Is Franchising Entrepreneurship? Yes, No, and Maybe So

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 583-593

  Ketchen Jr , David J ^a   Short, Jeremy C ^b   Combs, James G ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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EID: 79954988985     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2011.00442.x     Document Type: Article

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