The choice of control devices in franchise chains

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1277-1291

  Vázquez, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Complementarities; Franchising; Monitoring; Organizational theory; Substitutabilities

Indexed keywords

MONITORING; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; SERVICE SECTOR; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 57549115209     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060802230296     Document Type: Article

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