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, exploitative and intentionally "created to fail".
The Tragedy of the Commons
Applying this metaphor to franchising seems fairly straightforward: the dominant parties must be practicing responsible management
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/20050225-franchising-opportunism
and problematic force in such areas as anti-trust, product liability, intellectual property, securities and agency law. Most importantly, however, franchising is problematic for contract law. Commentators
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/1990401-problematic-relations
Timothy Bates
Justice
44 charges of professional misconduct
Access to justice
Alan Eagleson
Anti-trust provisions not applied to franchising
Basic legal standards inapplicable to franchisees
Conflict
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/20030121-information-sharing
/refusal to renew, Dissident leaders, Right to associate and right to harass, McDonald’s not so lily white, Must buy only through franchisor (tied buying), Anti-trust provisions not applied to franchising, buyer must sign current, often less favourable, contract, United States, 19980401 Fractured franchise
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/19980401-fractured-franchise
withheld, Anti-trust provisions not applied to franchising, Controlling, trapping or defeating the franchisee, Appearance of government oversight, Selling franchises same as stocks, mutual funds
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/19990624-susan-kezios
their system
75 per cent of new franchise systems die within 10 years
Anti-trust provisions not applied to franchising
Cannon fodder
Can't talk to politicians
Contracts across systems are virtually
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/the-marriage:courting
, Courts misunderstand relationship, New buyer must sign current, often less favourable, contract, Resale permission unreasonably withheld, Anti-trust provisions not applied to franchising, United States, 19990624 Peter Singler
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/19990624-peter-singler
: leaderless on-line resistance subculture
Anti-trust provisions not applied to franchising
Antitrust violations
Any pretence will do
Apologists
Appearance of government oversight
Appraisals
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/risks
and franchisees, to planning and implementing franchise and non-franchise distribution programs, to the anti-trust issues associated with distribution arrangements, to real estate, litigation
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/19970513-comment-198
allocations, Competition rules a farce, No protection from monopoly, Anti-trust provisions not applied to franchising, Competition Bureau, Canada, 20011020 OECD blasts
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/20011020-oecd-blasts-oecd-blasts-competition-bureau
