Disruptive times often paved the way for great leaders to rise. This thesis intends to reveal organisational leaders behaviour during times of crisis, portraying the course of events and their influence from their and a subordinates perspective. The environmental context of the research is regarded through the application of the organisational ecology approach, emphasising the analogy of the struggle for life in nature and business. This intends to depict the challenges that leaders have to meet in the current times considering environmental changes. The identified behavioural patterns sum up to a certain leadership style with is identified and discussed later to draw conclusions and determine crucial patterns that have a decisive impact on the events. The findings are discussed on the background of the recent leadership theory to drawing conclusions and find analogies with the recent research.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / This dissertation explores growth among American charities by examining 25 years of the Philanthropy 400, an annual ranking published by The Chronicle of Philanthropy of the 400 charities receiving the most donations. Data preparation for the Philanthropy 400’s first analysis remedied publication deadline constraints by aligning data by fiscal years and adding 310 charities omitted from the published rankings, resulting in a study population of 1,101 charities. Most studies of charity finance examine individual Forms 990. The Philanthropy 400 uses consolidated financial information from entire organizational networks, creating the same basis for charities filing a single Form 990, like the American Red Cross, and charities with affiliates filing more than 1,000 Forms 990, like Habitat for Humanity. Organizational ecology theory frames examination of aggregate changes in the Philanthropy 400. Two questions examine how age and dependence on donations as a percentage of total income affect persistence in the rankings. A third question examines the changing share of total U.S. giving received by ranked charities. Despite stability resulting from the same charities occupying 189 of the 400 ranking positions every year, the median age of ranked charities decreased. Younger charities generally climbed within the rankings, while older charities tended to decline or exit the rankings. Younger new entrants often persisted in the rankings, suggesting some donors embrace various new causes or solutions. Charities ranked only once or twice decreased in number with each successive ranking. Most charities ranked only once entered the rankings by receiving two or more times their typical amount of donations, suggesting that sustained fundraising programs regularly outperform charities that periodically experience years of extraordinarily high donations. The aggregate inflation-adjusted donations received by the Philanthropy 400 increased during the study period and increased as a percentage of total U.S. giving. As predicted by organizational ecology, the increasing percentage of total U.S. giving received by the Philanthropy 400 coincided with slowing growth in both the number of U.S. charities and total U.S. giving. If the Philanthropy 400 continues to increase its percentage of total U.S. giving, this could affect financing for smaller charities.

This dissertation examines the proliferation of specialty hospitals in the United States. Since the 1990s specialty hospitals increased in number and stirred much controversy, given that most are for-profit and physician-owned. They are examined here according to the Organizational Ecology Theory, a theoretical framework used in many industries to explain the founding of new organizational forms. Given that general hospitals have been the dominant organizational form in the hospital industry, the emergence of specialty hospitals is explained in this dissertation by applying organizational ecology theories: resource partitioning, density dependence and niche formation. Moreover, I examine the effect environmental and institutional variables have on the variations in specialty hospital proliferation between different states in the United States. The data used in this dissertation are mainly derived from the American Hospital Association Annual Database and the Area Resource File. The Negative Binomial Generalized Estimating Equations method is used to test the models in Stata 9. The findings from this dissertation provide support to both the density dependence, niche formation, and resource partitioning theories. The volume of surgical procedures seems to have a positive effect on the number of new specialty hospitals in a state. Specialty hospitals founding rates also seems to be positively related to the closure rate of general hospitals. Moreover, specialty hospitals founding rate was significantly affected by the intra-population density of specialty hospitals in the area they were founded. As for environmental and institutional factors, the presence of a Certificate of Need program negatively affects the founding rate of specialty hospitals in a state when specialty hospital density is not accounted for in the model. Economical variables, on the other hand, were significant in all the models. Specialty hospitals were positively related to state per capita income and negatively related to unemployment rate. One of the interesting findings of this study is that specialty hospitals founding rate is negatively related to physician expenditures. Thus, less income might be inducing physicians to open their hospitals to recoup financial losses. This dissertation is not just important due to its contribution to organizational ecology, it is also important because it explains to policy makers the reasons that lead to the proliferation of specialty hospitals and the future of these new entrants into the health care arena. / Business Administration

