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Service quality control mechanisms in franchise networks

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  • Roberto Sánchez Gómez
  • Isabel Suárez González
  • Luis Vazquez Suárez

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This paper reports the study of some factors that influence the control intensity exerted by franchisors on the service quality provided by the franchised units of their networks and what interdependencies exist between the different mechanisms that can be used to monitor service quality. On the one hand, three control mechanisms of conformance quality are considered, namely audits, mystery shoppers, and mandatory purchase of inputs and products. On the other hand, polls are used to monitor perceived quality by customers. There are two main findings. First, control intensity is greater in those industries in which customers tend to be non-repetitive. Second, four complementary relationships are found between control mechanisms: between audits and mystery shoppers, between audits and polls, between mandatory purchase of inputs or products and mystery shoppers, and between mandatory purchase of inputs or products and polls.

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  • Roberto Sánchez Gómez & Isabel Suárez González & Luis Vazquez Suárez, 2009. "Service quality control mechanisms in franchise networks," The Service Industries Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(5), pages 713-723, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:servic:v:31:y:2009:i:5:p:713-723
    DOI: 10.1080/02642060902833338
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