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Social Franchising as an innovative sustainable business model: Learning from a local ecosystem of housing initiatives for very low income people KU Leuven
This paper contributes to the challenges of adequate housing and scalability of social enterprises by suggesting an innovative sustainable business model. The concept of social franchising will be illustrated by the analysis of two Belgian cases, Het Pandschap and Renoseec. The research is based on in depth interviews with relevant stakeholders of these organisations: the founders and operational managers of the organisation, the owners of the ...
How equitable is social franchising? Case studies of three maternal healthcare franchises in Uganda and India Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Substantial investments have been made in clinical social franchising to improve quality of care of private facilities in low- and middle-income countries but concerns have emerged that the benefits fail to reach poorer groups. We assessed the distribution of franchise utilization and content of care by socio-economic status (SES) in three maternal healthcare social franchises in Uganda and India (Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan). We surveyed ...
Social franchising and vouchers to promote long-term methods of family planning in rural Pakistan : a qualitative stocktaking with stakeholders Universiteit Gent
Impact of social franchising on contraceptive use when complemented by vouchers : a quasi-experimental study in rural Pakistan Universiteit Gent
Management control of franchising relationships. KU Leuven
The overall objective of this PhD dissertation is to investigate management control aspects of franchising chains that are characterized by different levels of service customization. In chapter one, we provide an overview of the recent literature on franchising, with special attention to management control issues. Based on an analysis of franchising articles published in twenty-five high-impact journals over the period19962008, the literature is ...
Management Control: franchising vanuit een controlperspectief: welke controlmechanismen gebruiken voor welke controlproblemen? KU Leuven
Franchising is een ondernemingsvorm waarbij individuele franchisenemers een bedrijf exploiteren volgens het concept van de franchisegever. Vaak wordt franchising vanuit een marketing of een strategisch oogpunt benaderd. In dit artikel echter beargumenteren we dat controllers een cruciale rol kunnen spelen in het succes van een franchisenetwerk. De nauwe samenwerkingverbanden tussen de franchisegever en de franchisenemers kunnen immers aanleiding ...