Handbook of research on franchising / edited by Frank Hoy, Paul R. Beswick Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA, Rozenn Perrigot, Professor of Management, Graduate School of Management, University of Rennes 1, France, Andrew Terry, Professor of Business Regulation, University of Sydney Business School and Emeritus Professor, University of New South Wales, Australia.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research contributions to understanding franchising / Frank Hoy, Rozenn Perrigot and Andrew Terry -- PART I: ENTREPRENEURSHIP ; 2. Managing entrepreneurial tensions in franchise systems / Anna Watson and Lola Dada ; 3. Implications of family firms in franchising / Dianne H.B. Welsh and Frank Hoy ; 4. Autonomy in franchising / Odile Streed and Gérard Cliquet -- PART II: ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS ; 5. A multi-national investigation of dual distribution structures in franchising / Brinja Meiseberg and Thomas Ehrmann ; 6. Exploring the growth of multi-unit franchising / Benjamin Lawrence, Cyril Pietrafesa and Patrick J. Kaufmann ; 7. The relationship between initial and ongoing fees in franchising: a meta-analysis / Farhad Sadeh and Manish Kacker -- PART III: REGULATION ; 8. Franchising hard law and soft law / Robert W. Emerson ; 9. The obligation of good faith and its role in franchise regulation / Andrew Terry, Cary Di Lernia and Rozenn Perrigot -- PART IV: FRANCHISOR/FRANCHISEE RELATIONSHIPS ; 10. Understanding antecedents of franchisee trust / Evelien Croonen ; 11. Franchisor-franchisee relationships / Lorelle Frazer and Anthony Grace ; 12. Knowledge transfer in franchising / Nina Gorovaia -- PART V: MARKETING ; 13. Resale price maintenance in franchising: market coverage, company-owned stores, and retailer dependence / Robert Stassen ; 14. E-commerce opportunities and challenges for franchise chains / Rozenn Perrigot, Guy Basset and Gérard Cliquet -- PART VI: INTERNATIONALIZATION ; 15. International franchising: optimal market selection / E. Hachemi Aliouche ; 16. Internationalization of franchise networks / Maria Jell-Ojobor and Josef Windsperger ; 17. Determinants of master international franchising / Maria Jell-Ojobor and Ilan Alon ; 18. International franchising: influences of environmental uncertainty and munificence on market entry timing / Melih Madanoglu and Gary J. Castrogiovanni -- PART VII: PERFORMANCE ; 19. Performance in franchising networks / Magali Chaudey and Muriel Fadairo ; 20. Retail network organizational design and financial performance / Karine Picot-Coupey, Jean-Laurent Viviani and Paul Amadieu -- PART VIII: EMERGING MARKETS ; 21. Franchising in Southeast Asia: prerequisites, progress and prospects / Andrew Terry and Marko Grühagen ; 22. Franchising in Latin America / Muriel Fadairo and Cintya Lanchimba ; 23. An exploration of franchising in Africa / Rozenn Perrigot ; 24. The entrepreneur-franchisor in an emerging economy / Audhesh Paswan, María de los Dolores Santarriaga Pineda and Francisco Carlos Soto Ramirez -- PART IX: SOCIAL FRANCHISING ; 25. An introduction to social franchising / Anita Du Toit ; 26. The social franchise model: a systems approach of the dynamics of institutions and embeddedness in social franchise formation / Fiori A. Zafeiropoulou.