The journey may be discouraging and frustrating at times, but persevere and your brand will soon surround the globe.

Too many franchise companies ignore hidden risks when traveling abroad.

Translations are your intellectual property, yet they are seldom seen as a line-item expense, and the scale of translation expenses is often immensely underestimated. These numbers could shock you, but because they are tucked away as associated costs within each project and spread out in every business unit, they aren’t easy to pinpoint. Even the largest global franchises have struggles with the management of the ongoing translation process.

International real estate decisions define a significant fixed cost which helps − or hinders – profitability.

Investor visas are paving a new avenue to franchise system growth.

Taking the appropriate steps to ensure that you have the right partners and the right processes will ensure your success and prevent failure.

The IFA, together with the World Franchise Council and FRANdata is working toward developing a repository for international data.

A variety of key legal and business steps must be taken into account before expanding into Canada.

The Board of Directors of the International Franchise Association established the Social Sector Task Force to explore leveraging the methods used in commercial franchising to benefit organizations serving the most vulnerable people in the world. Social sector franchising is the application of commercial franchising concepts to achieve socially beneficial ends.