Social Franchising

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-x

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2. Introduction

   • Ilan Alon

   Pages 1-7

3. Social Franchising as Organizational Format — An Overview

   • Anita du Toit

   Pages 8-32

4. Overcoming Institutional Challenges in Microfranchising

   • Lisa Jones Christensen, David Lehr

   Pages 33-47

5. The Scope for Scaling Up Social Enterprises in China

   • Michael Norton

   Pages 48-60

6. Access Afya: Micro-Clinic Health Franchise Designed for Scale

   • Kevin McKague, Melissa Menke, Ajanthy Arasaratnam

   Pages 61-79

7. World Vision: Catalysing the growth of Microfranchising in Tanzania

   • Andy Hunter, Ashley Wheaton

   Pages 80-94

8. Back Matter

   Pages 95-99

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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.

• China
• organization
• organizations

• Rollins College, USA

  Ilan Alon

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).

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