Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2013

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. For example, it's much less risky to franchise a restaurant than to start your own. A restaurant franchise buys the core elements of the business — brand, menu, advertising.

Franchising 8

Franchising Business Model Supply Chain Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Women-owned entities in the formal sector represent approximately 37% of enterprises globally — a market worthy of attention by businesses and policy makers alike. That''s 224 million women impacting the global economy — and this survey counts only 67 of the 188 countries recognized by the World Bank.

Globalization 13

Globalization Entrepreneur Banking Supply Chain 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Because the "unmentionable" subject of menstruation is taboo, the market failure — supplying cheaper pads — had never received the attention it deserved. As product is sold, some of the initial working capital that SHE puts up is paid back, with the entrepreneurs eventually owning their local franchises.

Franchising 13

Franchising CEO GDP Entrepreneur 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2014

Instead of thinking about technology for technology’s sake, we studied the real consumer pain points in the market. They’re unbanked or under-banked or, as we call it, unhappily banked. There’s a saying that “It’s expensive to be poor,” and it really applies to these segments of the market.

Execution 8

Execution Software Banking Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2012

Founders Forum is a franchise started by two successful UK-based entrepreneurs, Brent Hoberman and Jonnie Goodwin, to stimulate US-style entrepreneurship in the European region, and now around the world. An Indian investment bank, Avendus, projects 376 million Indian Net users by 2015. This expansion isn't just domestic.

Venture Capitalist 13

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Conference Wireless 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2013

The concept seems appealing — incremental investment enters the "social impact" market in the form of below-market loans or equity, incenting mission-driven organizations to become self-sustaining. So we offer farmers what we call a "market bundle": seed and fertilizer on credit, training, and market facilitation.

Bottom-up 8

Bottom-up Franchising Operations Efficiency 8

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. million in 2014 to a high of $12.6

Price 8

Price Franchising Short-term CFO 8

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Become a part of them as opposed to a vendor to them …This is a difficult concept for old-school marketers to get their arms around, but a critical one nonetheless. Let me say this as clearly as I can…a ready, fire, aim approach will rarely find the target. What more proof does one need?

Media 357

Media Influence Blog Real Estate 357

Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Over the past several years a major shift in customer behavior has reshaped the nature of many markets and is leading to profound changes in how companies attempt to serve those markets. More and more business customers have quit buying stand-alone products and have started buying integrated solutions.

Telecommunications 111

Telecommunications Franchising Consultative Diversity 111

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.

Franchising 8

Franchising Uncertainty NGO Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

In this environment, a new 4G only player has entered in 2016 with an initial investment of $20 billion in network and market infrastructure. Banking : India is a cash-based economy and most Indians don’t have active bank accounts, so setting up brick and mortar banks is a challenge.

Strategy 8

Strategy Banking Venture Capitalist Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2017

In the age before the digital revolution, marketers used to tell customers about a product and then work through a traditional step-by-step purchase funnel. Real Madrid is one of the most recognized soccer franchises in the world. Real Madrid: winning the hearts and minds of 500 million dedicated fans.

Sports 8

Sports Brand Content Industry 8

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?

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Globalization Politics Franchising 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2011

A succession of CEOs prior to Rick Wagoner (who fought heroically to overcome the dreadful hand he was dealt) allowed all manner of legacy costs to build up (retiree health, Jobs Bank, etc.) market, the single biggest problem by a wide margin was Toyota, which gobbled U.S. market: small and mid-car. Outside the U.S.,

Company 12

Company Franchising Fixed Costs Banking 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2014

For banks, a larger and more profitable loan portfolio may be the benefit. In emerging markets, NGOs such as Endeavor and Wamda have been key catalysts. Of course, many large corporations do indeed take defensive action against entrepreneurs who challenge their markets. That is not the business they are in.

Entrepreneur 9

Entrepreneur Incubator Bureaucracy Banking 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2012

No such caution in continental Europe, where a "one size fits none" monetary policy by an independent central bank that cannot act as a true lender of last resort and a Brussels-imposed fiscal straightjacket that has not served a single euro member state well reign the day. Britain), saw a much quicker recovery in the 1930s.

Crisis 11

Crisis Policies Banking Politics 11