What is she best known for?
The fields of study she is best known for:
- Law
- Microeconomics
- Finance
Francine Lafontaine mostly deals with Industrial organization, Incentive, Microeconomics, Franchise and Marketing.
As part of one scientific family, Francine Lafontaine deals mainly with the area of Industrial organization, narrowing it down to issues related to the Empirical research, and often Maturity.
Her Incentive study incorporates themes from Control and Present value.
Her study on Moral hazard and Economic rent is often connected to Ex-ante, Livelihood and Downstream as part of broader study in Microeconomics.
She merges many fields, such as Franchise and Theoretical models, in her writings.
The concepts of her Marketing study are interwoven with issues in Publication and Duration.
Her most cited work include:
- Agency Theory and Franchising: Some Empirical Results (925 citations)
- Vertical integration and firm boundaries : the evidence (479 citations)
- The Evolution of Ownersip Patterns in Franchise Systems (292 citations)
What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?
Francine Lafontaine spends much of her time researching Industrial organization, Franchise, Incentive, Microeconomics and Marketing.
Her Industrial organization study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Control and Vertical restraints.
Her studies in Franchise integrate themes in fields like Independent business, Actuarial science, Enforcement, Census and Selection bias.
Her Incentive research incorporates elements of Information asymmetry and Finance.
In the subject of general Microeconomics, her work in Moral hazard is often linked to Simple and Work, thereby combining diverse domains of study.
Her Marketing study deals with Entrepreneurship intersecting with Learning-by-doing and Goods and services.
She most often published in these fields:
- Industrial organization (37.88%)
- Franchise (31.82%)
- Incentive (27.27%)
What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2012-2020)?
- Franchise (31.82%)
- Incentive (27.27%)
- Industrial organization (37.88%)
In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:
Her primary scientific interests are in Franchise, Incentive, Industrial organization, Finance and Context.
In her work, Know-how, Econometrics, Actuarial science and Confidentiality is strongly intertwined with Independent business, which is a subfield of Franchise.
Her Incentive study contributes to a more complete understanding of Microeconomics.
Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Misrepresentation and Vertical integration.
Francine Lafontaine has included themes like Comparative advantage, Vertical restraints, Contract management and Distribution in her Industrial organization study.
Her Finance study combines topics in areas such as Moral hazard and Job loss.
Between 2012 and 2020, her most popular works were:
- Financial Constraints and Moral Hazard: The Case of Franchising (62 citations)
- ORGANIZATIONAL FORM AND PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM THE HOTEL INDUSTRY (51 citations)
- Too Far Away? The Effect of Distance to Headquarters on Business Establishment Performance † (47 citations)
In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Law
- Finance
- Microeconomics
Her main research concerns Incentive, Microeconomics, Finance, Context and Franchise.
Her work in Incentive is not limited to one particular discipline; it also encompasses Comparative statics.
Her Microeconomics research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Restructuring and Vertical integration.
Her Finance study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Moral hazard and Endogeneity.
Her research in Franchise tackles topics such as Aggregate data which are related to areas like Industrial organization.
Francine Lafontaine incorporates Industrial organization and Simple in her research.
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