Introducing Franchising Regulation

The mandatory Franchising Code of Conduct was introduced in Australia in 1998 to regulate the franchising sector. This paper examines the effect of the Code on the sector and on franchising relationships in the 12 months following its implementation. A two-stage methodology was used in this research. Stage one involved a mail survey of the population of Australian franchisors and results were compared with an earlier survey of the sector. The...