Abstracts
Résumé
Alors que la franchise à l’international est de plus en plus répandue, on ne sait pas si les réseaux de franchise étrangers sont plus ou moins performants que les réseaux de franchise locaux lorsqu’ils sont en concurrence sur le même marché. Les résultats d’une étude menée dans le commerce de détail d’articles de mode en France indiquent que les franchiseurs étrangers ne sont ni plus ni moins performants que leurs concurrents locaux. Ils montrent également qu’accorder une grande autonomie aux franchisés accroit plus fortement la performance des franchiseurs étrangers que celle de leurs concurrents locaux. En revanche, utiliser un réseau « mixte » ne permet pas aux franchiseurs étrangers d’accroître leur performance par rapport à leurs concurrents locaux.
Mots-clés :
- avantage lié à une origine étrangère,
- désavantage lié à une origine étrangère,
- franchise,
- performance
Abstract
As international franchising becomes more popular, it is not fully clear whether foreign franchisors perform better or worse than local ones when competing in the same market. A study in the French fashion retail sector reveals that foreign franchisors perform similarly to their local counterparts. Additionally, the study shows that giving franchisees more autonomy significantly boosts the performance of foreign franchisors compared to local ones. However, using the ‘plural form’ does not improve the performance of foreign franchisors relative to their local competitors.
Keywords:
- liability of foreignness,
- advantage of foreignness,
- franchising,
- performance
Resumen
A medida que la expansión internacional de franquicias se vuelve cada vez más común, sigue sin estar claro si las redes de franquicia extranjeras son más o menos competitivas que las franquicias locales cuando compiten en el mismo mercado. Los resultados de un estudio en el sector minorista de moda en Francia muestran que los franquiciadores extranjeros tienen un rendimiento similar al de sus competidores locales. Además, nuestros resultados indican que otorgar mayor autonomía a los franquiciados mejora de forma más notable el rendimiento de los franquiciadores extranjeros en comparación con el de sus competidores locales. Sin embargo, emplear una red ‘mixta’ no permite a los franquiciadores extranjeros mejorar su rendimiento frente a las franquicias locales.
Palabras clave:
- ventaja del origen extranjero,
- desventaja del origen extranjero,
- franquicia,
- rendimiento
Appendices
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