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INNOVATION IN FRANCHISING SYSTEMS UNDER THE IMPACT OF DIGITALIZATION AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

International Journal of Social and Educational Innovation
This paper provides an analysis of the franchising system, synthesizing the theoretical foundations of vertical cooperation, the innovator’s psychological profile, and customer loyalty mechanisms, correlating them with cutting-edge research on the ...
Beatrice IPSALAT, Raluca ZOLTAN
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Exploring the evolution and future research on sustainability in franchising: a systematic review of the literature

Future Business Journal
The purpose is to analyze the evolution of knowledge of the sustainability–franchise relationship through a systematic literature review (SLR) for the period 2000–2023.
Esther Calderon-Monge, Pilar Huerta-Zavala   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bottling water differently, and sustaining the water commons? Social innovation through water service franchising in Cambodia

Water Alternatives, 2020
Until recently, bottled drinking water was a cause for concern with regard to development in the Global South; now, however, it is embraced as a way to reach the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal target 6.1, which calls for the achievement by
Isaac Lyne
doaj  

Powers and Practices in Labor Standards Enforcement

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Wage theft remains a pervasive problem internationally and within the United States. In response, worker advocates have sought stronger laws to deter violations and promote compliance. Yet formal authority alone may be insufficient; labor departments often fail to use the full extent of their legal authority to conduct vigorous enforcement ...
Daniel J. Galvin, Hana Shepherd, Jenn Round, Jake Barnes, Janice Fine   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Grocery Retail Location Patterns in Brno: Clustering, Inequality and Street Network Centrality

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract This study aims to evaluate the spatial distribution and clustering patterns of grocery retail chains in Brno, Czech Republic, focusing on national and multinational stores. By employing Geographic Information Systems and advanced spatial analysis techniques, including the nearest neighbour method, standard deviational ellipse, Kernel density ...
Josef Kunc, František Križan, Markéta Novotná, Ján Výbošťok, Klára Charvátová, Kristína Bilková   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social Franchising - Innovative Approach for Solving Social Problems

, 2017
Ten years after the global financial crisis, which particularly affected the transition countries, Croatia lags in solving basic social problems such as poverty and unemployment. The consequence of the failure of these problems is the population migration, especially the younger groups and ones with high education.
Perić, Julia, Erceg, Aleksandar
openaire   +1 more source

Electronic Logging Device Enforcement, Leased Owner‐Operator Use, and Carrier Size: Complex Interactive Effects on Hours‐of‐Service Violations

Journal of Business Logistics, Volume 47, Issue 3, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Ensuring trucking companies comply with hours‐of‐service (HOS) rules is an ongoing challenge faced by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. This research examines heterogeneity in how trucking firms' compliance with HOS rules changed in response to a multistage regulatory intervention that required most large commercial trucks ...
Jason Miller, Rowan Hilend, Keith Skowronski, Alex Scott   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Laurels or Thorns of Trust? How Embeddedness Moderates the Exchange‐Satisfaction Relationship in Franchising

Managerial and Decision Economics, Volume 47, Issue 4, Page 863-879, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Exchanges in franchise systems are embedded in the level of trust that exists in franchisee–franchisor relationships. Although trust is essential in business relationships, it can unfold a negative side effect on the appreciation of exchange in these relationships as hidden costs of trust.
Matthias Glaser, Josef Windsperger, Evelien Croonen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trade as a cultural identity aspect in a city. A case study on Catania [PDF]

In the present-day post-industrial society and in a globalised economy there is a strong tendency towards standardization and homologation. If we consider one of the most traditional urban functions - the commercial one - analysing what is happening in ...
Carmelo Maria Porto, Caterina Cirelli, Elena Di Blasi, Enrico Nicosia, Leonardo Mercatanti   +4 more
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Platform competition and strategic trade‐offs for complementors: Heterogeneous reactions to the entry of a new platform

Strategic Management Journal, Volume 47, Issue 6, Page 1671-1729, June 2026.
Abstract Research Summary We study how the entry of a rival platform affects the strategies of the incumbent's complementors. The latter face a trade‐off: While the entry threatens their benefits from indirect network effects, it also allows them to escape intense within‐platform competition.
Johannes Loh, Ambre Elsas‐Nicolle
wiley   +1 more source