Franchising configurations and transitions

Journal of Consumer Marketing

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 170-190

  Castrogiovanni, Gary J ^a   Justis, Robert T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Franchising; Organizational restructuring; Organizational theory; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013045525     PISSN: 07363761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07363769810210377     Document Type: Article

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