Introducing "Network Governance: Alliances, Cooperatives and Franchise Chains" Josef Windsperger, Gerard Cliquet, Thomas Ehrmann, and George Hendrikse -- Part A: Alliances Coordinating Inter-organizational Learning Throughout Alliance Evolution Ana Aleksic Miric, Richard M. Burton, and Mirjana Petkovic -- Network Embeddedness and Performance of Joint R&D Projects Nieves Arranz and J. Carlos Fdez. De -- Arroyabe The Impact of Relational Norms on Key Relational Outcomes in Supplier-Buyer Relationships 5 Muhammad Zafar Yaqub -- The Impact of Trust on the Choice of Knowledge Transfer Mechanisms in Clusters Marijana Sreckovic and Josef Windsperger -- International Market Expansion of Retail Networks: Determinants of Market Entry Failures Odile Streed and Gerard Cliquet -- Networks and Their Goals: Implications for Strategic Chain Management Taras Gagalyuk and Jon H. -- Part B: Cooperatives The Resilience of the Cooperative Form: Cooperative Beehiving by Swedish Cooperatives Karin Hakelius, Kostas Karantininis, and Li Feng -- Collective Entrepreneurship and Rural Development: Comparing Two T y pes of Producers' Organizations in the Ethiopian Honey Sector Clarietta Chagwiza, Roldan Muradian, Ruerd Ruben, and Worku Tessema -- CEO Incentive Provision in Cooperatives: The Impact of Membership Size and Heterogeneity Li Feng and George Hendrikse -- Uncertainties and Governance Structure in Incentives Provision for Product Quality Wendong Deng and George Hendrikse -- Part C: Franchise Chains What Makes Franchisees Trust Their Franchisors? Evelien P.M. Croonen and Maryse J. Brand -- Franchisees' Websites and Concept Uniformity: A New Challenge for Franchisors Rozenn Perrigot, Guy Basset, Daniele Briand-Meledo, and Gerard Cliquet -- Can Service Quality Be Standardized in a Franchise Network? The Case of McDonald's in Egypt Hanane Elzeiny and Gerard Cliquet Quasi- -- Franchising: A New Model for Strategic Business Cooperation Andrew Terry and Cary Di Lernia -- Entrepreneurial Processes of the Finnish Franchisee Training Program's Graduates Jenni Torikka -- The Failure of Pre-purchase Disclosure to Protect Franchisees of a Franchisor in Administration Jenny Buchan