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<title>Does the Theory of Networks Suite to Franchising? a Case Study of Neck and Neck</title>
<creator>Calderón Monge, Esther</creator>
<creator>Huerta Zavala, Pilar Angélica</creator>
<subject>Redes</subject>
<subject>Franquicia</subject>
<subject>Costes de información</subject>
<subject>Selección adversa</subject>
<subject>Método del caso</subject>
<subject>Network</subject>
<subject>Franchise</subject>
<subject>Information costs</subject>
<subject>Adverse selection</subject>
<subject>Method of case</subject>
<description>La teoría de Redes es una alternativa para seleccionar franquiciados con el&#xd;
fin de formalizar una relación que se consolide con el tiempo. La empresa española&#xd;
de ropa infantil Neck Child, S. A. propietaria de la franquicia Neck &amp; Neck ha reducido&#xd;
sus costes de información al disminuir la incertidumbre precontractual mediante la&#xd;
creación de redes egocéntricas en países donde se ha instalado, alcanzando menores&#xd;
costes en aquellos países donde las redes son más densas y con vínculos más fuertes.</description>
<description>Theory of Network is an tool in the choosing of franchisees for a given&#xd;
franchise system with a view to entering into a long-term operationally stable relationship.&#xd;
This paper studies the case Neck and Neck, one Spanish brand in the&#xd;
children´s fashion sector. This company has reduced her information costs because&#xd;
it has minimized the pre-contractual uncertainty by creating egocentric network, as&#xd;
master franchise or group of retail, in the countries where it is operating. When the&#xd;
networks are dense and the ties are strong, the reduction information costs are bigger.</description>
<date>2025-11-26</date>
<date>2025-11-26</date>
<date>2015</date>
<type>info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart</type>
<identifier>978-84-8367-503-8</identifier>
<identifier>https://hdl.handle.net/10259/11106</identifier>
<language>eng</language>
<relation>En la piel del cliente: escuchar, atraer, retener, p. 17-41</relation>
<relation>https://www.catedrafundacionarecesdcuniovi.es/noticia-publicacion-del-libro-en-la-piel-del-cliente--escuchar--atraer--retener--es.html</relation>
<rights>info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess</rights>
<publisher>Universidad de Oviedo. Cátedra Fundación Ramón Areces de Distribución Comercial</publisher>
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