An Entrepreneurial Slant to Franchise Research

The Blackwell Handbook of Entrepreneurship

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 408-432

  Hoy, Frank ^a   Stanworth, John ^b   Purdy, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial act; Franchising research; Issues of definitions; Propositions for future research

Indexed keywords

EID: 85046049381     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781405164214.ch20     Document Type: Chapter

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