Opportunism, knowledge, and the performance of franchise chains

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1451-1463

  Barthélemy, Jérôme ^a  

^a ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Franchising; Performance; Resource based view of the firm

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

AGENCY THEORY; BRAND NAMES; BUSINESS PRACTICES; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCES; FRANCHISING; GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES; PERFORMANCE; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW OF THE FIRM;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 57349115176     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.719     Document Type: Article

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