franchising

You are right that some environments have draconian franchising rules, and force fast-food operators into alternative operating models (i.e.

Yes, this seems like a well-solved problem as nearly every franchising model includes company-owned stores.

This is basically solved by franchising, but that also adds cost to the producer.

In the United States, franchising is regulated by the FTC and state agencies.

This is very much how the UK's rail franchising system fails to work.

It's unclear how this plays out in the era of state-wide franchising agreements.

McDonald's was way ahead of everybody in this element of franchising strategy.

They're franchising now, and Pinkberry is looking for more area developers.

For international travelers it's the franchising aspect that is most appealing.

The UK's rail franchising is the worst of all possible worlds.

That's how it works in virtually every other franchising market.

At the moment we're not scaling out ourselves just yet, we're just in one region, but you're totally right that franchising could potentially be a model.

I don't understand how franchising is supposed to solve the problem of "serving more customers means having to rent (or buy) more land".

I wonder if most people realize that the "innovation" involved has to do with franchising and finances, rather than the fact that it's a cart that sells coffee.

Any applicant whose application for a second franchise has been denied by a final decision of the franchising authority may appeal such final decision pursuant to the provisions of section 555 of this title for failure to comply with this subsection." Theoretically, a pre-1992 contract negotiated before the law was passed might still be in effect.

There was a great piece of advice I was given about 20 years ago by the South African guru of franchising, Eric Parker: "Run your small business as if it was a large business", or, "Start as you mean to go on".

Typical regulations include: 1) Franchising, especially if you want to offer TV service (which is the money-maker).

Franchising comes kind of close, and running a taxi in NYC comes close.

Franchising it dilutes it into a McUniversity (appropriately).