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 British Franchise Association
www.thebfa.org |
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 Canadian Franchising Association
www.cfa.ca/CFA_HTM |
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 International Franchising Association
www.franchise.org |
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 German Franchise Association
www.dfv-franchise.de |
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 Netherlands Franchise Association
www.nfv.nl |
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 Franchise
Association of New Zealand
www.franchiseassociation.co.nz |
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Entrepreneur.com
www.entrepreneur.com
Entrepreneur.com is the website home of Entrepreneur
magazine. It provides advice, solutions and resources
that fuel the bold and independent way entrepreneurs think.
As the original magazine for the small and midsize business
community, Entrepreneur calls itself the definitive guide
to all the diverse challenges of business ownership. |
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Inc.com
www.inc.com
Inc.com, the website for Inc. magazine, delivers advice,
tools, and services, to help business owners and CEOs
start, run, and grow their businesses more successfully.
You'll find information and advice covering virtually
every business and management task, including marketing,
sales, finding capital, managing people, and much, much
more. The franchise section has resources and articles
related directly to franchising. |
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International Franchise Association
www.franchise.org
Official home of the IFA (International Franchise Association).
Lots of information and resources related to franchise
opportunities and franchising in general. A required starting
point for anyone considering getting into franchising. |
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Entrepreneur.com
The ultimate franchise resource!
www.entrepreneur.com |
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Franchising your Business
www.entrepreneur.com/franchises/franchisingyourbusinesscolumnistmarksiebert/article83230.html |
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The Franchise Magazine
www.thefranchisemagazine.net |
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Blue Maumau
Site with articles contributed by franchisors, franchisees and franchise consultants
www.bluemaumau.org/franchise_topic/franchising |
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Franchise Solutions Blog
blog.franchisesolutions.com |
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Current and Coming Trends
One of the world's leading trend firms, trendwatching.com and its 8,000+ trend spotters scan the globe for emerging consumer trends.
trendwatching.com |
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Seth Godin's Marketing Blog
sethgodin.typepad.com |
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Factors for Franchise Success
Talks about a study by Scott Shane and Chester Spell, originally published in the Sloane Management Review in 1998 that examines franchise success factors and identifies key indicators of the likely success of a franchise system.
businessfranchiseinformation.com/2008/01/10/what-are-the-factors-for-franchise-success-%E2%80%93-part-1.html |
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Original Sloane Management Review
Article on Factors for New Franchise Success - requires registration or purchase
sloanreview.mit.edu/the-magazine/articles/1998/spring/3934/factors-for-new-franchise-success |
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Franchise Success Articles
www.evancarmichael.com/Franchises/654/Top-tips-for-franchise-success.html |
If you have suggestions of other resource sites that
have been useful to you, please send
them to us, and we will be happy to add them to this list.
