• 유통과학연구
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.33-47
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• 2018

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to derive the performance improvement factors of courier corporations that operate global franchise systems as business strategies through their brands and to determine. Research design, data, and methodology - In the first study, 129 valid questionnaire sheets were analyzed. In the second study intended to determine whether the four performance improvement factors derived in the first study have positive effects on franchisees' business performance, 781 valid questionnaire sheets secured from six GDFFs were analyzed using AMOS analysis. Results - In the first study, four performance improvement factors were derived. In the second study, hypotheses regarding whether the performance improvement factors: leadership, communication, education and training, and brand, have positive effects on franchisees' business performance were tested, and as a result, one hypothesis was rejected and three hypotheses were adopted. Conclusions - The first and largest contribution of this study is that it derived performance improvement factors from GDFFs. The second contribution is that it determined whether the performance improvement factors that were derived have positive effects on franchisees' business performance with tests. The third contribution is that it created significant implications in terms of other studies, research value, and applications in industry fields.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제12권8호
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• pp.43-54
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• 2014

Purpose - This study was based on a theoretical consideration of the structural relationship between the support and control of the franchisor and the satisfaction and strategic response (voice, loyalty, exit, neglect) of the franchisee. First, based on the preceding research, this study systematically organized the type of support and control of the franchisor. Second, the study examined the effects of a franchisor's support and control on the expectancy disconfirmation between affiliated franchisees' expectations before a franchise agreement and performance after operating an affiliated store. Third, the study looked into the effects of expectancy disconfirmation relating to a franchisor's support and control on an affiliated franchisees' general satisfaction. Fourth, this study examined the influence of the general satisfaction of a franchisee on affiliated franchisees' response strategies. Research design, data, and methodology - In this study, the population comprised the nation's franchisors, and the sample comprised franchisees conducting business in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do. A self-administered questionnaire was used; the author and examiner explained the study's parameters to the interviewees in advance, to lessen the rate of rejection of the answers and to maintain reliability. The author distributed 350 copies of the questionnaire and collected 327 copies (93.4%). The author removed 54 copies of the sample, as these copies belonged to franchisees that were not registered by the Fair Trade Commission and/or were thought to have either defects or inadequate answers. The author selected an effective sample of 273 copies to enter data and to do the statistical analysis. Results - Both a reliability analysis and a confirmatory factor analysis were performed to measure reliability and validity, and a structural equation model was used to conduct the hypothesis test and investigate the models. The hypothesis was tested (Table 5). The models had a suitable fit, for instance, χ² = 447.663(df = 212, p = .000), χ²/df = 2.112, GFI = .881, AGFI = .858, RMR = .083, RMSEA = .067, NFI = .932, and CFI = .961. The hypothesis test results were as follows. Hypothesis 1 was accepted (C.R. = -2.339, p = .019). Hypothesis 2 was accepted (C.R. = 15.213, p = .000). Hypothesis 3 was accepted (C.R. = -2.631, p = .006). Hypothesis 4 was accepted (C.R. = 16.271, p = .000). Hypothesis 5 was accepted (C.R. = 2.391, p = .017). Hypothesis 6 was accepted (C.R. = 5.777, p = .000). Hypothesis 7 was accepted (C.R. = 17.153, p = .000). Hypothesis 8 was accepted (C.R. = 24.746, p = .000). Hypothesis 9 was accepted (C.R. = -10.150, p = .000). Hypothesis 10 was accepted (C.R. = -12.124, p = .000). Conclusions - The research results showed that expectations for a franchisor's support and control had a significant influence on expectation disconfirmation in a negative way, whereas the performance of support and control were found to have a significant influence on expectation disconfirmation in a positive way. In addition, the expectation disconfirmation of support and control was found to have a significant influence on satisfaction of franchisees in a positive way. Generally, regarding the research on control, control is found to have a negative influence on the satisfaction of franchisees, but this study proves that control is found to affect it in a positive way through conformity.

