Purpose – This paper seeks to evaluate the relationship between Turkish entrepreneurs' cultural attributes and the entrepreneurial behaviour of their firms. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reports and analyses the findings of 227 face‐to‐face structured interviews with Turkish...

Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the relationship between Turkish ethnic entrepreneurs' socio‐cultural characteristics (namely education, experience and religion) and the entrepreneurial orientation of their firms. Design/methodology/approach – The study collected data through 139...

Purpose – The paper's purpose is to evaluate the factors which influence a multinational hospitality organization's franchise decision‐making process. Design/methodology/approach – A single embedded case study of an international hotel firm was the focus of the enquiry. Interviews and...

Purpose – This paper aims to identify the partner selection criteria employed both by franchisors and franchisees in master franchise agreements and evaluate how different selection criteria interact within the selection process and influence the decisions taken. Design/methodology/approach...

Purpose – This paper aims to identify and evaluate the factors which influence relationship development between franchisors and franchisees in international service franchise partnerships. Design/methodology/approach – Case studies of two international hotel firms were the focus of the...

Purpose – This paper aims to evaluate the antecedents of franchise relationship development from the perspective of a sample of Chinese and Turkish franchisees. Design/methodology/approach – This study explores relationship development through semi-structured interviews with Chinese and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide insights on the franchise partner recruitment process and decision‐making criteria used to select partners. It aims to investigate the process and parameters considered by franchisees in selecting potential international hotel organizations...

Purpose – The main aim of this paper is to introduce the articles of this issue. Design/methodology/approach – A critical content analysis of the papers selected for the issue was undertaken. Findings – The final articles for this issue examine a range of responsible business practices...

Purpose – The main aim of this paper is to critically review the contribution made by this theme issue to the literature by examining the implementation of responsible business practice. Design/methodology/approach – Based on the theme issue, a critical content analysis of the papers...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine franchisees’ business start-ups from an entrepreneurial perspective, adopting a process representative of entrepreneurship to examine opportunity identification and evaluation by franchisees and to analyse factors that influence this process....