Background - Welcome to the 2010’s and its visual information culture informing about the century-old ideal of thinness, by sending (almost) exclusively thin bodies down the runway of Paris Fashion Week (PFW). This, while at the same time the academia and mass media are repeatedly articulating the necessity of a more ethical aesthetic within the fashion industry, while the argument that “thinness sells” lack empirical support, while measures are taken around Europe to discourage media bias and encourage healthy bodies walking the, and while the body positivity movement – applauding the diversity of body types – is on the rise in the Western society. Problem - How can it be explained that PFW, as an event organized to communicate the latest trends, and as an institution of a concept that thrives on change, is being stuck in an inertia of thin models? The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore the explanations for the idealization of thin bodies in regard to female runway models, to be found in visual representations of PFW. Examining the paradox of the idealization of thin bodies has the potential to reveal the measures necessary to establish practices of ethical representation in the realm of PFW. Method - The search for explanations to the inertia of the thin ideal on the runways of PFW is based upon a qualitative research design and a method of semi-structured interviews. The sample consisted of fourteen people involved in the event of PFW. It is framed within three theoretical perspectives: the trickle-down, trickle-across and trickle-up theories – associated with authors such as Simmel (1957), King (1963) and Blumer (1969a; 1969b); a theoretical view of the relation between fashion, clothes and the body provided by Barnard (2014) and, lastly, the Organizational Ecology Theory presented by Hannan and Freeman (1977; 1989). Findings - The findings suggest that the inertia of the thin ideal on the runways of PFW is explained by the thin body not only being part of a long history and tradition of creating and showing fashion, but also being dressed in aesthetic value. At the same time, the explanations to the idealization, or inertia, of thin bodies on PFW are found to be multiple as well as paradoxical, a conclusion serving as an explanation in itself. Conclusion – It is difficult to point out the explanation to the inertia of the thin ideal – both in terms of factors and actors – not at least due to the explanations stemming from both social and cultural as well as economic aspects of fashion. As a consequence, every actor part the fashion industry need to understand the effects as well as the extent of idealization of thin bodies, and start to realize that public health is more important than profits.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:25:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ricardo Presz Palmaka.pdf: 1143013 bytes, checksum: c432292cad770577bf08db44878294e5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-02-15 / Fundo Mackenzie de Pesquisa / Classifying things in groups is basic to study differences between these things; it is a way to store data and retrieve information. This happens in biology, the area of study where the classification of organisms is unquestionable important. Inspired by biology, Organizational Ecology theory has been concerned with the classification of organizations too. Much of the organizational research relies primarily on a firm classification which separates them by type of industry they belong to or by the type of product they offer to certain markets (HANNAN, HSU, 2005). This is not a surprise, since these are the criteria adopted by the official statistics in the classifications of economic activities, both nationally and internationally. Grouping companies by products they offer is also a commonly used way to target potential customers in marketing strategies, to create more effective sales processes, communication or promotion actions, for example. This kind of classification, however, is not always adequate, especially from an organizational point of view. It brings the risk of putting together different companies within a group: a large multinational company could share the same economic activity of a small business and both, although so different, be classified into a common group, since they offer the same types of products or services. The main goal of this dissertation is, using the concept of organizational form proposed by the Organizational Ecology, identify different groups in the software market. Similarly