Growing through copying: The negative consequences of innovation on franchise network growth

Research Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1732-1741

  Szulanski, Gabriel ^a   Jensen, Robert J ^b  

^a INSEAD   (Singapore)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copy exactly; Franchising; Growth; Knowledge transfer; Replication

Indexed keywords

COPYING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

FIRM GROWTHS; FRANCHISING; GROWTH; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; LOCAL NETWORKS; NETWORK GROWTHS; PANEL DATUMS; REPLICATION;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

EID: 55549084183     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2008.08.012     Document Type: Article

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