The role of prior knowledge in international franchise partner recruitment

International Journal of Service Industry Management

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 430-443

  Altinay, Levent ^a   Wang, Catherine L ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Explicit knowledge; Franchising; Recruitment; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748957562     PISSN: 09564233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09564230610689768     Document Type: Article

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