• 한국프랜차이즈경영연구
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.17-24
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• 2017

Purpose - In recent years, research has been conducted on the conflict resolution strategies of the franchise headquarters and the franchisees, but there is a lack of research on how the power structure and cultural factors play a role in resolving conflicts. From this perspective, this study is to examine the structural relationship between franchisors' cultural orientation and relationship power, and conflict resolution strategies, relationship trust, and relationship performance using. The findings of this study suggest how franchise headquarters should establish long-term relationship with franchisees and share information. Research design, data, methodology - The data were collected from April 1 to April 15, 2013. Because this study examined franchise industries from the franchisee perspective, we contacted franchisee store owner and managers located in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province. Interviewers trained contacted a total of 200 franchisees, and 196 franchisees responded. Out of 196 respondents, 13 respondents were deleted due to missing information. Thus, a total of 183 franchisee were used for this study. he data were analyzed using frequency analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, correlation analysis, and structural equational modeling with SPSS 24.0 and Amos 23.0 statistical program. Results - The results showed that cooperation orientation and relational power of franchisor had significant effects on conflict resolution strategies. Cooperating, obliging, and compromising strategies of conflict resolution strategy had significant effects on relationship trust. Also, relationship trust had significant effect on relationship performance. Conclusions - This study shows that the franchise headquarters and the franchisees share necessary information for common purposes and that continuous two-way communications play an important role in resolving conflicts. In other words, the result of this study suggests that if the franchise headquarters and the franchisee actively consider the position of the other party and strive to achieve the goal, conflict resolution may be more successful. In order to do this, the franchise headquarters will have to consider how to build and maintain continuous communication with the franchisees, and continuous education is also needed so that employees can have a cooperative attitude. However, since the culture of these organizations is not made up of simple staff training and is not formed within a short time, the CEO of the franchisee headquarters should take the lead in establishing a cooperative culture with the merchants over the long term.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.23-32
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• 2010

본 연구는 안경 프랜차이즈 산업에서 가맹사업자가 인지하는 가맹본부와의 의사소통, 지원, 갈등, 공정성과 같은 관계특성이 가맹본부와의 관계만족에 미치는 영향에 관하여 분석하였다. 안경 프랜차이즈 산업 가맹점들을 조사대상으로 한 실증분석 결과 의사 소통과 관계만족, 관계만족과 장기적 결속간의 가설들이 지지되었다. 공정성에 대해서는 선행연구와 다른 결과가 나타나서 이에 대한 현상적인 해석을 시도하였다. 이러한 결과에 따라 안경프랜차이즈 산업에서는 원활한 의사소통이 매우 중요하며, 이를 위해서는 가맹본부의 특성과 가맹사업자의 특성을 이해하고 이를 반영한 적합성에 대한 노력이 선행되어야 한다는 결론이 도출되었다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘텐츠학회 2008년도 춘계 종합학술대회 논문집
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• pp.339-342
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• 2008

효율적인 마케팅 파트너쉽은 상호의 신뢰와 책임, 공평한 대우와 올바른 성과 그리고 상호 의존성을 갖추어야 한다. 만약 이러한 관계유지가 어려우면 서로 균등해지기 위한 노력을 더 해야 할 것이다. 가맹사업자들은 판매수익을 지속적으로 올리기 위해 마케팅 파트너로서 가맹계약자들을 늘리려고 노력한다. 강력한 파트너쉽을 개발하는 것은 가맹사업자가 높은 수준의 가맹계약자들을 모을 수 있는 강력한 도구로 사용할 수 있다. 만약 가맹사업자가 보다 강력한 파트너쉽을 가진 가맹계약자를 원한다면 전통적인 방식에서 벗어날 수 있는 대표적인 파트너쉽 가맹사업자와 같이할 의지가 있어야 하며, 가맹사업자, 가맹계약자 자신의 이익보다는 파트너쉽의 이익으로 그들의 부적합한 것들을 해결해야 할 것이다. 즉 간단하게 말하면 강력한 파트너쉽은 가맹사업자와 가맹계약자 양쪽의 희생이 필요하다는 것이다. 이러한 양쪽의 희생은 전체적인 Relationship의 수행뿐 만아니라 이익배분까지도 같이해야한다는 것이다.

