Look before you Leap
The Franchise Route to Self-Employment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10429700 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Timothy Bates (0000-0001-5786-7527, corresponding author), William Bradford (0000-0002-6497-6251), William D Bradford (0000-0001-8968-4119) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 77-83 |
| Publication date | 1995-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Black Political Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6446 • E-ISSN: 1936-4814 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1007/bf02689913 |
| OpenAlex | W2004010938 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
Aspiring entrepreneurs choosing to become franchisees certainly expect to improve their chances of survival during the turbulent early years of business startup and operation. This study examines survival patterns among franchise and nonfranchise African American-owned small firms started between 1984 and 1987. Survival through late 1991 was tracked for these firms as well as for comparison groups of white-owned firms. The independent business startups—whether black- or white-owned—were found to have better survival prospects than did the franchises
Business · Demographic economics · Economics · Franchise · Labour economics · Market economy · Survival of the fittest · White (mutation · Franchising Strategies and Performance · Labor Movements and Unions · Marketing
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |