Franchising and the Family Firm: Creating Unique Sources of Advantage through “Familiness”
研究了家族企业与非家族企业在特许经营行为上的差异，以及家族企业在此情境下的相对优势，并探讨了选择过程如何促成家族特许人与家族受许人的匹配，从而更有效地共享互补资源。
The paucity of research examining family firms engaged with franchising is surprising. We theorize about differences in franchising behavior between family and nonfamily firms and the relative advantages accruing to family firms in this context. We also explore how selection processes tend to lead to family franchisor/family franchisee matches that enable a more effective sharing of complementary resources. The theoretical framework we develop is grounded in the “familiness” of the family firm as suggested by the logic of the resource–based view. Additionally, our theoretical analysis extends and complements the frequent use of agency theory as the basis for studying franchising.