Netchising = Global Integration Using Internet + Local Customization Using Franchising

 

By Ye-Sho Chen

 

“What converted McDonald’s into a money machine had nothing to do with … McDonald’s hamburgers, French fries, and milk shakes. Rather, McDonald’s made its money on real estate …  Ray Kroc, founder of McDonald’s

 

TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS

 

1.      “IT and Attention Economy: A Case in Franchising,” Department of Information Management and Information Systems, Fudan University, Shanghai, April 1, 2005.

 

2.      “IT and Strategic Entrepreneurship,” Department of Information Management and Information Systems, Fudan University, Shanghai, March 30, 2005.

 

3.      “Entrepreneurship @ LSU,”

         National Entrepreneurship Research Center at Tsinghua University, Beijing, March 2, 2005.

         Department of Information Management and Information Systems, Fudan University, Shanghai, March 29, 2005.

 

4.      “Franchising as a Global E-Health Growth Strategy,” Department of Health Care Management, College of Management, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, September 23, 2004.

 

5.      “Information Technology and Entrepreneurship,”

         College of Technology Management, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, June 2, 2004.

         Department of Information Management, National Sun Yat-San University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, June 1, 2004.

         Department of Information Management, National Chung Cheng University, Chia-Yi, Taiwan, May 28, 2004.

         College of Informatics, Yuan Ze University, Chung-Li, Taiwan, May 27, 2004.

         Department of Information Management, Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, May 20, 2004.

         MBA and EMBA, Department of Industrial and Information Management, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, May 17, 2004.

         EMBA, Management Information Systems Department, National Cheng-Chi University, Taipei, Taiwan, May 15, 2004.

         Graduate Institute of Business Administration, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, May 14, 2004.

 

6.      “Global E-Business, Franchising, and Knowledge Capital,”

         MBA Program, School of Management, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, November 4, 2003.

         Department of Management Science and Engineering, College of Management, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, October 27, 2003.

         School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, May 28, 2002.

 

PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS

 

   REFEREED JOURNAL PAPERS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

 

1.Chen, Y. and Wu, S., “E-Business Research in Franchising (Invited Editorial Preface),” International Journal of E-Business Research, to appear in October, 2006.

 

2.Chen, Y., Zhang, B., and Justis, R.T., "Franchising and Information Technology," Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, pp. 1218-1225, January 2005.

 

3.Chen, Y., Zhang, B., and Justis, R.T., "Data Mining in Franchise Organizations," Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, pp. 714-722, January 2005.

 

4.Chen, Y., Justis, R.T., and Chong, P.P., " Data Mining in Franchise Organizations," Organizational Data Mining: Leveraging Enterprise Data Resources for Optimal Performance, edited by Hamid R. Nemati & Christopher D. Barko, pp. 217-229, 2004.

 

5.Yao, Y., Wohl, M., Watson, E., Chen, Y., “Customers’ Decision to Adopt Application Service Provider and Applications Service Providers’ Business Strategy in the Hospital Industry: A Research Framework,” Journal of Information Technology Cases and Applications, Special Issue on Outsourcing of Information Technology and IT Enabled Services, 5:3, 2003.

 

6.Chen, Y., "Information Systems and E-Business in Franchising," Franchising (Chapter 12), Third Edition, R. Justis and R. Judd, DAME, 2003.

 

7.Chen, Y., Justis, R.T., and Chong, P.P., "Franchising and Information Technology: A Framework," Managing Information Technology in Small Business: Challenges and Solutions, edited by S. Burgess, Idea Group Publishing, pp. 118-139, 2002.

 

8.Chen, Y., "Information Systems in Franchising," Franchising (Chapter 12), Second Edition, R. Justis and R. Judd, DAME, 2002.

 

9.Chong, P.P., Chen, J., and Chen, Y., "IT Induction in the Food Service Industry," Industrial Management & Data Systems, 101(1), 2001.

 

10.  Chen, Y., Chong, P.P., and Chen, J., "Small Business Management: An IT-Based Approach," Journal of Computer Information Systems, 40-47, XXXXI(2), Winter 2000-2001.

 

11.  Chen, Y., Chong, P.P., and Justis, R.T., "An Intranet-based Knowledge Repository: A Structure for Learning Organization in Franchising," Human Systems Management, 277-284, 19, 2000.

 

12.  Chong, P.P., Chen, Y., and Pruett, J.M., "Information Technology Transfer in Econometric Forecasting: A Pictorial Approach," Journal of Information Technology, 8(1):3-13, 1993.

 

13.  Chen, Y., Gabriela, S., and Chong, P.P., "Visualizing Business Rules in Corporate Databases," Industrial Management & Data Systems, 2(7):3-8, 1992.

 

14.  Chong, P.P., Chen, Y., and Justis, R.T., "A PC-Based Decision Support and Expert System for Labor Market Analysis," Journal of Microcomputer Applications, 15:253-266, 1992.

 

15.  Chen, Y. and Tang, K., "A Pictorial Approach to Poor-Quality Cost Management," IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 39(2):149-157, May 1992.

 

16.  Chong, P.P., Chen, Y., and Justis, R.T., "A Venture Capital Data Model Using CASE," Data Resource Management, 3(1):55-67, 1992.

 

17.  Justis, R.T., Chen, Y., and P.P. Chong, "Franchising:  An Educational Methodology," Journal of Private Enterprise, 6(1):73-76, 1990.

 

18.  Chen, Y., "Organizational Strategies for Decision Support and Expert Systems," Journal of Information Science, 15:27-34, 1989.

 

19.  Chen, Y., "An Entity-Relationship Approach to Decision Support and Expert Systems," Decision Support Systems, 4(2):225-234, 1988.

