A much-needed addition to literature, this timely edited collection aims to provide clarity and understanding on how modern organizations work. The authors explore the characteristics of hybrid organizations in contemporary society, taking into account the complex societal challenges that face...

Part I . FRANCHISE Networks -- Innovation and Plural Form -- Peer Trust in Franchise Networks -- Business Model Innovation in Franchising -- Organizational Innovation and Microfranchising -- Competitive Advantage through CSR -- Institutional Influences and Competitiveness -- Principles of Fair...

Chapter 1: Social Innovation: Concept and Theories -- Chapter 2: Cooperatives and Social Innovation: A Critical Review -- Chapter 3: Democratizing Capital: Building Union-Coop Partnerships through Economically Targeted Investing and Crowd Funding Innovations -- Chapter 4: Cooperative and Social...

Sustainable excellence and continuous improvement approaches in SMEs -- Sustainable excellence and continuous improvement approaches in SMEs -- Achieving environmental excellence through Lean and green in SMEs -- Lean six sigma and sustainability: from total quality to total sustainability --...

1. Crisis management – From a theoretical point of view -- 2. Crisis management Practices in Small and Medium-sized Firms -- 3. Crisis: A Philosophical Insight -- 4. Managing crisis in SMEs -- 5. Crisis management and leadership: A search for competencies in SMEs -- 6. Crisis management from...

Vorbereitungen beim Unternehmenskauf -- Ermittlung des Unternehmenswerts -- Verkauf einer GmbH -- Verkauf eines Betriebs oder einer Personenhandelsgesellschaft -- Anforderungen an die Vertragsgestaltung -- Die Finanzierung des Unternehmenskaufs -- Steuerimplikationen der Finanzierung des...

Einleitender Überblick -- Die Blockchain-Technologie – Ein Überblick -- Blockchain-basierte Finanzierungsinstrumente -- Blockchain-basierte Finanzierungen für den Mittelstand – Ein Blick in die Praxis -- Kritische Analyse und Handlungsempfehlungen.

Introduction to The International Dimension of Entrepreneurial Decision-Making: Cultures, Contexts, and Behaviours -- Revitalizing the ‘International’ in International Entrepreneurship: The Promise of Culture and Cognition -- Uncovering Entrepreneurial Belief Systems Through Cognitive Causal...

Section I: Implementing Industry 4.0 for Smart Manufacturing in SMEs -- 1. Status of the Implementation of Industry 4.0 in SMEs and Framework for Smart Manufacturing -- 2. Computational Intelligence in the Context of Industry 4.0 -- 3. AI and ML for Human-Robot Cooperation in Intelligent and...

1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical background: Family Firms -- 3. Family Influence and Organizational Performance -- 4. Research Hypotheses -- 5. Research Design -- 6. Methods -- 7. Analysis and Discussion of Results -- 8. Conclusions, Contributions and Recommendations to Practitioners.