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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"franchising"”.
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Franchising in commercial banking
In the increasingly competitive environment faced by commercial banks at the retail segment of the market, one of the greatest challenges is to build and maintain an efficient and effective distribution channel, offering a superior quality of services to the customers, with low operational costs …
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Franchising v mezinárodním právu soukromém
… as to legal tool for international business. Franchising could be described as a system of marketing goods or services, which is based upon an ongoing collaboration between legally independent undertakings, the Franchisor and the Franchisee. Franchisor grants Franchisee the right to conduct a …
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An Analysis of Antitrust Policy Toward Franchising
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International business expansion through franchising: the case of fast-food industry
… about the nature of international fast-food franchising; 2) to identify the distinctive strategies employed by fast-food franchise firms in foreign markets and 3) to provide a set of guidelines for managers which will assist them in dealing with the challenges of initiating and expanding a …
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Franchising in a volatile business environment: a case of the fast food industry in Harare, Zimbabwe
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Goodwill Indemnity in Franchising: The European Goodwill Recoupment Doctrine as a Framework for American Franchise Relationships
… have been criticized for being harmful to the franchising sector as they restrict franchisors' termination power, and thus, encourage franchisee-opportunism. As current laws appear to be failing to provide a fair solution for both parties, this dissertation offers an alternative theory drawn …
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Franchising: A comparison of the EEC and US legislative approaches, with particular reference to territorial exclusivity.
Most of the thesis will concentrate on the two jurisdictions in which the franchise method is already well established, the European Economic Community (EEC) and the United States (US). The first chapter of this thesis is a general introduction to the franchise method and its main characteristics …
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Identification of environmental factors that influence the choice of franchising methods of U.S. restaurant companies in Pan Pacific region
Franchising has become a proven and acceptable method of distributing products and services for both domestic and foreign markets. The pressures on franchisors to search for foreign markets have led to heightened interest in international franchising. According to Franchising in the Economy (1990), …
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Bankfranchising als Organisationsform für die genossenschaftliche FinanzGruppe in Deutschland
… elucidates the repercussions of bank franchising as an organizational form on the German co-operative banking group. The objective of this thesis will be achieved through three research questions. A literature review is employed to answer the first, theory-based, sub-question, enabling …
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A franchising of retail operations : the case of the United States Postal Service building a retail network for the 21st century
… Service's current outlets. This is a form of franchising. This thesis reviews franchising theory and highlights key research in the area to develop a business framework. Since many of the foreign posts have also been experimenting with operations similar to the CPU program, the franchising …
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SCALE, SPECIALIZATION AND PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM THE HOTEL INDUSTRY
… I investigate how a hotel company decides on franchising on properties based on its specialization and study the impacts of the combinations of franchising choice and specialization on profitability of hotel properties. I argue that a hotel company is less likely to franchise business units …
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The Impact of The Iowa Franchise Law on Restaurant Franchisor Expansion Strategy: An Exploratory Study
The enormous success of franchising as an expansion instrument has resulted in a franchising boom over the past few decades. In response to the success of franchising as a business expansion method and the subsequent complaints by unsuccessful or defrauded franchisees, legislation was enacted at …
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Análise das causas da mortalidade de micro e pequenas empresas franqueadas: o caso de uma rede de serviços fotográficos
… research and interviews with gather data on franchising companies and franchised agencies as SEBRAE, Getulio Vargas Foundation Associations of franchisees and the Brazilian Franchising Association. So you can identify and analyze the causes hindering their stay in business
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‘Harry Potter and the Transmedia Wizarding World’: Paratexts of the Harry Potter Franchise, 2011-17
… addition to scholarship on contemporary film franchising and Harry Potter more specifically. The following work shows how the Potter franchise has been purposely sustained, extended and reworked as a result of the proliferation of paratexts, and explores the production contexts of those …
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An Exploratory Model of the Relationships among the External Environment, Entrepreneurial Strategy, Mechanistic-organic Structure, and Financial Performance of Restaurant Franchisors from the Perspective of Franchisees
… of the external environment in the restaurant franchising industry on financial performance. Furthermore, restaurant franchisees perceived the franchisor's external environment in the industry was unlikely to contribute to the franchisor's entrepreneurial strategy or mechanistic-organic …
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A Causal Model of Linkages between Environment and Organizational Structure, and Its Performance Implications in International Service Distribution: An Empirical Study of Restaurant and Hotel Industry
… arrangement, joint venture arrangement, and franchising arrangement. The entry mode strategies chosen depend on the factors relating to internal environment of a specific firm, industry related factors in which the firm operates, and external environment of the operating units at national …
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Select-service hotels : a guide to understanding the lodging industry and one of its most attractive segments
… These innovations are the trends toward franchising, market segmentation, and the "life-style" brand. The study will describe how franchise and management relationships have gained strength in the lodging industry since their introduction in the mid-twentieth century. The study will then …
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The Development of a Conceptual Framework for Hybridity and Sustainability in Social (Micro-) Franchises
… and conceptual review of hybrid organising, franchising, and sustainability literature; (2) framework construction through synthesis of theoretical insights; (3) evaluation via expert interviews and ranking exercises; and (4) empirical grounding through event history analysis (EHA) of …
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The Franchisor/Franchisee Relationship: The Antecedents and Outcomes of Perceived Franchisor Support
<p>Franchising is an organizational system that provides the franchisor with needed capital for expansion and the franchisee with expertise and knowledge to operate a local outlet (Windenhausen & Joyce 1977). It is, therefore, one of the approaches firms are turning to in order to increase their …
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