Social Media Network : Insights from Franchising

Kacker, Manish - 2016

franchising, innovation adoption and interorganisational communication to link (i) franchisor characteristics and partnering … franchise chain size, franchising fees and franchisor marketing communications and negatively affected by franchise concept … impacted by franchise chain size, franchising fees and negatively affected by franchise chain age. A third notable finding is …

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A Cointegration Analysis of the Correlates of Performance in Franchised Channels

Dant, Rajiv P.; Kacker, Manish; Coughlan, Anne T.; … - 2018

Not much is known about the primary drivers of performance in franchising systems. With some notable exceptions, much … of the franchising literature on performance related issues has focused on either contrasting failure rates of … franchising performance displays at least three other characteristic patterns. First, most studies have restricted themselves to a …

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Blockchain and Smart-Contract : A Pioneering Approach of Inter-Firms Relationships? The Case of Franchise Networks

Baron, Richard - 2019

This paper is interested in the analysis of Blockchains and Smart-contracts applied to inter-firms relationships, in particular the franchise networks. After defining the Blockchain technology and the Smart-contract as a particular type of contract stored in blockchains, we question the theory...

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Formation of customer value through channel integration : modelling the mediating role of cognitive and affective customer experience in the omni channel retail context

Mishra, Sadhana; Mishra, Mayank; Pandey, Prashant Kumar; … - In: Cogent business & management 11 (2024) 1, pp. 1-23

Technology and the internet have changed the Indian retail industry. To better serve customers, retailers are combining the benefits of physical locations with the vast amount of online information. Omnichannel commerce is a unique sales experience that combines the benefits of real venues with...

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Co-Alignment of Supply Chain Strategies and the Knowledge Outcomes for Buyer-Supplier Network Relationships

Todeva, Emanuela; Aitken, James M - 2011

We investigate the relational dynamics in supply chains focused on three questions. The first question relates to the initial strategic choices of suppliers; the second relates to the impact of interactions between buyers and suppliers, or how suppliers manage buyer’s initiative; the third...

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Corporate Governance in a Networked Age

Vermeulen, Erik P. M. - 2015

In a networked and digital age, we need to rethink the structure of the modern corporation. In order to survive and grow, corporations must operate with a new set of assumptions and principles in order to remain relevant, competitive, and successful. Consider the growing number of technology...

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Fragmented Networks and Entrepreneurship in Late Imperial Russia

Hillmann, Henning; Aven, Brandy L. - 2011

Emergent economies suffer from underdeveloped market infrastructures and insufficient public institutions to enforce contract commitments and property rights. Informal reputation-based arrangements may substitute for government enforcement but they require close-knit networks that enable...

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Institutional constraints on organizations: The case of Spanish car dealerships

Arruñada, Benito; Vázquez, Luis; Zanarone, Giorgio - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 1999

We study the effect of organizational choice and institutions on the performance of Spanish car dealerships. Using outlet-level data from 1994, we find that verticallyintegrated dealerships showed substantially lower labor productivity, higher labor costs and lower profitability than franchised...

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