to the gene in biology, the organizational form serves as a set of instructions for the creation and conduction of collective action within the organization. This paper sought to show that within a group of software companies it possible to classify them according to their organizational form, taking into consideration not only their activities, but other attributes that form a company. To identify those attributes, the definitions of the form in Organizational Ecology were used, with a survey of 100 Information Technology companies, which generated five groups of companies, using objective characteristics of the organizational forms. / Classificar coisas é a base para que seja possível estudar as diferenças entre estas coisas; é uma forma de armazenar dados e permitir as buscas pelas informações. Assim ocorre na biologia, área de estudo em que a classificação de organismos é de indiscutível importância. Inspirada na biologia, a teoria de Ecologia Organizacional tem se preocupado com a classificação de organizações. Muitas das pesquisas sobre organizações utilizam predominantemente uma classificação de empresas que as distingue por tipo de indústria as quais pertencem ou pelo tipo de produto que oferecem a determinados mercados (HANNAN; HSU, 2005). Isso não é surpreendente, visto que estes são critérios adotados pelas estatísticas oficiais nas classificações das atividades econômicas, tanto em nível nacional quanto internacional. A classificação por produto supõe que em um grupo existam empresas homogêneas e é comumente usada para segmentação de potenciais clientes nas áreas de marketing das empresas para criar ações mais efetivas de vendas, comunicação ou promoção, por exemplo. Esta classificação, entretanto, não é adequada, sobretudo do ponto de vista organizacional. Corre-se o risco de juntar empresas diferentes entre si dentro de um mesmo grupo: uma grande empresa multinacional pode compartilhar a mesma atividade econômica de uma microempresa e as duas, tão diferentes entre si, serem classificadas dentro de um grupo comum, pois oferecem os mesmos tipos de produtos ou serviços. O principal objetivo desta dissertação é, usando o conceito de forma organizacional proposto pela Ecologia Organizacional, identificar os segmentos de empresas de serviços de informática. Analogamente ao gene na biologia, a forma organizacional funciona como um conjunto de instruções para criação e condução das ações coletivas no âmbito da organização. O trabalho procurou mostrar que dentro de um grupo de empresas de software é possível classificá-las de acordo com a sua forma organizacional, levando em consideração não apenas suas atividades, mas outros atributos que dão forma a uma empresa. Para a identificação desses atributos foram utilizadas as definições de forma na Ecologia Organizacional em uma pesquisa em 100 empresas de Tecnologia da Informação, em que foram encontrados cinco grupos de empresas, usando características objetivas de forma organizacional.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:26:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Jorge Ivan Correa Junior.pdf: 2934959 bytes, checksum: 2d19143b4a7c2946468164647e634e0f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-09-09 / Since the first brazilian shopping center founded in 1966, in 2008 there were 377 shopping centers operating in Brazil, totaling R$ 64.4 billion in revenues and provided more than 8.5 million square meters of GLA (gross leaseble area), according to ABRASCE. Capting attention in economic and social scenarios, this sector has received consistent national and foreign investment in recent years, besides the support of government agencies such as BNDES. To investigate the population evolution of the brazilian shopping center, this work adopted the principal of the demography of firms, wich is based on the Organizational Ecology theoretical background, and has as one of its interests of study the influence of organizational density over the firms population development. This approach is called Density Dependence Theory, the density measured by the number of organizations within (population density) and also by the aggregate supply of the population (mass density). According to this theory, the density of a population directly influences their rates of founding (borning) and failure (closing) of orgabizations, indicating that the higher the number of organizations in a population, the greater are the founding rates of new organizations over time, this rate increasing under decreasing rates until a possible stabilization. Moreover, the greater the mass density, the lower the rate of founding of new organizations in the population, even with the total number of organizations decreasing. Adopting a quantitative approach, using econometric models based on method of estimators to populational growth relating the birth rates with the populational density performed in different industries and countries, this study investigated the evolution of the density in the brazilian shopping centers from 1966 to 2008. The conclusion of this study confirms the effects provided by the theory of density dependence in the relationship between density and rates of organizational founding population