Some franchise statistics in graphs

As I mentioned before it’s necessary to evaluate the franchise statistics censoriously and critically. It can be too optimistic because of the procedures of such surveys when questionnaires are sent to franchisors and franchisees. It means that only existing companies will answer and express their opinions. So the results are not including the rate of bankruptcy. And I think that it’s possible to divide that optimistic numbers by 1.3 or even 1.5 to get more realistic picture.
  Here I’ve decided to compare my opinion to the official information of the International Franchise Association for the early 2006. Their results are on the left graphs and mine are on the right.

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 What do franchise companies think about current business conditions?What do franchise companies think about current business conditions for franchise business?

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 What do franchise companies think about future business conditions?3.GIF  What do franchise companies think about future business conditions for franchise business?   4.GIF  

It was clear even before that graphs but I want to lay stress that when I made the results not so optimistic the opinions became almost equal. I mean that half of the companies believe in prosperity of their franchise business and 50% do not…    

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