Using resource-based theory to help explain plural form franchising

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 449-472

  Gillis, William E ^a   Combs, James G ^b   Ketchen, David J ^c  

^a University of South Alabama   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84898020084     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12008     Document Type: Article

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