It Franchise

Franchising has become popular in all parts of the world and it is good both for the parent company as well as local partners as both derive monetary benefits and in the process save on a lot of effort and time. This is a business concept that allows a big company to develop and spread in other parts of the world without having to move out. This is possible with the active involvement of the local partner who cobbles up infrastructure (space, staff, capital, and other paraphernalia) while all necessary technical support is provided by the parent company or the franchisor. When the concept started to take shape, it was in the field of restaurants and fast food, and till today it is eating joints that are considered fine specimens of franchise system in all parts of the world. The spread of the concept in information technology sector is a recent phenomenon though the manner in which IT franchise have sprung up suggests this is probably the sector to watch out for given the exponential rise in IT in all countries of the world. IT franchise system is perhaps one system that is growing exponentially owing to the need of information technology of the clients worldwide. The world is shrinking at a fast level with sharing of knowledge and information; s much so that it has become a global village. And reaping the rewards are big corporations that have invested in R&D to develop a knowledge base that is of critical help to companies around the world. Now instead of having to set up shop in different countries of the world, it is much easier to share this knowledge and expertise in lieu of money and rest of the infrastructure is developed by local partners. This system of franchising allows parent company to save in huge terms as it gives away its logo to be used by the local company to gain monetary benefits that it needs to share with the franchisor. In IT franchise, the parent company provides ‘24X7’ support to the franchisee that it uses to make more clients. Some sectors where IT franchise system is working perfectly today are mobile, banking, computers, IT education, and so on helping clients to have full control over their businesses through technological support. This is also one field that is easiest to operate through a franchise system as it incurs minimum of investment on the part of the parent company.