Organization governance form in franchising: Efficient contracting or organizational momentum?

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1127-1136

  Mitsuhashi, Hitoshi ^a   Shane, Scott ^b   Sine, Wesley D ^c  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficient contractine; Franchising; Governance form; Organizational momentum

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENT CONTRACTINE; FRANCHISING; GOVERNANCE FORM; ORGANIZATIONAL MOMENTUM;

EID: 53149108573     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.702     Document Type: Review

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