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<dc:title>Does the Theory of Networks Suite to Franchising? a Case Study of Neck and Neck</dc:title>
<dc:creator>Calderón Monge, Esther</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>Huerta Zavala, Pilar Angélica</dc:creator>
<dc:subject>Redes</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>Franquicia</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>Costes de información</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>Selección adversa</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>Método del caso</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>Network</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>Franchise</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>Information costs</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>Adverse selection</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>Method of case</dc:subject>
<dcterms:abstract>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.</dcterms:abstract>
<dcterms:abstract>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.</dcterms:abstract>
<dcterms:dateAccepted>2025-11-26T11:44:17Z</dcterms:dateAccepted>
<dcterms:available>2025-11-26T11:44:17Z</dcterms:available>
<dcterms:created>2025-11-26T11:44:17Z</dcterms:created>
<dcterms:issued>2015</dcterms:issued>
<dc:type>info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart</dc:type>
<dc:identifier>978-84-8367-503-8</dc:identifier>
<dc:identifier>https://hdl.handle.net/10259/11106</dc:identifier>
<dc:language>eng</dc:language>
<dc:relation>En la piel del cliente: escuchar, atraer, retener, p. 17-41</dc:relation>
<dc:relation>https://www.catedrafundacionarecesdcuniovi.es/noticia-publicacion-del-libro-en-la-piel-del-cliente--escuchar--atraer--retener--es.html</dc:relation>
<dc:rights>info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess</dc:rights>
<dc:publisher>Universidad de Oviedo. Cátedra Fundación Ramón Areces de Distribución Comercial</dc:publisher>
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