This paper synthesizes five decades of supply chain-related research from premier
managerially oriented marketing journals and provides a state-of-the-art integration and …

Shopping malls are one of the glories of metropolises with their attractive shops and a wide
variety people who are walking in order to purchase goods. Location of a shopping mall is …

The aim of this study is to model shopping center site selection problem for a real world
application in Istanbul which is the most populated city in Turkey. Since Turkish metropolitan …

We use data on all the new restaurants opened in Texas between 1980 and 1995 by seven
of the largest nationally franchised fast-food chains to examine empirically the extent of multi …

This paper explores the phenomenon of plural forms (ie, the simultaneous coexistence of
franchised and company‐owned outlets, operationally, the proportion of company‐owned …

One of the most important decisions a retailer can make is where to locate a retail outlet.
Because convenience is so important to today's consumers, a retail store can prosper or fail …

The increase of consumer income has resulted in the rapid development of the retail
industry in China, which provides high market potential for retail companies worldwide …

Selection of store sites is a common but challenging task in business practices. Picking the
most desirable location for a future store is crucial for attracting customers and becoming …

Purpose The objective of the study is to develop a methodology to strategically rank store
locations using criteria such as population, store site characteristics, economic …

We assess in an integrated model the antecedents of multi-unit franchising as well as its
outcomes. Based on both franchisor and franchisee data, the results related to the …