includes 189 retail and service chains operating in the U.S. Findings show that experience before franchising, length of … training, chain age, franchising fees and level of internationalization positively impact performance of franchised chains …. Implications for franchising scholars and practitioners are discussed. …

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 …