Franchising is a contract that is not always balanced. This is due to a relationship where one can find a party … this precise contractual framework, to then go back to the definition of franchising, as well as its object; all in light …

Collaboration has been enacted as a core strategy by both the government and nongovernment sectors to address many of … the intractable issues confronting contemporary society. The cult of collaboration has become so pervasive that it is now … an elastic term referring generally to any form of ‘working together’. The lack of specificity about collaboration and …

contracting strategies, and identify a simple strategy, expected margin commitment (EMC), that effectively promotes collaboration …. The manufacturer prefers EMC if collaboration leads to a large reduction in unit cost and/or demand variability is low … enhance supply chain efficiency may hinder ex ante collaboration that precedes production. <i>This paper was accepted by Yossi …