This contributed volume focuses on the management and governance of international business networks (IBN). Specifically, the chapters refer to theoretical, conceptual, empirical, and case study papers from all areas in economics and management of IBN. These include cooperatives, franchising, retail chains, strategic alliances, public-private partnerships and new network forms in the digital economy. This book is ideal for researchers and strategists who are keen to improve their understanding of the latest developments in the field.

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Prof. Josef Windsperger's research fields are economics and management of networks and the theory of the firm. His research has been published in Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, European Journal of Law and Economics, Journal of Retailing, Journal of Business Research, Economic Letters, Managerial and Decision Economics, Journal of Management and Governance, Journal of Marketing Channels, Entrepreneurial Theory and Practice, Journal of International Management, Small Business Economics, International Marketing Review, Journal of Organization Design, International Journal of the Economics of Business, International Business Review, Industrial Marketing Management and European Journal of International Management. He is the coordinating editor of the edited Springer books based on the Economics and Management of Networks-Conferences, and the founder and organizer of EMNet-conferences. Gérard Cliquet is an emeritus professor at the University of Rennes 1 (France) wherehe was Professor of Marketing and Retailing in the School of Business Administration (IGR-IAE). He has published 70 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and 20 books as an author or editor on several topics, including geomarketing, retailing, franchising, intercultural marketing, and retail branding.

Aveed Raha is a research associate in the Department of Business Decisions and Analytics at the University of Vienna (Austria). He holds a PhD in management from the University of Vienna. His research and teaching focus is on the governance of firms and interfirm networks, corporate social responsibility, and ethical issues in business.