You’ve almost definitely shopped at a franchise. But how does the model, ‘cloning’ a business to be run by independent owner-operators, actually work?
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Mixue’s rapid growth is more than just a business success story. It helps China’s efforts to promote a positive image in Indonesia.
Checkout charity research suggests that it can boost sales and doesn’t ward off customers who don’t contribute.
Women are more willing to take risks and innovate than the stereotype suggests, but even more would likely go into business via franchising if they knew about all the start-up support they can get.
Two well-known franchises have come under fire this week for problems when reporting their business results. We answer four questions about the business model and why these scandals are reoccuring.
There are some hallmark problems within franchising in Australia and internationally and not all are within the franchisor’s or franchisees’ control to fix.
Mitre 10 franchisees are calling for an end to company-owned stores, but they benefit from them too.
The obstacles workers face in successfully pursuing their entitlements and the inadequacy of our current penalties to deter underpayments means problems with franchises will remain.
Star Wars offshoot Rogue One was originally intended to be darker – but it looks like it might be rather vanilla.
The law assumes franchisees do their financial and legal homework when it comes to signing up to a chain, but research shows franchisees are often overconfident and ignorant of the risks.
Franchisors exercise a lot of control over their franchisees, but it’s a different story when it comes to store workers.
Potential franchisees need to know what they are committing to before they decide to buy a franchise.
Revelations of underpaying by 7-Eleven franchises add to evidence that some franchises are prone to abuses. But why?
In the wake of disturbing allegations of exploitation and underpayment of 7-Eleven workers by franchisee owners, what moral obligations does the parent franchisor have?
Employers that receive industrial relations support from their franchisor are more likely to abide by the law than other employers.
Given franchisors often hold all the legal, financial and psychological power, it’s little wonder franchisees get burnt.
Tolstoy’s opening line in Anna Karenina was: “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” The same can be said of most businesses – the recipe for success is simple…
The government is moving to introduce a new Franchising Code of Conduct as part of wide ranging reforms to how franchising arrangements are regulated, claiming it will be fairer for small operators and…
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Emeritus Professor, Business School, UNSW
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Professor and Director, Franchising Centre, Griffith University
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Professor of Franchise Entrepreneurship and Associate Professor of Hospitality, Georgia State University
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Professor, College of Business, University of Sharjah
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Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow at the Centre for Future Work, Melbourne; and Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Graduate Tutor and Lecturer in Film, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Associate Professor, Director of the Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Head of School (Research), UniSQ School of Business, University of Southern Queensland
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Professor and Head, Department of Marketing, Griffith University
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Lecturer- Franchising and Marketing, Griffith University
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Research Fellow, Griffith University
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in Marketing, Griffith University
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Professor of Employment Relations, Griffith University
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Professor of Employment Relations, School of Business and Law, CQUniversity Australia