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Brand equity heterogeneity among strategic groups in service franchising

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  • Yi-Min Chen
  • Chien-Tai Su

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Independent franchisees work cooperatively with service franchisors to strengthen the franchisor's brand name. However, agency theory predicts that franchisor inputs such as brand names and operational routines might be harmed by franchisees' free riding. In addition, previous literature has addressed the issues of strategic group emergence and performance differences between groups in recent decades. Thus, this study builds upon an emerging symbiotic view of franchising behind agency theory and incorporates a strategic groups level of analysis to investigate whether franchisees have strong incentives to maintain standards as franchisor seeking market penetration. By investigating potential brand equity differences among service franchisors for Taiwanese telecommunications service chains, this study found that different strategic groups exist in service franchising chains. From replication testing, the current results demonstrate that service franchising brand equity heterogeneities exist among franchisors within and across strategic groups. Therefore, this study broadens agency theory's explanation of service franchising.

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  • Yi-Min Chen & Chien-Tai Su, 2014. "Brand equity heterogeneity among strategic groups in service franchising," The Service Industries Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(9-10), pages 867-884, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:servic:v:34:y:2014:i:9-10:p:867-884
    DOI: 10.1080/02642069.2014.905924
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    1. Bretas, Vanessa P.G. & Alon, Ilan, 2021. "Franchising research on emerging markets: Bibliometric and content analyses," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 133(C), pages 51-65.

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