Franchise Agreements

Franchise Agreements is a form of vertical agreement in which an upstream undertaking (the franchisor) grants a downstream undertaking (the franchisee) the right to operate a business for the sale of specified goods or services under the franchisor’s trade mark and standardized business format, subject to ongoing control and assistance and typically in exchange for direct or indirect fees.

516

Publications

35.7K

Citations

633

Authors

391

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

Variants

Franchising Agreements

Parents

Vertical Agreements

Children

Brand Protection In FranchisingFranchise BreachFranchise Control RightsFranchise Incentive AlignmentFranchise Information AsymmetryFranchise RemediesFranchise Risk AllocationFranchisee OpportunismFranchisee Performance MonitoringFranchisor Opportunism

Publications

516

Agency Theory and Franchising: Some Empirical Results

Francine Lafontaine · The RAND Journal of Economics · 1992 · 1.1K citations

Business, Business Economics, Agency Theory +10

The choice of organizational form The case of franchising

James A. Brickley, Frederick H. Dark · Journal of Financial Economics · 1987 · 1.1K citations

Business, Organization Studies, Contract Theory +6

The Theory of the Firm and the Structure of the Franchise Contract

Paul H. Rubin · The Journal of Law and Economics · 1978 · 1K citations

Business, Business Economics, Contract Theory +11

Franchise Bidding for Natural Monopolies-in General and with Respect to CATV

Oliver E. Williamson · The Bell Journal of Economics · 1976 · 860 citations

Public Affairs, Economics, Regulatory Policy +7

Power in a Channel of Distribution: Sources and Consequences

Shelby D. Hunt, John R. Nevin · Journal of Marketing Research · 1974 · 850 citations

Management, Business Economics, Channel Management +8

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Authors

633

RP
Rajiv P. Dant
University of Oklahoma, United States
19 publications · 2.4K citations
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JW
Josef Windsperger
University of Vienna, Austria
21 publications · 917 citations
16
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LF
Lorelle Frazer
Griffith University, Australia
18 publications · 587 citations
14
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RP
Rozenn Perrigot
Université de Rennes, France
15 publications · 377 citations
13
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FL
Francine Lafontaine
University of Michigan, United States
15 publications · 2.4K citations
13
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Institutions

391

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Venues

Journal of Business Venturing
JBV · 23 publications · 3K citations
23
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Journal of Retailing
18 publications · 1.5K citations
17
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Journal of Small Business Management
JSBM · 16 publications · 1.2K citations
15
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Journal of Marketing Channels
27 publications · 758 citations
15
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International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship
ISBJ · 18 publications · 929 citations
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