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Decision Structures in Franchise Systems of the Plural Form
Kranz, Sebastian; Lewin-Solomons, Shira B. - 2008
Many successful franchise chains directly own a positive fraction of stores --- a structure referred to as plural form. We propose that this ownership structure is chosen as a commitment not to expropriate franchisees. The theoretical model is based on an empirical analysis of contract and...
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Innovation and Authority in Franchise Systems: An Empirical Exploration of the Plural Form
Lewin-Solomons, S. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2000
The co-existence of franchised and company-owned stores influences the dynamic of innovation in franchise systems as well as the balance of power between franchisees and their chain. We report on case studies of five franchise system. We focus on how innovation and authority are interrelated in...
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Plural Form in Franchising: An Incomplete Contracting Approach
Hendrikse, Hendrikse, G.W.J.; Jiang, Jiang, T. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2005
Plural form franchising is modeled from an incomplete contracting perspective. Complete franchising is the unique …. Not locational or other differences between units are necessary for the emergence of plural form franchising, but positive …
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Organizational form and efficiency of franchise chains
Piot-Lepetit, Isabelle; Perrigot, Rozenn; Cliquet, Gérard - In: International journal of retail & distribution management 42 (2014) 7, pp. 671-684
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Differential effects of plural ownership and governance mechanisms in limiting shirkers and free riders
Silkoset, Ragnhild; Nygaard, Arne; Kidwell, Roland E. - In: Corporate ownership & control : international … 13 (2015/2016) 2, pp. 113-131
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Organizational form and efficiency of franchise chains
Piot-Lepetit, Isabelle; Perrigot, Rozenn; Cliquet, Gérard - Département Sciences Sociales, Agriculture et … - 2014
variable selection), it contributes to the literature on franchising by providing an approach allowing us to answer to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010908150
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Plural Form in Franchising: An Incomplete Contracting Approach
Hendrikse, G.W.J.; Jiang, T. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2005
Plural form franchising is modeled from an incomplete contracting perspective. Complete franchising is the unique …. Not locational or other differences between units are necessary for the emergence of plural form franchising, but positive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005209594
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Plural Form and Franchise Chains Efficency: A Dea Meta-Frontier Approach applied to French Chains
Perrigot, Rozenn; Piot-Lepetit, Isabelle; Cliquet, Gérard - Centre de Recherche en Économie et Management (CREM) - 2012
This paper deals with the performance of franchise chains related to their percentage of company-owned outlets (PCO). This research uses a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to assess franchise chains’ efficiency, and a meta-frontier approach to analyze chains’ efficiency between and across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650737
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Determinants of E-commerce adoption by franchisors: Insights from the U.S. market
Perrigot, Rozenn; Pénard, Thierry - Centre de Recherche en Économie et Management (CREM) - 2012
franchising sector. We formulate various hypotheses on the factors that influence the adoption of an E-commerce strategy by … franchisors, namely the percentage of company-owned stores in the network, network size and age, franchisor resources (franchising … fees and franchising royalties), and the allocation of exclusive territories to franchisees. The empirical study relies on …
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Innovation climate in plural form franchise networks : the mediator role of mutual learning
Nguyen Minh Ngoc; Cliquet, Gérard - In: Design and management of interfirm networks : franchise …, (pp. 13-32). 2019
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