• 한국프랜차이즈경영연구
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.1-17
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• 2010

프랜차이즈 가맹점의 계약 전 기대와 운영 후 지각된 성과에 대한 부정적 차이인식(gap)의 정도가 커지면 분쟁의 원인으로 발전할 수 있는데, 이는 근본적으로 가맹본부가 신규 가맹점 모집에 급급한 나머지 계약전 기대를 너무 높게 만들어 운영 후 지각된 성과와의 부정적 차이인식(gap)이 커지면서 발생하는 경우가 높다고 볼 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 가맹본부의 관계지향성에 대한 가맹점의 계약 전 기대와 운영 후 지각된 성과의 차이인식(gap)을 통해 가맹본부의 관계지향성에 대한 가맹점의 만족도를 간접적으로 측정하고, 관계지향성에 대한 차이인식(gap)이 프랜차이즈 업종별로 어떻게 다르게 나타나는지 알아보고자 한다. 본 연구의 실증분석 결과, 관계지향성에 대한 차이인식(gap) 평균이 모두 음(-)으로 나타난 것은 운영 후 지각된 성가가 계약 전 기대보다 낮다는 것을 의미하는 것으로, 가맹점 계약 전 기대관리의 필요성과 함께 프랜차이즈 업종별로 관계지향에 대한 차이인식(gap)이 다르게 나타났다는 것을 밝혔다는 데에서 그 의의를 찾을 수 있다. 이런 점들로 볼 때, 프랜차이즈는 가맹본부와 가맹점 간의 계약관계에 의해서 유지되는 시스템으로 지속적인 관계를 유지하기 위해서는 많은 노력과 함께 기대관리가 필요하다.

• 한국프랜차이즈경영연구
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.39-48
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• 2022

Purpose: COVID-19 has negatively influenced the financial performance of restaurant firms. Previous literature suggests that the franchising strategy effectively helps restaurant firms recover from difficult business conditions through various methods for expanding business size and enhancing business efficiency. According to risk-sharing theory, restaurant franchisors may minimize operational risks by sharing the risks with their franchisees. For instance, restaurant franchisors could generate more stable cash flow using franchise fees from their franchisees. However, research on the effect of franchise's risk reduction factor on business performance during pandemic is scarce. Thus, this study aims to examine the positive moderating effect of franchising between COVID-19 and restaurants' financial performance. Research design, data, and methodology: Panel data including financial information and franchising status of restaurant firms were collected for analysis. In order to control for unobserved firm-specific factors, generalized least squared estimation in fixed effects model was conducted. Huber-White robust standard errors were used to deal with heteroscedasticity issues. Results: It was found that COVID-19 pandemic has a negative effect on the restaurants' financial performance such as ROA (return on assets), ROE (return on equity), and PM (profit margins), which confirms the findings from existing literature. More importantly, results show that the degree of franchising has a positive moderating effect on the relationship between COVID-19 and financial performance of restaurant firms. This suggests that more active engagement in franchising may decrease negative impacts of COVID-19 on the restaurants' financial performance. Conclusions: The study supports existing literature related to risk-sharing theory, by confirming that pandemics, such as COVID-19, negatively affect financial performance of the restaurants. Furthermore, it was found that franchising strategy can help lessen negative impacts of pandemics on the firm performance. These findings can contribute to the franchise and restaurant management literature by suggesting the role of franchising in reducing business risks, thereby positively affecting financial performance. Moreover, this study offers business managers of franchisors and franchisees insights for utilizing franchising in restaurant risk management. Policymakers may also gain information on aiding restaurant firms during global crisis, such as COVID-19.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.39-47
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• 2014

