1. Generally franchisors are selling a proven business model

2. Independent businesses often lack skills and support structures that franchisors can supplement and provide

3. Franchisors screen potential applicants so those who do franchise are more qualified/screened than those who start their own business

4. Franchisors can offer group discounts, lowering the cost base for franchisees

The primary purpose of this study was to explore a model that examines the relationships among the external environment, entrepreneurial strategy, mechanistic-organic structure and financial performance of restaurant franchisors from the perspective of franchisees. The final structural model indicated that restaurant franchisees perceive that franchisors' entrepreneurial strategy makes a highly positive contribution to franchisors' financial performance. The external environment is perceived to have a negative impact on franchisor's financial performance. Franchisees also perceived that franchisor's entrepreneurial strategy and mechanistic-organic structure could have a significantly and mutually positive impact on each other. The basic value of understanding entrepreneurial strategy is the prediction of certain financial outcomes. Entrepreneurial strategy proved to have a very significant impact on the franchisor's financial performance from the perspective of restaurant franchisees. However, franchisors' entrepreneurial strategy was not always perceived to guarantee financial success because of the negative impact of the external environment in the restaurant franchising industry on financial performance. Furthermore, restaurant franchisees perceived the franchisor's external environment in the industry was unlikely to contribute to the franchisor's entrepreneurial strategy or mechanistic-organic structure. Restaurant franchisees viewed that a high level of franchisors' entrepreneurial strategy had a mutual relationship with their organic structure. It is significant in their perception that their free-flowing relationship, authority, and communication involvement in the franchisor's decision-making process establish high levels of franchisors' entrepreneurial strategy. However, franchisors' mechanistic-organic structure is not necessarily perceived to influence franchisors' financial performance positively. The indirect effect of mechanistic-organic structure on financial performance through entrepreneurial strategy was not perceived to be significant. Restaurant franchisees perceive that franchisors' entrepreneurial strategy is driven by mechanistic-organic structure in the franchising system, not by external environmental change in the industry. It is very understandable for franchisees to perceive this way, because franchisees constantly provide franchisors with local environmental information through franchising communication and relationship channels. Restaurant franchisees compete with other restaurants in many local markets, so that they are knowledgeable about significant changes in the local environment. Restaurant franchisees might perceive that the local environment is a more critical issue to franchisors' entrepreneurial strategy than is the general external environment in the industry. Thus, they might not think of the external environment in the industry as important enough to have an influence on entrepreneurial strategy and mechanistic-organic structure, except on franchisors' financial performance."

A franchisor is a company that sells the right to use its name and/or operating systems to independent business owners. One of the best known franchisors is McDonald's.

The franchisor allows franchisee to use its brand or names.But it controls continously on franchisees that they must follow the same standard of operation of the store.It sends assistances to franchisees to help them accounting and purchasing system.Franchisees need to pay a fixed periodable fee to franchisors for trade mark patent,promotional and advertising expenses and method pf operating of the business.

The advantage of franchise is that franchisor can expand its shops in a relatively short period of time.Franchisees can learn the way they operate from franchisors and make cost-effective operation by bulk purchasing,effective advertising and promotion of stores.

Generally speaking, franchisors and franchisees have positive relationships. However, in rare cases when the relationship between a franchisor and franchisee does not feel right, terminating the Franchise agreement at renewal time may be the most beneficial move.