Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2021

Things it could work for include IT, accounting, social media management and website development. There are many different funding and fleet management options that you could consider, and fleet finance can often be a great choice to consider. Outsourcing means that you have someone doing that role for you as and when you need it most.

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Change Starts Here

MARCH 5, 2015

In order to improve results, a manufacturer sought to involve more people in developing and implementing creative solutions. A non-profit organization developed a new way to engage volunteers. The HR and finance groups within a university installed a new software system to automate tasks and have better information for decisions.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 23, 2019

Or, at the very least, a desire to develop great business skills. It’s not even enough just to know everything about cars and their features; you also need to have a sound understanding of business finances, licensing and legal requirements in terms of permits and taxes. Finance Your Business.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 20, 2021

From here, then you will need to contemplate whether or not you would prefer to start a business from scratch or own a franchise. There are certainly pros and cons to both; therefore, it will be based on how much responsibility you would like and whether you would like to try a new idea or develop someone else’s brand.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 27, 2021

You can consider opening a franchise for any established company where you will only require to find a proper location and arrange funds for your operations. Describing the offerings of your services, the product life cycles, intellectual properties as well as the research and development procedures of your business. Conclusion.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Following in the formulaic footsteps of its big-budget predecessors, like the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise , Disney surmised that the action-packed, special-effects-bedazzled Carter would kill at the box office. The resulting spike in both supply and demand for movies has created fierce competition for financing.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Following in the formulaic footsteps of its big-budget predecessors, like the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise , Disney surmised that the action-packed, special-effects-bedazzled Carter would kill at the box office. The resulting spike in both supply and demand for movies has created fierce competition for financing.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2013

If you were offered the opportunity to finance a high risk , low return investment, how eager would you be to write a check? It's time to bring a proven business model to the social enterprise space: the franchise. Franchising has a special place in our economic system. Support the franchises.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2012

But the good news is that there are common elements—seven organizational capabilities that can be developed and combined in different ways to take a promising innovation to the next level. They are: Staffing. It's hard to take a venture to the next level without knowing how to recruit, train, and retain talented people. Replicating.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2010

That sort of money should allow you to open 10 new centers next year, not through franchising as you'd planned, but under your direct ownership and control. The director wasn't expecting her, but Gloria liked popping into the franchises unannounced to get an unvarnished view. Three million euros.". Hours were flexible.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

and developed Europe — women entrepreneurs have higher levels of innovation than their male counterparts. On the other end of the growth spectrum, analysis of a dataset from 350 micro finance institutions across 70 countries indicated lending to more women was associated with lower write-offs and lower portfolio-at-risk.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

These concerns get polite nods here and there but, mostly, serious Africans ignore them and firmly redirect the conversation back to private equity, or franchise deals, or something along those lines. Bottom line: Are you game or are you out? And have you heard that we have more mobile phones than any other continent besides Asia?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

Transformational CEOs Tend to be “Insider Outsiders” The list is topped by companies headed by visionary founders with no prior experience in their industries; Jeff Bezos came from the world of finance, and Reed Hastings from software. The same was true of Adobe’s Shantanu Narayen.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2013

A number of years ago, my family company won the Greek franchise of a leading US confectionary manufacturer. The problem, I realized, was that the US company’s strategy of constant new product development was not aligned with what motivated our salespeople. It all looked very promising at first.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

They too have struggled to operate in complex environments, and have developed the skills and expertise to overcome these challenges. Access to finance , designing operational processes and systems , and building strong, talented management teams are just a few obstacles that many cite. However, the core skills they need are different.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

The company’s executives said that to help finance the plan, McDonald’s would increase refranchising (turning company-owned restaurants into franchises), take on more debt (even at the risk of lowering its bond rating ), and find $300 million to cut in general and administrative expenses.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Furthermore, this allows the for-profit entity to develop and focus its competencies to sell and distribute products, as well as to conduct research and development. The Social Franchise Model Works in Times of Uncertainty. Scaling Social Impact Insights from HBR and the Bridgespan Group.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Coca-Cola FEMSA, the largest franchise bottler of Coca-Cola beverages in the world, set the stage for this learning two years ago when it created centers of excellence (COEs) to drive transformation in each of its functional or process areas, including supply chain, distribution, commercial, finance, HR and IT.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Any number of franchised coaching offerings can be purchased at affordable prices, numerous affliliations with the hot coaching brand de-jure are available for the asking, or if all else fails coaches can just go it alone as a solo practitioner – the more the merrier right?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

Myriad potential public policy-related risks and opportunities for companies arise across a broad spectrum of political and economic systems — from the state capitalism of former Communist states to the “ mixed economies ” in traditional “liberal” democracies, from developed to developing markets.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2013

When my organization, Education For Employment , began operations in 2006 as a demand-driven answer to Arab youth unemployment, I felt that creating a social franchise model was the best way to meaningfully address an issue of this scale. The franchise model empowers local board and staff members to take appropriate action.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2010

One might add that at the time of the Founders, America had approximately 2 million people, and many fewer had the franchise than today. M [link] James Strock Great points, Mike. Now we're over 300 million. No one could credibly argue that our political leadership is anywhere near the same class as the Founders' era.

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