Franchising is an important form of entrepreneurship, but literature explaining franchising
strategy and performance is scarce. This study adapts the resource-based view and …

Drawing upon an organizational learning and economics framework, this paper proposes
that a franchisor's cumulative franchising experience influences its strategies of managing its …

Franchising is a key entrepreneurial growth strategy, but a well-known downside is
franchisee free-riding. Drawing upon alliance capabilities research, we describe franchise …

This study developed and empirically tested a model examining the antecedents of
franchisees' overall satisfaction and intention to remain in a franchise system. Based on a …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how signaling support services and
contractual arrangements that create value for incumbent franchisees can help to create …

Although the selection of suitable franchisees has been identified as an important dimension
of success of a Franchise Network, the same has been at the best a subjective process. This …

The purpose of this study is to provide a way of pursuing a balanced profitability between
franchisors and franchisees leading to the sustainability in franchising. Based on a belief …

Although franchisee performance is likely to be influenced by franchisors' management
strategies, little is known about whether and how franchisors' strategies affect franchisee …

An exchange perspective of franchising recognizes the important role that both the
franchisor and franchisee assume in developing and maintaining sustainable relationships …

Franchising, as a form of market organization, has experienced rapid growth over the last
several decades because both the franchisor and the franchisee can improve performance …