Handbook of research on franchising Edited by Frank Hoy, Rozenn Perrigot, Andrew L. Terry - Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, c2017. - xvii, 620 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Research handbooks in business and management series .

PART I: ENTREPRENEURSHIP : 2. Managing entrepreneurial tensions in franchise systems; 3. Implications of family firms in franchising; 4. Autonomy in franchisin; PART II: ORGANIZATIONALFORMS : 5. A multi-national investigation of dual distribution structures in franchising ; 6. Exploring the growth of multi-unit franchising ; 7. The relationship between initial and ongoing fees in franchising: a meta-analysis ; PART III: REGULATION : 8. Franchising hard law and soft law ; 9. The obligation of good faith and its role in franchise regulation ; PART IV: FRANCHISOR/FRANCHISEE RELATIONSHIPS : 10. Understanding antecedents of franchisee trust ; 11. Franchisor-franchisee relationships ; 12. Knowledge transfer in franchising ; PART V: MARKETING ; 13. Resale price maintenance in franchising: market coverage, company-owned stores, and retailer dependence ; 14. E-commerce opportunities and challenges for franchise chains ; PART VI: INTERNATIONALIZATION : 15. International franchising: optimal market selection ; 16. Internationalization of franchise networks ; 17. Determinants of master international franchising ; 18. International franchising: influences of environmental uncertainty and munificence on market entry timing ; PART VII: PERFORMANCE : 19. Performance in franchising networks ; 20. Retail network organizational design and financial performance ; PART VIII: EMERGING MARKETS : 21. Franchising in Southeast Asia: prerequisites, progress and prospects ; 22. Franchising in Latin America ; 23. An exploration of franchising in Africa ; 24. The entrepreneur-franchisor in an emerging economy ; PART IX: SOCIAL FRANCHISING : 25. An introduction to social franchising ; 26. The social franchise model: a systems approach of the dynamics of institutions and embeddedness in social franchise formation.

Franchising is one of the major engines of business expansion and job creation globally. The Handbook of Research on Franchising contains original work by leading franchise scholars from around the world who offer new insights into entrepreneurial behavior, organizational forms, regulation, internationalization and other contemporary issues relating to this dynamic business strategy.

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Franchising--Research

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