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Book SynopsisManaging Networks in the Digital Economy: Alliances, Cooperatives, Franchise Chains, Platforms, and Digitalization: An Introduction.- Part I. Alliances.- (Re)configuring the Inter-Organizational Relationships.- When Uncommon Alliances Provide a Fast Response to Disruption.- Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Positive and Fragmented Networks.- Business Relationship Lifecycle Theory: Past, Present, and the Future.- Part II. Cooperatives.- Agricultural Cooperatives and Cooperative Principles.- Cooperatives and Climate Change Adaptation: The Effects of Membership and Access to Services.- Are Platform Worker Cooperatives Feasible? A Comparative Case Study in the Ride Hailing and Delivery Service Sectors.- Transformation of Consumers' Cooperation: Crowdfunding as a Game-Changer.- Part III. Franchise Chains.- The Dynamics of Quality in a Franchise Chain: A Simulation Approach to the Effects of Free- riding.- A Multidimensional Model for the Professionalization of Independent Franchisee Associations.- Franchising in the Fast-Food Sector: Insight from the US and France.- Franchising in the Gastronomic Sector.- Part IV. Platforms and Digitalization.- Understanding P2P Platform's Growth: Determinants of Peer-Provider Participation in Digital P2P Platforms.- Physical Spaces, Digital Spaces, and Facilitation: The Winning Triptych for Collaborative Innovation Spaces in the Post-COVID-19 Era.- Virtual Collaboration through Online Events as a Manifestation of Dynamic Marketing Capabilities in Developing Short Food Supply Chains. Experiences from Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland.- Digital Technologies and Participatory Governance: Comparing Digital Civic Engagement Initiatives during the COVID-19 Outbreak.
