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Owning a franchise isn’t an automatic ticket to wealth and happiness…were less enthusiastic when asked if they would buy the same franchise again. Only 65 per cent of franchisees said they would
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credibility – and greater profit potential.
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Risks: Abuse inherent in modern franchising, Lawsuits, class-action, Canada: most heavily franchised economy in world, Banks
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at administrative functions, with minimal time spent learning the fundamentals of hands-on painting.
A potential pitfall for franchise buyers is the nature of the painter workforce. The painting industry
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The Australian dream of becoming self-employed can be the path to financial security, but it can also go disastrously wrong.
BRW
January 26, 2009
The franchising trap
The Australian dream
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“Franchisees provide the money but the franchiser controls it. That’s the fundamental (aspect) of the relationship and that’s where the abuse comes in. Control tactics are used in the relationship
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incompleteness. The point of departure is the fundamental insight of relational contracting theory, namely that when a contract is embedded within an identifiable relationship, such as the franchise
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a franchised business. Empirically, the study found that franchised businesses account for only around 12% of businesses advertised so clearly a higher likelihood exists of litigation involving franchises
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…markets aren’t like parties: No sane investor really wants to crash a crowded one. This is what the field of franchising is starting to look like. Dixon used to record roughly 350 business deaths
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How does the typical franchise work out? Rupert Barkoff, chairman of the American Bar Association's franchising committee, estimates that for the typical chain only a third of franchises do well
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”. Investor confidence in the industry appears to be following the theory of “The Tipping Point”. The pathogen is: don’t invest in any franchise because the risk of loss is too high.”
Fundamental Question
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