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Institutional activism in the early American automobile industry

Article Abstract:

The relationship between claim making by activists and new organization building in a study of the early American automobile industry is explored. It was found that the visibility of reliability contests within the focal state increased foundings of car firms in the state, but that this effect diminished with advertising, legal recognition of the car, and the existence of a business friendly governor in the focal state.

United States, Motor vehicles and car bodies, Production management, Automobile industry

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Centralization of franchising networks: evidence from Austrian franchise sector

Article Abstract:

Property rights theory is used to analyze the degree of centralization of decision-making in franchising networks. The results obtained from the Austrian franchise sector suggests that the franchiserEs intangible system-specific know-how and brand name assets have a stronger influence on the allocation of residual decision rights in the franchising network than the franchiseeEs intangible local market assets.

Austria, Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works), Patent owners and lessors, Franchising, Models, Influence, Brand name products, Brand names, Franchises, Right of property, Property rights

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