of shopping centers. / Tendo sido fundado em 1966 o primeiro shopping center brasileiro, em 2008 existiam 377 shopping centers em operação no Brasil, totalizando R$64,4 bilhões previstos de faturamento e mais de 8,5 milhões de metros quadrados de ABL (área bruta locável), segundo a ABRASCE. Com destaque no cenário econômico e social, este setor recebeu consistentes investimentos nacionais e estrangeiros nos últimos anos, além do apoio de órgãos governamentais, como o BNDES. Para investigar a evolução da população de shopping centers brasileiros, o presente trabalho adotou os princípios da demografia de empresas, que tem como base teórica a Ecologia Organizacional e traz como um de seus interesses o estudo da influência da densidade organizacional na evolução da população de empresas. Essa abordagem é chamada de Teoria de Dependência de Densidade, sendo a densidade medida pelo número de organizações que a compõe (densidade populacional) e também pela oferta agregada da população (densidade de massa). Segundo essa teoria, a densidade de uma população influencia diretamente suas taxas de fundação (nascimento) e fracasso (encerramento) organizacionais, indicando que quanto maior o numero de organizações em uma população, maior a taxa de fundação de novas organizações ao longo do tempo, essa taxa aumentando a taxas decrescentes até uma possível estabilização. Além disso, quanto maior a densidade de massa, menor a taxa de fundação de novas organizações na população, mesmo com o número total de organizações decrescendo. Adotando abordagem quantitativa, com o uso de modelos econométricos baseados no método de estimadores para crescimento populacional que relacionam a taxa de fundação com a densidade populacional realizados em diferentes indústrias e países, este trabalho investigou a evolução da densidade na população brasileira de shopping centers desde 1966 até 2008. A conclusão deste trabalho confirma os efeitos previstos pela teoria da dependência de densidade na relação entre a densidade organizacional e as taxas de fundação da população brasileira de shopping centers.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:26:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marcio Tambelini de Amorim.pdf: 1184883 bytes, checksum: e0523b89bbc58f499cecbafc016e6486 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-01-29 / Fundo Mackenzie de Pesquisa / The influence of age of the organizations in their survivor rates is a subject of debate in the studies of administration from different perspectives, especially in the framework of Organizational Ecology. Based on data of foundation and failure, some authors have found different opinions on such influence. To some of them, the newness organizations are those who suffer more because they have few resources, low legitimacy or high influence of the market and, therefore, fail more. Other authors observed that there is an initial period of survival and failure rates increase after this period, which is because the entrepreneur put a higher energy in the early development or still an extra financial resource. Others argue that the organizations who suffer more are the older ones, especially in turbulent environments, because they cannot respond to market changes. From these different perspectives, this dissertation intent to analyze the effect of age in the population failure rates, at the specific case of the Brazilian Companies of Credit to the Micro Entrepreneur. It refers to a new population of organizations founded at the late 1990s, under the terms of Brazilian Central Bank s Resolution 2.726. The Model Weilbull Distribution of Probabilities was used to evaluate the methodological availability in association with a descriptive statistics. What can be perceived from the presented data is that the liability of newness is not applicable to this population, because there is a significant number of companies that has survived during the first five years since their foundation. Nevertheless, from this period on, the failure rates has increased significantly after an initial moment of living. Because it is a new population, a long term evaluation is needed to validate that statement. Furthermore, it is necessary to evaluate as well the influence of external factors that can affect the life of these organizations, especially when these factors affect their own customers base. / A influência da idade das organizações nas taxas de sobrevivência é tema de debate sob perspectivas diferentes nos estudos de administração, sobretudo no âmbito da Ecologia Organizacional. A partir de dados de taxas de fundação e fracasso, os autores de ecologia organizacional têm encontrado diferentes conclusões sobre a influência da idade na sobrevivência das empresas. Para alguns, as organizações novatas são as que sofrem mais, pois possuem poucos recursos, baixa legitimidade ou alta influência do mercado e, sendo assim, fracassam mais. Outros autores observaram que existe um período inicial de sobrevida e que as taxas de fracasso aumentam após este período, isso porque o empresário possui um ânimo maior no início do empreendimento ou ainda um recurso financeiro em caixa. Outros ainda argumentam que as organizações que mais sofrem são