Outlet ownership in franchising systems: an agency based approach

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 355-369

  Seshadri, Sudhindra ^a  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (India)

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EID: 77957881188     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1073     Document Type: Article

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