Interpreting Franchisors Preferences in the Travel Agency Industry: The Case of Spain

Travel agency industry is one of the most important and relevant activities of franchise in many countries. One key aspect necessary for the suitable development of the franchise system in any country is the expansion of the franchisors. For this challenge to be a success, the franchisors must selec...

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Autores: Ramírez Hurtado, José Manuel, Guerrero Casas, Flor María, Rondán Cataluña, Francisco Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/59562
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11441/59562
https://doi.org/10.3727/108354211X13202764960627
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Franchising
Preferences
Travel agency
Conjoint analysis
Principal component analysis
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Sumario:Travel agency industry is one of the most important and relevant activities of franchise in many countries. One key aspect necessary for the suitable development of the franchise system in any country is the expansion of the franchisors. For this challenge to be a success, the franchisors must select the franchisees correctly. In this work the characteristics of potential franchisees preferred by franchisors are analyzed. A study was made in one of the most dynamic and important industries of the franchise system, that of travel agencies, and it used a combination of the methodologies of conjoint analysis and principal component analysis. The results show the profile preferred by the franchisors and give a ranking of the most important characteristics that the franchisors look for in travel agency franchisees