as idosas, principalmente em ambientes turbulentos, pois não conseguem responder às mudanças no mercado. Com base nestas diferentes perspectivas, este trabalho se propôs a analisar o efeito da idade sobre as taxas de fracasso populacional, no caso específico das Sociedades de Crédito ao Micro Empreendedor no Brasil. Trata-se de uma população de empresas jovem, nascida no final da década de 1990, de acordo com Resolução 2.726 do BACEN. A avaliação dos dados se apoiou no modelo de Probabilidades Weibull e numa análise estatística descritiva. O que se percebeu com os dados apresentados, é que a síndrome das novatas não se aplica para esta população, pois nota-se que há um número significativo de empresas sobreviventes nos cinco primeiros anos de vida. Todavia a partir deste período as taxas de fracasso aumentam consideravelmente. Por tratar-se de uma população jovem, é preciso uma avaliação de maior prazo para validar tal afirmação. Além disso, é necessário avaliar também a influência de fatores externos que podem afetar a vida destas organizações, principalmente fatores que afetam a própria base de clientes.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2018-03-06T13:31:30Z No. of bitstreams: 1 josanegomesweberoliveira.pdf: 2339879 bytes, checksum: f8f4da27ff4ca2044d19198d12a460ac (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2018-03-12T15:55:49Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 josanegomesweberoliveira.pdf: 2339879 bytes, checksum: f8f4da27ff4ca2044d19198d12a460ac (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-03-12T15:55:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 josanegomesweberoliveira.pdf: 2339879 bytes, checksum: f8f4da27ff4ca2044d19198d12a460ac (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-12-19 / PROQUALI (UFJF) / A Economia de Comunhão - EdC é uma proposta alternativa à lógica econômica da produção pela produção e compreende uma rede mundial de pessoas e iniciativas empresariais, fundamentadas na ‘cultura da partilha’, ou seja, da comunhão de recursos naturais, materiais e espirituais, que serão colocados em circulação no tecido social, tendo em vista a fraternidade universal. Trata-se de uma linha de gestão empresarial, inspirada na espiritualidade do Movimento dos Focolares, que requer a valorização dos funcionários, uma gestão participativa, o respeito à natureza e à ética nos relacionamentos com os stakeholderse com a administração pública e concorrente, reclamando assim, a legalidade. A tese propõem que é possível, desenvolver uma estrutura reticular e uma forma de atuação conjunta para a EdC que permita seu desenvolvimento frente aos desafios apresentados pelo ambiente turbulento (EMERY e TRIST,1965),ou seja, complexo, incerto e marcado pela interdependência entre as partes,que caracteriza o mundo atual, com base na teoria da Ecologia Organizacional proposta por Trist(1976). A teoria da Ecologia organizacional propõe um tipo de estrutura reticular flexível, onde o foco não se encontra em uma única organização, mas em um campo mais extenso que extrapola as relações transacionais. Essa abordagem tem como base a auto-regulação das partes e a constante negociação. Sugere-se a utilização da metodologia de pesquisa-ação, cuja dinâmica guarda estreita correlação com a experiência de EdC até então vivenciada. O caráter dinâmico da EdC requer uma contínua revisão dos resultados alcançados, como preconiza o Planejamento Adaptativo que, unindo teoria a prática, fomenta o aprendizado e a gestão do conhecimento. / The Economy of Communion - EdC is an alternative proposal to the economic logic of production through production and comprises a worldwide network of people and entrepreneurial initiatives based on the 'culture of sharing', that is, the communion of natural, material and spiritual resources, which Will be put into circulation in the social fabric, in view of universal fraternity. It is a line of business management, inspired by the spirituality of the Focolare Movement, which requires the appreciation of employees, a participative management, respect for nature and ethics in relationships with stakeholders and public administration and competitors, demanding, thus, legality. The thesis proposes that it is possible to develop a network structure and a form of joint action for the EdC that allows its development to face the challenges posed by the turbulent environment (EMERY and TRIST, 1965), that is, complex, uncertain and marked by the interdependence between The parts, which characterizes the world today, based on the theory of Organizational Ecology proposed by Trist (1976). The theory of organizational ecology proposes a kind of flexible reticular structure, where the focus is not on a single organization, but on a larger field that extrapolates transactional relationships. This approach is based on the parties' self-regulation and constant negotiation. We suggest the use of the research-action methodology, whose dynamics are closely correlated with the EdC experience previously experienced. The dynamic nature of the EdC requires a continuous review of the results achieved, as recommended by Adaptive Planning, which unites theory and practice, fosters learning and knowledge management.

