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TY - JOUR
T1 - Entrepreneurial process in international multiunit franchise outlets
T2 - A social capital perspective
AU - Hadjielias, Elias
AU - Dada, Lola
AU - Eliades, Kostas
N1 - This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Business Research. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Business Research, 134, 13-28, 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.05.022
PY - 2021/9/30
Y1 - 2021/9/30
N2 - This paper examines how social capital facilitates entrepreneurial process in international multiunit franchise outlets, operating under an area development agreement. Despite empirical evidence showing that international multiunit franchisees pursue entrepreneurial objectives, there is shortage of knowledge as to how these occur. This study reveals that micro-level entrepreneurial process in international multiunit franchise outlets (operating under an area development agreement) is bounded within structural, relational and cognitive dynamics. Structural dynamics involve diverse forms of interactions (i.e. horizontal, bottom-up, portfolio, franchisor-franchisee and franchisee peer) and their structural properties (i.e. strong, weak, appropriable, hierarchical and bridging ties), which determine the resources to be mobilized and the activities to be actuated at different phases of the entrepreneurial process. Relational and cognitive dynamics involve interpersonal and collective conditions (i.e. obligations, shared stories, trust and norms), which facilitate or constrain interactions and the entrepreneurial process. The study provides implications for incorporating sociological perspectives in franchisee entrepreneurship research.
AB - This paper examines how social capital facilitates entrepreneurial process in international multiunit franchise outlets, operating under an area development agreement. Despite empirical evidence showing that international multiunit franchisees pursue entrepreneurial objectives, there is shortage of knowledge as to how these occur. This study reveals that micro-level entrepreneurial process in international multiunit franchise outlets (operating under an area development agreement) is bounded within structural, relational and cognitive dynamics. Structural dynamics involve diverse forms of interactions (i.e. horizontal, bottom-up, portfolio, franchisor-franchisee and franchisee peer) and their structural properties (i.e. strong, weak, appropriable, hierarchical and bridging ties), which determine the resources to be mobilized and the activities to be actuated at different phases of the entrepreneurial process. Relational and cognitive dynamics involve interpersonal and collective conditions (i.e. obligations, shared stories, trust and norms), which facilitate or constrain interactions and the entrepreneurial process. The study provides implications for incorporating sociological perspectives in franchisee entrepreneurship research.
KW - Entrepreneurial process
KW - Social capital
KW - Franchisee entrepreneurship
KW - International multiunit franchising
U2 - 10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.05.022
DO - 10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.05.022
M3 - Journal article
VL - 134
SP - 13
EP - 28
JO - Journal of Business Research
JF - Journal of Business Research
SN - 0148-2963
ER -