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In the recent years, the relationship marketing gradually becomes a main issue in the marketing research. This kind of relationship exchange between organizations is also a mainstream of research on marketing channels. The research focuses on the chain system of convenience stores, such as franchise system and voluntary chain. It concerns the cooperative and interactive relationship between the franchisers and franchisees of chain system and also its influence on the integral performance of marketing channels. Based on the transaction cost theory, resource interdependence theory and agency relationship theory, the research mainly discusses the cooperative relationship between headquarters and the chain stores, the influence of the chain stores respective characteristics on the cooperative relationship, and teh influence of the cooperative relationship on the performance of marketing channels. In the aspect of empirical research, the result of research indicates that the hypothesis proposed on the basis of this research structure can be supported as follows: 1.In the aspect of the chain stores, the interdependence and good experience are positive for the cooperative relationship. 2.The participating control style of headquarters is good for the integral performance of marketing channels. 3.That existing cooperative and communicative interaction between headquarters and chain stores has noticeably positive influence on the integral performance of marketing channels. 4.Adopting constructive solution for the conflict between headquarters and chain stores is good for the integral performance of marketing channels. 5.The control from headquarters and the communicative interaction is helpful for the performance of marketing channels.
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