Ownership structure can significantly affect performance, profitability and other business outcomes, research shows. As professors who study family businesses, we were curious whether it could also be ...

This is possible because McDonald’s, like many other well-known fast-food restaurant chains, operates a under a franchise business model. Franchising allows companies to grow by licensing their ...

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from ... This is possible because McDonald’s, like many other well-known fast-food restaurant chains, operates a under ...