How do international franchisors cluster?

Service Franchising: A Global Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 121-138

  Johnson, James ^a   Alon, Ilan ^a  

^a ROLLINS COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 77957871844     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-28256-4_8     Document Type: Chapter

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