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The Effect Of Franchising And Dividend Payments In The U.S. Restaurant Industry, Lan Jiang, Michael Dalbor May 2022

The Effect Of Franchising And Dividend Payments In The U.S. Restaurant Industry, Lan Jiang, Michael Dalbor

Journal of Hospitality Financial Management

The purpose of this research is to understand the effect of franchising and dividend payments in the restaurant industry. To be specific, this study tried to assess whether franchising and dividend payments improve financial performance in restaurant firms, and whether restaurant firms that both engage in franchising and pay dividends can achieve superior returns to those firms that only do one or the other. Data was collected using Compustat from 2011–2020, a total of 94 restaurants with 600 firm year observations were included in the sample. The results of this study suggested that franchising and dividend payments each enables restaurant …


Is Restaurant Management An Extreme Job? How Restaurant Managers Are Motivated To Work Intense And Excessive Jobs, Rebecca Gordon Oct 2021

Is Restaurant Management An Extreme Job? How Restaurant Managers Are Motivated To Work Intense And Excessive Jobs, Rebecca Gordon

TTRA Canada 2021 Conference

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The Effect Of Menu Nutrition Labels On Consumers' Dietary Decision Making, Diane M. Lowe Jan 2012

The Effect Of Menu Nutrition Labels On Consumers' Dietary Decision Making, Diane M. Lowe

Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014

To help combat the growing obesity problem in the United States, the Menu Labeling Act was passed in 2010 as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. However, little research has been conducted to determine the optimal format and content of the imminent label. A between-subjects experiment was conducted with a non-probability sample that was provided with three nutrition label treatments and surveyed to determine the labels’ effect on accuracy in dietary judgments and nutrition evaluations, level of certainty and confusion while completing those tasks, and perceived label comprehension and utility. The presence of a label had a …