The relationship between financial factors and firm performance: Empirical evidence from U.S. restaurant firms

Journal of Foodservice Business Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 138-159

  Mao, Zhenxing ^a   Gu, Zheng ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial factors; Firm performance; Fixed effects model; Restaurant industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650097341     PISSN: 15378020     EISSN: 15378039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15378020801995564     Document Type: Article

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