 

20.  Chen, Y., "Quality Control Information Systems: An Entity-Relationship Approach," International Journal on Policy and Information, 12(1):87-100, 1988.

 

FRANCHSE ARTICLES ON THE WEB

 

1.  Cormack, C., Hammerstein, S.B., Justis, R.T., Chen, Y., and Martinez, T., "How to be a Franchisee.”

 

2.   Hammerstein, S.B., Justis, R.T., Cormack, C., Chen, Y., and Martinez, T., "Franchisor: The Professional Guidebook.”

 

3.   Chen, Y., Justis, R.T., and Chong, P.P., "Franchising and Information Technology."

 

4.   Chen, Y., Justis, R.T., and Chong, P.P., “Data Mining in Franchise Organizations.”

 

5.   Chen, Y., Hammerstein, S.B., and Justis, R.T., “Knowledge, Learning, and Capabilities in Franchise Organizations.”

 

6.   Chen, Y., “Testimonial for Statability.com.”

 

   REFEREED PROCEEDINGS

 

1.     Chen, Y., Justis, R., and Wu, S. “Value Networks in Franchise Organizations: A Study in the Senior Care Industry,” Proceedings of the 20th Annual International Society of Franchising Conference, Palm Springs, California, February 24-26, 2006.

 

2.     Chen, Y., Seidman, W., and Justis, R., “Strategy and Docility in Franchise Organizations,” Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Society of Franchising Conference, London, UK, May 20-22, 2005.

 

3.     Chen, Y., Yuan, W., and Dai, W., "Strategy and Nearly Decomposable Systems: A Study in Franchise Organizations," International Symposium on “IT/IS Issues in Asia-Pacific Region”, Co-sponsored by ICIS-2004, Washington, DC, USA, December 12-15, 2004.

 

4.      Zhang, B., Chen, Y., and Pawlowski, "Online Data Mining in Franchising Supply Chain Management: A Case Study in Apparel Industry," Proceedings of the Americas Conference of Information Systems, August 4-6, 2003, Tampa, Florida.

 

5.      Justis, R.T., Tuunanen, M., Chen, Y., and Castrogiovanni, G., "Disclosing the Activities of Franchisors," Proceedings of the 17th Annual International Society of Franchising Conference, San Antonio, Texas, February 15-16, 2003.

 

6.      Chen, Y., Hammerstein, S., and Justis, R.T., "Knowledge, Learning, and Capabilities in Franchise Organizations," Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference on Organizational Knowledge, Learning, and Capabilities (www.alba.edu.gr/OKLC2002), Athens, Greece, April 5-6, 2002.

 

7.      Chen, Y., Chong, P.P., and Justis, R.T., "E-Business Strategy in Franchising: A Customer-Service-Life-Cycle Approach," Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Society of Franchising Conference, Orlando, Florida, February 8-10, 2002.

 

8.      Chatranon, A., Chen, J., Chong, P.P., and Chen, Y., "Customer Relationship Management and E-Commerce," Proceedings of the International Conference on E-Business, Hong Kong, China, December 2001.

 

9.      Chen, Y., Ford, C., Justis, R.T., and Chong, P.P., "Application Service Providers (ASP) in Franchising: Opportunities and Issues," Proceedings of the 15th Annual International Society of Franchising Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 24-25, 2001.

 

10.  Chen, Y., Chong, P.P., and Justis, R.T., "Franchising Knowledge Repository: A Structure for Learning Organizations," Proceedings of the 14th Annual International Society of Franchising Conference, San Diego, California, February 19-20, 2000.

 

11.  Chen, Y. and Justis, R.T., "Web-based Teaching and Training: A Frequency-based Approach," Proceedings of the Americas Conference of Information Systems, August 14-16, 1998, Baltimore, MD.

 

12.  Chen, Y. and Justis, R.T., "Web-based Teaching and Training: A Frequency-based Approach," Proceedings of the Americas Conference of Information Systems, August 14-16, 1998, Baltimore, MD.

 

13.  Chen, Y., Mount, C.R., and Liao, T.W., "Influential Roles Of It In A Frequency-Based Work-Centered Analysis," Proceedings of the Americas Conference of Information Systems, pp.643-645, August 15-17, 1997, Indianapolis, Indiana.

 

14.  Chen, Y., Chong, P.P., and Tong, Y., "Enhancing Quality of Distributed Database Design: A Functional Entity-Relationship Approach," Proceedings of the Fifth International Academy of Business Disciplines, pp. 120-129, Volume II, April 8-11, 1993, New Orleans, Louisiana.

 

15.  Chong, P.P., Chen, Y., and Jamal, A.M.M., "A Pictorial Approach to the Information Management of Econometric Forecasting Models," Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of the Information Resources Management Association, pp. 175-185, May 19-22, 1991, Memphis, Tennessee.

 

16.  Chong, P.P., Chen, Y., and Justis, R.T., "Database Design for Venture Capitalist-Entrepreneur Matching Service:  An Entity-Relationship Approach," Journal of Private Enterprise, 6(1):86. (Abstract only), Fifteenth Annul Conference of the Association of Private Enterprise Education, Dallas, April 1-3, 1990.

 

17.  Chen, Y. and Pruett, J.M, "Expert Systems and Operational Integration," Computer-Aided Engineering Applications, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers 5th National Congress in San Diego, California, June 29 - July 2, 1987.

 

18.  Chen, Y. and Burford, R.L., "Decision Support and Expert Systems in Marketing Quality Assurance," Proceedings of the Pan-Pacific Conference IV, May 17-20, 1987, Taipei, Taiwan.

 

19.  Chen, Y., "Expert System for On-line Quality Control," Proceedings of the First International Conference on Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Problems.  Editors: Dr. Sriram and R. Adey, pp. 1165-1174, 1986.