Look up: Franchising

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   Franchising
   NHS franchising involves identifying the top NHS managers and appointing them to the 'biggest challenges', whether failing trusts, key modernisation initiatives, or strategic health authorities. The 'franchise' bid for a top job will involve the management team - from the private, voluntary or public sector - producing a business plan and operational strategies and appointing its own top team.
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   Franchising
   The selling of a licence by the owner (franchisor) to a third party (franchisee) permitting the sale of a product or service for a specified period. In business format franchising the agreement will involve a common brand and marketing format.
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   Franchising
   Business format franchising consists of selling a package of marketing experience and other business assistance to franchisees, who set up a business using the trade marks or service marks and the general get up of the franchiser. The franchisee will typically have a territory within which to sell the goods or services. Franchising benefits form an EU block exemption which defines those clauses that are acceptable under EU laws, thus avoiding the need for specific notification of the agreement to the European Commission.
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   Franchising
   Commercial agreements allowing one business to deal in a system or product controlled by another, eg most car manufacturers give franchises to sell their cars to local garages who then operate using the manufacturer's name and corporate brands.
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   franchising
   A special type of agreement whereby one undertaking (the franchisor) grants to the other (the franchisee), in exchange for direct or indirect financial consideration, the right to exploit a package of industrial or intellectual property rights (franchise) for the purposes of producing and/or marketing specified types of goods and/or services. This package typically relates to trade marks, trade na...
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   Franchising
   commercial agreements that allow one business to deal in a product or service controlled by another. For example, most car manufacturers give franchises to sell their cars to local garages, who then operate using the manufacturer's brand.
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   Franchising
   Provision of a specialized sales or service strategy, support assistance, and possibly an initial investment in the franchise in exchange for periodic fees.
   Found on http://www.duke.edu/~charvey/Classes/wpg
   
   
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   Franchising
   `Franchising` (from the French for honesty or freedom) is a method of doing business wherein a `franchisor` authorizes proven methods of doing business to a `franchisee` for a fee and a percentage of sales or profits. Various tangibles and intangibles such as national or international advertising, training, and other support services are commonly made available by the franchisor, and may indeed be required by the franchisor, which generally requi...
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   Franchising
   • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Franchise
   Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
   
   
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    FRANCHISING
    A continuing relationship in which the franchisor provides a licensed privilege to the franchisee to do business and offers assistance in organizing, training, merchandising, marketing, and managing in return for a consideration. Franchising is a form of business by which the owner (franchisor) of a product, service, or method obtains distribution through affiliated dealers (franchisees). The prod...
    Found on http://www.sba.gov/smallbusinessplanner/