RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Performance and Risk as Signals for Setting up a Franchised Business A1 Calderón Monge, Esther A1 Huerta Zavala, Pilar Angélica K1 Business risk K1 Entrepreneurs K1 Franchise K1 Risk tolerance K1 Signaling theory K1 Comercio K1 Commerce AB Potential franchisees who wish to start up a business need to seek information signals. The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between performance and risk as signals of the quality of the franchise chains and the decision to choose one of them taken by the potential franchisee who wishes to set up a business for the first time via franchising. The results show that performance and risk operated as recognized signals for choosing a franchise chain among those which were operating in Spain during 2002-2008. PB Bradley University. The Turner School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation SN 1081-8510 YR 2013 FD 2013-05 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/9627 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/9627 LA eng DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos RD 07-ene-2025