Editing Franchising (section)

==Social franchises==
In recent years, the idea of franchising has been picked up by the [[social enterprise]] sector, which hopes to simplify and expedite the process of setting up new businesses. A number of business ideas, such as soap making, wholefood retailing, aquarium maintenance, and hotel operation have been identified as suitable for adoption by social firms employing disabled and disadvantaged people.

The most successful examples are probably the ''Kringwinkel'' second-hand shops employing 5,000 people in Flanders, franchised by KOMOSIE,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.komosie.be/|title=Home – Komosie|website=Komosie.be|access-date=22 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705095737/http://www.komosie.be/|archive-date=5 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> the [[CAP Markets]], a steadily growing chain of 100 neighbourhood [[supermarket]]s in Germany.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cap-markt.de|title=CAP-Markt: CAP Märkte|website=Cap-markt.de|access-date=22 March 2015}}</ref> and the Hotel Tritone in [[Trieste]], which inspired the Le Mat social franchise, now active in Italy and Sweden.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lemat.it/en/the-brand/le-mat-europe|title=Le Mat Europe – Pagine Statiche – Le Mat Europe|website=Lemat.it|access-date=22 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402154226/http://lemat.it/en/the-brand/le-mat-europe|archive-date=2015-04-02|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Social franchising]] also refers to a technique used by governments and aid donors to provide essential clinical health services in the developing world.

Social Franchise Enterprises objective is to achieve development goals by creating self sustainable activities by providing services and goods in un-served areas. They use the Franchise Model characteristics to deliver Capacity Building, Access to Market and Access to Credit/Finance.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hidalgo |first=Alvaro |date=December 2012 |title=The Franchise as a Development tool |url=http://www.wattjet.com/pdf/SocialFranchiseEntreprise.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513011056/http://www.wattjet.com/pdf/SocialFranchiseEntreprise.pdf |archive-date=2014-05-13 |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=wattjet.com}}</ref>