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13th February 2011, 04:13
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franchising
For the franchisor, the franchise is an alternative to building 'chain stores' to distribute goods and avoid investment and liability over a chain. The franchisor's success is the success of the franchisees. The franchisee is said to have a greater incentive than a direct employee because he or she has a direct stake in the business.
Some on this board advocate a cooperatives road to socialism. Would it be progressive, then, to have the state act as a franchisor and the relevant cooperatives act as franchisees? That way, there's avoidance of the caricature Government Store #160, with no trademark and business model upon which to collect substantive "brand" monopoly rent. Or would this resemble the very turnover tax model that Paul Cockshott critiqued with regards to Soviet state enterprises?
For the franchisor, the franchise is an alternative to building 'chain stores' to distribute goods and avoid investment and liability over a chain. The franchisor's success is the success of the franchisees. The franchisee is said to have a greater incentive than a direct employee because he or she has a direct stake in the business.
Some on this board advocate a cooperatives road to socialism. Would it be progressive, then, to have the state act as a franchisor and the relevant cooperatives act as franchisees? That way, there's avoidance of the caricature Government Store #160, with no trademark and business model upon which to collect substantive "brand" monopoly rent. Or would this resemble the very turnover tax model that Paul Cockshott critiqued with regards to Soviet state enterprises?