Why Restaurants Fail? Part II - The Impact of Affiliation, Location, and Size on Restaurant Failures: Results from a Survival Analysis

Journal of Foodservice Business Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 360-379

  Parsa, H G ^a   Self, John ^b   Sydnor Busso, Sandra ^c   Yoon, Hae Jin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business failure; Multi unit restaurants; Organizational mortality; Population ecology; Restaurants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858772576     PISSN: 15378020     EISSN: 15378039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15378020.2011.625824     Document Type: Article

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