Franchising and intellectual capital: A franchisee's perspective

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 337-349

  Watson, Anna ^a   Stanworth, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Franchising; Intellectual capital; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

EID: 31344467029     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-006-0005-0     Document Type: Review

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