Family versus Non‐Family Firm Franchisors: Behavioural and Performance Differences
基于资源基础理论，研究了家族与非家族企业特许经营商在行为与绩效上的差异，发现家族企业更注重与加盟商的关系和培训，但绩效较低，不过这种劣势会随企业年龄和规模增长而逆转。
Abstract Drawing from resource‐based theory, we argue that family firm franchisors behave and perform differently compared to non‐family firm franchisors. Our theorizing suggests that compared to a non‐family firm franchisor, a family firm franchisor cultivates stronger relationships with franchisees and provides them with more training. Yet, we predict that a family firm franchisor achieves lower performance than a non‐family firm franchisor. We argue, however, that this performance relationship reverses itself when family firm franchisors are older and larger. We test our hypotheses with a longitudinal dataset including a matched‐pair sample of private U.S. family and non‐family firm franchisors.