Entrepreneurs or investors: Do multi-unit franchisees have different philosophical orientations?

Journal of Small Business Management

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 207-225

  Grünhagen, Marko ^a   Mittelstaedt, Robert A ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 33745290671     PISSN: 00472778     EISSN: 1540627X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-627X.2005.00134.x     Document Type: Review

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