Most of the men and women of "The Bachelor" franchise exist in a tough place, dating-wise -- they're sort of famous, in a way that advertises their romantic availability and desirability.
Several empirical research studies support Oxenfeldt and Kelly's argument that franchises exist due to a lack of certain company resources, for instance, (Norton, 1988) managerial talent (Caves & Murphy, 1976), capital, and information (Minkler, 1990).
And I cannot imagine a reality where neither one of the two giant entertainment franchises exist.
We conducted our study in the Netherlands, where approximately 21 healthcare franchises exist.
The last film I can remember anyone giving a shit about in that sense is probably one of the Saw movies and at this point everything from that franchise just exists in my mind as a cynical grey mush with a weird clown in it.
Franchise novels exist in an odd shadow world, regularly outselling original novels, while rarely being noticed otherwise.
But a real, legitimate threat to the franchise does exist.
More than 3,100 different franchise concepts exist in 90 different industries, including home repair and improvement services, pet care, education and child care, commercial cleaning, marketing, advertising, health and fitness, staffing services and IT.
