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work_xfbt6xqu6vhfxgpwshs2iyvicu	M.R. Martínez-Torres	Strategic group identification using evolutionary computation	2010	7	.pdf	application/pdf	6643	849	65	This paper proposes to identify strategic groups among franchisors from a big set of franchisor variables. Genetic evolutionary computation was used to reduce a set of variables efficiently, and factor analysis that the general map of franchisor has changed since Carney and Gedajlovic's study, and that genetic evolutionary computation is a valid way to extract knowledge from a huge set of data. explain patterns of company-ownership versus franchisee-ownership: Resource Scarcity and Agency Theory (Alon, 2001; Carney & these groups differ in performance, examining all franchising firms Prior studies about strategic group identification among franchisor have only considered a few numbers of variables. variables for Canadian franchisor strategic group identification, All of them have utilized factor analysis as the multivariate statistic tool for strategic group identification (Hsia, Hsu, & Jen, 2009; Var05 Average number of outlets opening per year since first franchise �.008 .567 .739 �.098 �.043	./cache/work_xfbt6xqu6vhfxgpwshs2iyvicu.pdf	./txt/work_xfbt6xqu6vhfxgpwshs2iyvicu.txt