Organizations play key roles in modern societies. The importance of organizations for a society requires an understanding of organizations. In order to fully understand public organizations, it is necessary to recognize how organizational settings affect subjects of organizations and organizing. Although public and private organizations interrelate with each other, the two types are not identical. In this dissertation, I attempt to describe public organizations in their own setting by discussing three important topics in public organization theory: (1) innovation adoption in the public sector; (2) representative bureaucracy; and (3) decline and death of public organizations. In Chapter II, I scrutinize early adoption of innovations at the organizational level and explore which public organizations become early adopters in the diffusion process. The adoption of an innovation is directly related to the motivation to innovate. That is, organizations performing poorly will have a motivation to seek new solutions. I estimate the strength of the motivation by observing prior performance. The main finding of the second chapter is that performance-based motivation has a twofold impact on early innovation adoption: negative for organizations with low performance, but positive for those with very high performance. This study estimates top 3.8% as the turning point defining which organizations attain outstanding performance and show the positive relationship between performance and innovation adoption. In Chapter III, develop a theoretical framework for predicting and explaining active representation in bureaucracy and test two hypotheses from the framework to test its validity. First, active representation requires the loss of organizational rewards. Second, a minority group mobilizes external support to minimize the cost of active representation. These findings support that active representation is a political activity in which bargaining between formal and informal roles occurs. In addition, I add evidence to the literature demonstrating that the two prerequisites – policy discretion and a critical mass – must be satisfied for active representation to occur. In Chapter IV, I argue that organizational change is a result of a relationship between an organization and the environment. And, I suggest and advance the theory of organizational ecology for examining environment effect on organizational decline and death. The theory has been extensively studies in the business sector, so I advance the theory to be applicable to the public sector. First, I add political variables, such as change in the executive branch and the legislature, unified government, and hypothesize that (1) an organization established by a party other than the one in the executive branch in any given year will be more likely to be terminated or decline; that (2) an organization established by a party other than the one in the legislature in any given year will be more likely to be terminated or decline; and that (3) if an unfriendly party controls both the executive branch and the legislature, organizations established by other parties are more likely to be terminated or decline. Second, the effect of the economic environment on the life cycle of public organizations is not as straightforward and simple as their effect on business firms.

Cette thèse étudie les principales caractéristiques, le développement, les dimensions sociales, les avantages ainsi que les défis de la franchise dans le secteur de l'éducation au Pakistan. En outre, les résultats de notre étude montrent que la franchise de l'éducation au Pakistan fonctionne essentiellement comme une forme de franchise sociale. L'étude illustre également comment la dimension sociale de la franchise, dans le paysage éducatif pakistanais, est contrebalancée avec le côté commercial de cette pratique. Une approche qualitative multi-perspective a été adoptée. Cela a consisté à mener et à enregistrer 44 entretiens approfondis avec les franchiseurs, les franchisés, les enseignants, les employés du réseau, les parents, les étudiants et les représentants du gouvernement. Les données secondaires ont été collectées sur les sites Web des franchiseurs. Les données ont été transcrites et analysées par NVivo. Nos résultats mettent en évidence un lien entre l'émergence de la franchise sociale et la performance des établissements d'enseignement du secteur public. Nos résultats montrent également que les réseaux de franchises d'éducation au Pakistan ont eu une contribution significative sur le plan social, dans la mesure où, les taux d'alphabétisation ont augmenté et que les inégalités entre les sexes ont été réduites. Cela peut, par conséquent, être considéré comme une forme de franchise sociale. Certaines caractéristiques des réseaux de franchises éducatives au Pakistan sont les mêmes que celles de la franchise dans des secteurs plus traditionnels tels que les hôtels et les restaurants. Il est intéressant de noter que la fourniture de la marque, du transfert de savoir-faire, de l'assistance et de la formation, ainsi que l'uniformité du réseau, ont été aussi importants que dans les secteurs traditionnels de franchise. Les résultats suggèrent par ailleurs que les utilisateurs et le public ont une perception positive de la franchise dans le secteur de l'éducation et cela est considéré comme une meilleure alternative par rapport aux autres options disponibles. / This study investigates the main characteristics, development, social dimensions, benefits and the challenges of franchising in the education sector of Pakistan. Furthermore, it highlights that education franchising in Pakistan is mainly operating as a form of social franchising. The study also discusses how the social dimension of education franchising in Pakistan is counterbalanced with the commercial side of this business. A multi-perspective qualitative approach was adopted. This involved conducting and recording 44 in-depth interviews with franchisors, franchisees, school teachers, network employees, parents, students and government officials. Secondary data was collected from franchisor websites. Data was transcribed and analyzed by NVivo. The findings suggest a link between the emergence of social franchising and the performance of public sector educational institutions. Moreover, findings elaborate that education franchising networks in Pakistan have made a significant social contribution by increasing literacy rates and reducing gender inequalities. Therefore, it can be considered as a form of social franchising. Some characteristics of educational franchise networks in Pakistan are the same as those of franchising in more traditional sectors such as hotels and restaurants. Interestingly, the provision of brand name, transfer of know-how, assistance and training, as well as network uniformity, were found to be just as important as they are in traditional franchising sectors. The findings also suggest that users and public have a positive perception of franchising in the education sector and it is regarded as a better alternative as compared to other available options.