Find information about three joint ventures that were failures, and be prepared to discuss the underlying reasons for the failure in each case.
Search on the Internet for franchises for sale. Choose three. What commonalities are there across the businesses and the information provided? What differences? For one of these businesses, obtain all franchise information. For this business, what are the benefits of being a franchisee rather than setting up an independent business? What are all the associated costs of being a franchisee for this business?
Interview three franchisees to better understand their relationship with the franchisor.
Find three types of business license agreements (only one of these should be a software license agreement). In what ways are these license agreements the same and in what ways are they different? Why have these companies decided to license their product or technology rather than simply sell it?
Find three reports and acquisitions that were unsuccessful. Why were these acquisitions deemed to be unsuccessful?
