The entry mode choice on a new market is always a hot issue for both practitioners and academics. One of the most widely used solutions is franchising. This chapter explains why in emerging market this option can be interesting. It also delineates the different suboptions within the franchise...

The literature on new forms of organization (especially network organizations) is more focused on the description of inter-organizational structures than on an analysis of the management located within these complex configurations. The control of relationships between organizations belonging to...

From an empirical study on one firm with network type organizational structure, this article explains the configurations of control in the coordination of partners. Investigations on the implemented control system have specified risks and control mechanisms associated to the levels of the...