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- 18
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 401-420
- Citations
- 1073
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James A. Brickley,
Frederick H. Dark
(1987).
The choice of organizational form The case of franchising.
Journal of Financial Economics
, 18
(2)
, 401-420.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-405x(87)90046-8
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- 10.1016/0304-405x(87)90046-8