Forecast about of CSFs Maturity Franchise Restaurants

Using measurable physical characteristics to forecast beef heifer maturity: the identification of a maturity index.

A target BW is often used to estimate sexual maturity in beef heifers. The target BW, a percentage of mature BW, is generally an average for the breed, herd, or both. Heifer development is done in groups or herds, and not all heifers respond similarly to the same development regimen. Generally, heifers fed at a higher plane of nutrition gain more BW and tend to have increased pregnancy rates, b...

Restaurants Keep Consumers in the Dark about Nutrition

Can the Gold Coin Futures Prices Forecast the Gold Coin Spot Prices at the Maturity Date?

This paper examines whether the gold coin futures prices in the Iran Mercantile Exchange can forecast accurately the gold coin spot prices at the maturity date. For this, it uses daily data of both futures and spot prices from Azar 1387 to Tir 1397. A cointegration analysis shows that in horizons shorter than 100 days, there is a significant one-to-one relation between these two prices which im...

Talking About a Revolution: Or Why (Most of) the West Did Not Extend the Franchise

Franchise unit success factors

The economic importance of franchising in service provision, job creation and self employment opportunities is widely reported. However the factors influencing franchise unit success has received little academic attention. This represents an important gap in the literature. Previous research has tended to focus upon system-level operations and recently upon the reasons for franchisor discontinu...