There is a large and fragmented literature that examines the nature of franchising. This
paper aims to collect all the empirical evidence on the factors that make franchising work …

Teorias desenvolvidas para explicar o crescimento de grandes empresas não são
adaptadas para explicar o fenômeno em pequenas empresas (Davidsson et al., 2010), mas …

The development of firm growth research has been notably slow. In this paper, we argue that
a major reason for this lack of development is the impatience of researchers to prematurely …

The causes of failure are central to entrepreneurship research. This study extends agency
and resource‐based logic to explain how established franchisors affect franchisee failure …

This research examines the relationship between growth intentions, cognitive style, and
perceived competitive conditions, with a focus on whether and why intentions change over …

This article examines the franchisor-franchisee relationship from two theoretical
perspectives-agency theory and exchange theory. Taking the case of the fast-food industry …

This paper draws on the dynamic capabilities approach to explain the performance of
franchised chains. This approach is a useful lens to understand why some chains are more …

This study compares franchisors with international operations with franchisors who are
domestic market oriented. Using the existing literature, the author develops various …

E-commerce has grown tremendously over the past decade in most business sectors,
including the franchising sector. This paper applies the resource-based view to examine e …

Organizational culture represents the best available" lubricant" that permits small and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to function smoothly and effectively. Information and the …