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Entrepreneurial Resources as a Driver of Performance Differences in a Quick Service Restaurant Franchise System [PDF]

African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2020
This study explored performance differences between corporate-owned and operated and franchised outlets in the quick-service restaurant (QSR) industry. While studies have shown that there is a performance difference favouring franchisees, the reasons for
Johnathan Marks, Eli Golovey
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Franchisors on the financing and other problems of prospective franchisees

South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 2002
The current high unemployment rate and the need to develop the SME sector in South Africa, has highlighted the franchise sector as a possible generator of employment and wealth.
A. M. Smit
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Proposals of Public Law Instruments for Strengthening the Private Law Protection of Franchisees

Bratislava Law Review
There are presented proposals for public law instruments aimed at strengthening the legal protection of franchisees, who are often in a weaker economic position in relation to the organisers of franchise networks.
Rafał Adamus
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Investigating the effect of location, specifically shopping centres, on franchisees’ entrepreneurial orientation: A cluster analysis

South African Journal of Business Management, 2017
Franchisees play an important role in franchise systems, as they are responsible for managing their business and ensuring its overall performance. Since earlier research confirmed the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and performance,
M. Botha, T. Prawlall
doaj   +1 more source

Difference between Franchisers with and without Direct Retail Stores

International Journal of Empirical Economics
The new regulation was introduced to the franchise market of South Korea in that an applicant who wants to be a franchiser must set up direct retail stores and run them for at least one year before recruiting franchisees.
Jin Hyung Lee
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Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Innovation is a presumed channel through which finance affects productivity, yet there is limited research testing the relationship between finance and innovation in the food manufacturing sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore the determinants (e.g., financing, R&D, firm size, expenditure on innovation) of the adoption of innovation ...
Getu Hailu, Deepananda Herath
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying the franchisee profiles franchisors prefer / Franšizė, jos naudotojai: Ispanijos atvejis

Journal of Business Economics and Management, 2011
This study identifies the franchisee profiles that franchisors prefer. Specifically, the goals of this study are: (1) to identify the characteristics that form the franchisee profile preferred by the franchisors operating in the Spanish market and (2) to
José M. Ramírez-Hurtado, Francisco J. Rondán-Cataluña, Flor M. Guerrero-Casas, Juan M. Berbel-Pineda   +3 more
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‘Where are the adults?’: Troubling child‐activism and children's political participation

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Children's political participation is a well‐established theme in childhood studies. In this article we offer an original account of child activism that takes into account the entangled and emergent aspect of children as activists. We begin with a historical and a conceptual review, noting the importance of mid‐20th century developments such ...
Sharon Hunter, Claire Cassidy
wiley   +1 more source

Disagreeing Over Agreements: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of No-Poaching Agreements in the Franchise Sector [PDF]

, 2019
In October 2016, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division announced its intent to proceed criminally against parties to no-poaching agreements, or agreements between or among employers not to hire each other’s workers.
Schaefer, Catherine E.
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Re‐thinking teachers' professional development: An analysis of National Professional Qualifications for school leaders in England

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This article considers how teachers' professional development could be redeveloped to help address the current crisis in teacher recruitment and retention by offering greater intellectual rigour and more opportunities for intellectual growth. Our analysis is focused on the UK government's current policy for leadership development in schools in
Mark Innes, Elizabeth Gregory, Louisa Dawes   +2 more
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