Franchising Dreams : The Lure of Entrepreneurship in America
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Franchising Dreams : The Lure of Entrepreneurship in America
Unhelpful and fluffy (
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20 /50 )
This book is not completely uninformative. The problem with it is that you could write the book in about 10 pages. The author fills in the other 170 pages with fluff. He goes into extensive dialog about things that dont have anything to do with franchising or that could have been summarized and save
Good insight to franchising (
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50 /50 )
Ive read books on all the rules and technical issues of franchising and thought this would be a good book to give insight to the people in franchises. It does a good job at explaining what people thought franchising would be like and what it turned out to really be. It explains how franchisors and f
Based on a PhD Dissertation, Negative on Franchise Industry (
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50 /50 )
This book was originally a PhD dissertation that focuses on the franchise culture, and more specifically, "how conflicts are resolved and how the system is controlled." (pg. 10). Although the research was based on only three franchises, it makes many generalizations. Overall, it portrays franchising
Home Businesses You Can Buy: The Definitive Guide to Exploring Franchises, Multi-Level Marketing, and Business Opportunities Plus : How to Avoid Scams
Many of us would love to jump on the home-based business bandwagon but we simply dont have the qualifications or experience to start a new enterprise from scratch. Popular self-employment authors Paul and Sarah Edwards recognized this predicament, and with Walter Zooi, they have assembled a comprehensive resource precisely for such hesitant entrepreneurs. Home Businesses You Can Buy thoroughly examines franchises, multilevel marketing, and other "prepackaged" business opportunities, and includes important advice on avoiding related scams...
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Great understanding and fullfillment of the readers needs (
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I searched a dozen books looking for my future business. I found this book gave me more than I expected from anyone. Help with evaluating myself, the many businesses, and how well they fit my skills and preferences was provided. The only need I found missing, I learned, was illegal for franchisers t..
Franchise Organizations
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20.37
Need better research design and deduction (
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This book was written by Dr.Bradach in 1997 but it stills a good reference today. The comment I have, however, would be the research design is too limited. The research was conducted based on "food resturant chain" but the deduction (including the book title) seems to cover every franchise busin..
Franchising 101
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16.07
Simply the BEST (
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I have read 4 different books on franchising and would definately consider this one the best!..
