Motivations for franchisors to use flat continuing franchise fees

Journal of Consumer Marketing

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 587-597

  Frazer, Lorelle ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Australia; Fees; Franchising; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348136622     PISSN: 07363761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07363769810241454     Document Type: Article

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