Direct Sales Franchises in the UK: A Self-Employment Grey Area

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-76

  Brodie, Stewart ^a   Stanworth, John ^a   Wotruba, Thomas R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

direct selling; entrepreneur; franchise; franchising; mlm; multi level self employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997879868     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242602201005     Document Type: Article

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