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    • SEI FACULTY IN THE NEWS NEWS

    JUSTIS QUOTED IN THE ADVOCATE REGARDING FRANCHISING
    Robert Justis, director of LSU’s Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute and a Marjory B. Ourso Center for Excellence in Teaching Professor in the Rucks Department of Management, was quoted in an Advocate article regarding the costs of creating and running a successful franchise.
    [ MORE ] Friday, November 06, 2009
    Story #6397

    BOB JUSTIS FEATURED IN BUSINESS WEEK PODCAST
    Robert Justis, who heads the International Franchising Forum for the E. J. Ourso College of Business at LSU, spoke with Business Week last month from his office on campus. The September 26 interview was conducted via podcast, a medium through which files are immediately relayed between computer systems and which allows for the emission of streaming audio and video, regardless of location. Primarily, Justis described the current atmosphere of franchising throughout the country and discussed the recent surge that the practice has seen in the past few years.
    [ MORE ] Wednesday, October 03, 2007
    Story #4629

    BOB JUSTIS FEATURED IN BUSINESS WEEK PODCAST
    Robert Justis, who heads the International Franchising Forum spoke with Business Week last month from his office on campus.
    [ MORE ] Wednesday, October 03, 2007
    Story #4631

    JUSTIS QUOTED IN INC. MAGAZINE
    Robert T. Justis, professor and department chair of LSU’s E. J. Ourso College of Business’ Rucks Department of Management, was quoted in the January 2007 edition of Inc. magazine. He provided advice for restaurant chain Noodles & Co.’s owner, Aaron Kennedy, regarding franchising. Justis warned about some of the hazards associated with franchising by asking, "Can you replicate your food with outside owners? How much territory are you gong to grant franchisees?"
    [ MORE ] Thursday, March 08, 2007
    Story #4328

    FRANCHISING EASES THE PATH FOR MANY ENTREPRENEURS
    Robert T. Justis, professor and chair of the Rucks Department of Management, and director of the International Franchise Forum, was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article on the benefits of franchising. Justis described the relationship between franchisors and franchisees as "interdependent, and good franchisors realize that." According to Justis, franchises are less likely than independent startups to fail. Also, financial institutions favor lending to franchises rather than new companies. "Bankers working with SBA loan programs want to see a record of success," said Justis.
    Thursday, February 23, 2006
    Story #4004

    KATRINA STUNNED POPEYES, WORKER, BUT BOTH REBOUND
    A USA Today article recounting Hurricane Katrina’s devastation to Popeye’s and one of the restaurant’s workers, quoted Dr. Bob Justis, an LSU business professor and director of the university’s International Franchise Forum. Justis estimates that only about 50% of New Orleans’ businesses will return to the city under his “best case scenario.” He expects that the area’s permanent population will be significantly smaller. He stated, “Many of these people that have left New Orleans have gone to other states where they’ve found good jobs and good housing, and there’s no desire to come back.”
    Friday, December 09, 2005
    Story #3507