Purpose - The ultimate goal of a franchise system comes from its win-win strategy. Agency theory uses goal incongruity to examine complex contracting problems between buyers and suppliers. Goal incongruity within a contractual relationship can be defined as the agent's desire not to cooperate. It is the degree to which the contractual terms do not satisfy the agent's goals. The greater the goal incongruity between the agent and the contract, the more likely it is that the agent will meet the terms of the contract. Thus, goal incongruity between buyers and suppliers has close relationships with both behavioral and financial performance. This study tries to examine these relationships in the franchise context using a model including related variables, such as regulatory foci, financial performance, and opportunism, to explain the reasons that not all franchisees perform their best. In particular, the study examines the effects of goal incongruity on regulatory focus, and the effects of regulatory focus on performance and opportunism. In short, the objective is to determine goal incongruity's effect on regulatory foci, and the effect of regulatory focus on performance and opportunism. Research design, data, and methodology - This study used data collected from the franchisee managers of 104 franchisors in South Korea. The franchisors include more than 10 franchisees, the majority of whom have been in business for more than five years. The study also surveyed 104 franchisees, matched with their franchisors for the sake of a dyadic approach. The study used regression analysis to test the hypotheses. Results - H1 and H2 predicted that goal incongruity would decrease promotion focus and increase prevention focus. Supporting H1, the result indicates goal incongruity had a positive effect on promotion focus. However, H2 was not supported. Goal incongruity had no significant effect on prevention focus (β = -.375, t = -4.331 and β = -.145, t = -1.950, respectively). H3 and H4 predicted that promotion focus would increase financial performance and decrease opportunism. Supporting these hypotheses, the results indicate that promotion focus had a positive effect on financial performance and a negative effect on opportunism (β = .771, t = 7.899 and β = -.765, t = -6.778, respectively). H5 and H6 predicted that prevention focus would decrease financial performance and increase opportunism. However, the results do not support these hypotheses. The results indicate that prevention focus had no effects on opportunism or financial performance (β = -.130, t = -1.070 and β = .090, t = .641, respectively). Overall, the evidence generally supported the hypotheses. Conclusion - Goal incongruity between a franchisor and a franchisee increases the franchisee's financial performance and opportunism, and the relationship is mediated by promotion focus. Interestingly, however, prevention focus has no mediating effect between goal incongruity and performance. Even though no significant relation exists between goal incongruity and prevention focus, the results have two implications. First, decreasing goal incongruity can improve financial performance and suppress franchisee opportunism. Second, the relationship between goal incongruity and performance affects promotion-focused franchisees.

• 한국프랜차이즈경영연구
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.65-84
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• 2014

본 연구의 목적은 프랜차이즈 성과공유에 대한 이론고찰과 사례를 통해 효과적인 프랜차이즈 성과공유방안을 제시하는 것이다. 이를 위하여 본 연구에서는 자원의존이론과 불형평이론에 대한 고찰을 통해 프랜차이즈 기업과 가맹점주의 관계, 프랜차이즈 비즈니스에서의 성과공유를 설명하였고 '맥주바켓'의 워크인쿨러 시스템, 주류판매 수수료의 가맹점 분배, '오니기리와 이규동'의 가맹점 장학제도, '본죽'의 가맹점 협의체인 본사모의 사례를 통해 프랜차이즈 비즈니스에서 활용할 수 있는 성과공유의 사례를 소개하였다. 이러한 이론고찰과 사례검토를 통해 본 연구에서는 5가지의 성과공유 방안을 제시하였다. 첫째는 '프랜차이즈 기업의 핵심역량의 공유'이며 두번째는 '로열티문화의 정착'이다. 세 번째는 '과학적인 상권분석과 매출예측시스템 구축'이며 네 번째는 '가맹본부의 실질적인 자금지원 강화'이다. 마지막은 '프랜차이즈 가맹점 협의회의 긍정적 활용'이며 이러한 성과공유 방안은 가맹본부와 가맹점의 상생에 밑거름이 될 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제23권10호
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• pp.189-201
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• 2018

This study analyzed the effect of core competence of supervisor on the satisfaction, loyalty, business performance of franchisees and business performance of franchisor. And the purpose of this study is to solve the most problematic issues in franchise business such as poor sales of franchisee, inadequate measures for activating sluggish stores, closing rate increase of franchisee, dispute between a franchisee and franchisor. The results of this study will be used as data for the success of Franchisor's business operation and for the change and development of the franchise industry. In this study, 168 CEOs and employees in the franchise industry were surveyed. Through previous research and expert interviews, we designed the core competency factors of franchise supervisors into seven areas: check, consulting, coordination, promotion, counseling, communication, and control. In order to verify the hypothesis of the research, the relationship between variables was verified by simple regression analysis and multiple regression analysis. Key result of the study are as follows. First, the core competency of the supervisor has a positive relationship with the franchisee's satisfaction. Second, the core competence of the supervisor has a positive relationship with the franchisee's loyalty. Third, franchisee's satisfaction has a positive effect on loyalty. Fourth, franchisee's satisfaction positively affects the business performance of franchisee and franchisor. Fifth, franchisee's loyalty positively affects the business performance of franchisee and franchisor.