MBA/521 Jan-7th-2012 Abstract When people think about the franchising concept, McDonald's usually comes up first as a prime example. Although McDonald's was not the first franchise business Isaac Singer, the inventor of the sewing machine gets credit for originating the franchise idea-the hamburger chain certainly exemplifies franchising success. The first McDonald's restaurant was opened by brothers Dick and Mac McDonald in 1940 on Route 66 in San Bernadino, California. The menu had about
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expanding businesses. Most of business minded people were selecting the franchising business as their way to expand their profits as well as their wealth. The concrete reason why they were selecting this kind of business is due to systematic management and cash flow which is provided by the franchisors. However, in these competitive markets, they still have their own weaknesses and might affecting failure of the franchising business itself. The weakness is depends in various aspects including
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market expansion, the roles of government in supporting international trade such as Foreign Direct Investment, how government should assist their businesses in competing in global arena either by protectionism or subsidizing, why has International Franchising strategy has work and what are the industries that have utilized this strategy for expansion successfully and why international business executive should pay attention to cultural influence in business negotiation process particularly Malaysia.
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McDonald’s Corporation Your Name Name of Institution MCDONALD’S CORPORATION 2 McDonald’s Corporation Executive Summary McDonald’s restaurant was founded by Maurice and Richard McDonald, two brothers who started the restaurant’s legacy as a small business in California that served milkshakes and hotdogs. The McDonald brothers soon introduced hamburgers to their restaurant menu, after reevaluating the business. In addition, the brothers implemented what they called the “speedy service system
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as proposing an alternative modelling approach to franchise contracts. The second section of this paper describes the basic structure of franchise contracts. The third section discusses the various explanations that have been proposed to explain franchising. The fourth section sets two aspects of the franchise contract that has not been addressed in the literature. The …rst of these is existence of both corporate owned outlets and franchised outlets within the same organization. Some authors have predicted
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control of franchising. Howard Schultz the owner and creator of Starbucks is quoted on franchising by stating, “Starbucks remain steadfastly opposed to franchising, so that the company could control the quality of its products and build a culture common to all stores”(MHHE). Starbucks uses bureaucratic control positively by maintaining control over its product and location sites. Negatively this can impact bureaucratic control when it comes to franchising. Unlike Starbucks, McDonalds encourages
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proposing an alternative modelling approach to franchise contracts. The second section of this paper describes the basic structure of franchise con- tracts. The third section discusses the various explanations that have been proposed to explain franchising. The fourth section sets two aspects of the franchise contract that has not been addressed in the literature. The rst of these is existence of both corporate owned outlets and franchised outlets within the same organization. Some authors have
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McDonalds The route to fast food franchising Summary Concepts: Franchisee, business, restaurants, marketing, success, brand, suppliers, sales, standards, customers, Ray Kroc, market research, recognises, Football Association, staff. Summary: From extremely modest beginnings, they hit on a winning formula selling a high quality product cheaply and quickly. However, it was not until Ray Kroc, a Chicago based salesman with a flair for marketing, became involved that the business
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PLCY-399 Case Study: McDonalds and Its Critics: 1973-2009 Mar 27th 2012 <McDonald’s And Its Critics: 1973-2009> is the most useful case that I’ve ever read about the McDonald’s. This case helped me fully understand the McDonald’s history from 1973 through 2009, as well as the reasons for its successes and failures through the years. Starting from the beginning, McDonald’s was a restaurant ran by two brothers Richard and Maurice, who managed this restaurant as a carhop drive-in restaurant
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Situated at Dutch hospital, a prominent tourist location in Colombo city, MOC is currently a popular restaurant in Sri Lankan food industry. Author has analysed all the strategies that are available to go international evaluating their pros and cons. Franchising is introduced as the best option to go international for MOC in this report and facts are justified with relevant examples. Next author has looked at the market attractiveness proposing the two places which MOC should approach first in developed
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