From Ice Cream to the Internet: Using Franchising to Drive the Growth and Profits of Your Company

Chapter . Notes

Introduction

1. R. Kaiser, “Franchise Owners Like State of Industry,” Knight Ridder Tribune Business News (14 March 2003): 1.

1. IFA Resource Center, “How Widespread Is Franchising?”, www.franchise.org/resourcectr/faq/q4.asp.

1. Calculated from data contained in Entrepreneur Magazine, “Franchise 500” (January 2004): 160-255.

1. A. Sherman, “Franchising and Licensing: Two Ways to Build Your Business” (New York: AMACOM, 1991).

1. International Franchise Association, “The Profile of Franchising,” (Washington, DC: The IFA Educational Foundation, 2000).

1. P. Murphy, “A Perfect Fit: Why the Franchise Sector Is Attractive to Private Equity,” Franchise World 35(7): 23.

1. J. Bradach, Franchise Organizations, (Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1998).

1. J. Combs ...