Agency and institutional influences on franchising decisions

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-103

  Barthélemy, Jérôme ^a  

^a ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Franchising; Institutional theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049291871     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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