CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Hamda, Robera Haile |
|---|---|
| Title | The Protection of Franchisees in Ethiopia: De Lege Lata and De Lege Ferenda |
| Summary | Business format franchise, which emerged in the United States, has become a common way of doing business and subject to regulation in many parts of the world including more recently Ethiopia. Despite the recent legislative developments, the regulation of franchise in Ethiopia is far from being adequate, in particular, it fails to provide a clear regulatory framework and is unable to respond to the existing franchise abuses in Ethiopia. These defects result in lots of uncertainties that will inevitably negatively affect entrepreneurship and the emergence of a viable strong local franchise industry as well as be an obstacle in attracting foreign franchisors which could contribute to the country’s economy. The aim of this thesis is to critically assess the protection of franchisees in Ethiopia as one of the cornerstones of modern business format franchise by analyzing the recent Ethiopian legislative developments aimed at promoting the business model in light of global and local trends as well as the experiences of selected jurisdictions. The comparison will extend to three countries’ laws and experiences. The United States is chosen because of its rich experience in franchise regulation as it is the origin of the business model itself. Hungary was chosen because it represents the other spectrum of the regulation with more historical similarity with Ethiopia and economic proximity in comparison with other European countries and additionally because of similarity in the regulation and protection of franchisees. South Africa has been selected to see the regulation and protection of franchisees because it represents a unique approach to franchise regulation and to see the regulation of franchise from an African perspective. |
| Supervisor | Professor Tibor Tajti |
| Department | Legal Studies LLM |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/hamda_robera-haile.pdf |
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