
Social Franchising
I. Alon(Editor)
Palgrave Pivot (Publisher)
Published on 3. October 2014
Book
Hardback
X, 99 pages
978-1-137-45582-6 (ISBN)
Description
Social franchising represents a third generation form of franchising development, after trade-name and business-format franchising. At the intersection of social enterprise and micro finance literatures, this book reviews a variety of social franchising formats across a number of developing countries.
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Edition
2014 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Palgrave Macmillan
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
X, 99 p.
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
272 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-45582-6 (9781137455826)
DOI
10.1057/9781137455840
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I. Alon
Social Franchising
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01/2014
Palgrave Pivot
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Person
Ilan Alon is Cornell Professor of International Business at Rollins College and a visiting scholar at Georgetown University, USA. A prolific author on global franchising, Dr. Alon's books include:
Global Franchising Operations Management: Cases in International and Emerging Markets Operations
(FT Press, 2012),
Franchising Globally: Innovation, Learning and Imitation
(Palgrave, 2010),
Service Franchising: A Global Perspective
(Springer, 2005),
International Franchising in Industrialized Markets: Western and Northern Europe
(CCH Inc., 2003),
International Franchising in Industrialized Markets: North America, Pacific Rim and Other Developed Countries
(CCH Inc., 2002),
International Franchising in Emerging Markets: China, India, and Other Asian Countries
(CCH Inc., 2001),
International Franchising in Emerging Markets: Central and Eastern Europe and Latin America
(CCH Inc., 2001),
The Internationalization of US Franchising Systems
(Garland Publishing, 1999).
Content
Introduction (Ilan Alon) 1. Social Franchising as an Organizational Format - An Overview; Anita du Toit 2. Overcoming Institutional Challenges in Microfranchising; Lisa Jones Christensen and David Lehr 3. The Scope for Scaling Up Social Enterprises in China; Michael Norton 4. Access Afya: Micro-Clinic Health Franchise Designed for Scale; Kevin McKague, Melissa Menke, Ajanthy Arasaratnam 5. World Vision: Catalyzing the growth of Microfranchising in Tanzania; Andy Hunter and Ashley Wheaton