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Managing the evolution of cooperation
Dormann, Julian; Ehrmann, Thomas - 2008
Management scholars have long stressed the importance of evolutionary processses for inter-firm cooperation but have mostly missed the promising opportunity to incorporate ideas from evolutionary theories into the analysis of collaborative arrangements. In this paper, we first present three...
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A Two-Stage Efficiency Analysis of Rail Passenger Franchising in Germany
Link, Heike - In: Journal of Transport Economics and Policy 50 (2016) 1, pp. 76-92
This paper analyses the differences in the efficiency of using subsidies for franchised regional rail services between the federal states in Germany, and provides evidence on the impact of procurement strategies and contractual design on the efficient use of funds. The analysis is based on a...
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Decision Structures in Franchise Systems of the Plural Form
Kranz, Sebastian; Lewin-Solomons, Shira B. - 2008
Many successful franchise chains directly own a positive fraction of stores --- a structure referred to as plural form. We propose that this ownership structure is chosen as a commitment not to expropriate franchisees. The theoretical model is based on an empirical analysis of contract and...
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Survival of new firms in the Brazilian franchising segment: An empirical study
Facanha, Luis Otávio; Resende, Marcelo; Cardoso, Vicente; … - 2011
The paper investigates survival patterns of Brazilian franchising firms during the 1994-1999 period. First, at a more … indicated a drastic decay in survival after only a few years and contrasts with the higher survival of firms in the franchising …
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Franchising bei Verkehrsbetrieben
Kummer, Sebastian; Mating, Anette; Käsbauer, Markus; … - 2000
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Internet kiosks in rural India: What influences success?
Kendall, Jake; Singh, Nirvikar - 2007
In this paper we investigate an example of a very widely applied model for the delivery of IT services to rural and poor populations. The model is one where limited intervention to support infrastructure and coordinate resources is combined with market-based delivery of IT services to the end...
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Private Roads
Verhoef, Erik T. - 2007
This paper studies the efficiency impacts of private toll roads in initially untolled networks. The analysis allows for capacity and toll choice by private operators, and endogenizes entry and therewith the degree of competition, distinguishing and allowing for both parallel and serial...
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Advantaged Bidders in Franchise Auctions
van den Berg, Vincent - 2012
Consider a government that auctions a franchise for, e.g., an airport, telecommunication network, or utility. Consider an 'incumbent bidder' that owns a complement or substitute. With an auction on the transfer (i.e. payment) to the government, the incumbent is advantaged.If the government...
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Franchise fairs: A relevant signal in franchise choice in social activity
Mastrangelo, Leonardo Martin; Calderon-Monge, Esther; … - In: Contemporary Economics 10 (2016) 3, pp. 275-282
Potential franchisees encounter difficulties in gaining knowledge about a franchise before embarking on their first start-up venture. For this reason, it is necessary to research which information signals help potential franchisees choose the franchise chains with which they wish to enter into...
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Multi-sectoral analysis of strategic groups in franchising: A study in Italy
Ramírez-Hurtado, José M.; Quattrociocchi, Bernardino - In: Revista de Métodos Cuantitativos para la Economía y … 25 (2018), pp. 318-334
Franchising is a commercial form which enables firms to successfully penetrate the market and expand in an environment … many years and the high penetration in the different sectors mean that franchising in Italy has a high degree of … competitiveness and maturity. All this, along with the scarcity of studies about strategic groups in franchising in Italy, justifies …
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