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  • Business Ethics

    Business Ethics

    Ethics in Business - From a business perspective, working under government contracts can be a very lucrative proposition. In general, a stream of orders keep coming in, revenue increases and the company grows in the aggregate. The obvious downfalls to working in this manner is both higher quality expected as well as the extensive research and documentation required for government contracts. If a part fails to perform correctly it can cause minor glitches as well

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    Essay Length: 2,345 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: March 1, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Effective Communication in Business Meetings

    Effective Communication in Business Meetings

    Effective Communication in Business Meetings Effective communication in business meetings consists of several factors. Careful planning and preparation are essential to maximizing meeting effectiveness. The people who participate in meetings usually have a very hectic schedule. People may be more willing to become involved in meetings, if they know their time will be well spent. There are several key factors that play a part on how to effectively conduct business meetings; such as; planning, use

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    Essay Length: 338 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 1, 2010 By: Mike
  • Globalization - Business Phenomenon

    Globalization - Business Phenomenon

    The word "globalization" can be traced back to 1944[citation needed]. The term has been used by economists since 1981; however, its concepts did not permeate popular consciousness until the later half of the 1990s. The earliest concepts and predictions of globalization were penned by an American entrepreneur-turned-minister Charles Taze Russell who first coined the term 'corporate giants' in 1897. [[4]] Various social scientists have tried to demonstrate continuity between contemporary trends of globalization and earlier

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    Essay Length: 335 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 2, 2010 By: July
  • Business Management

    Business Management

    Task: Choose a company and identify all motivational (employee-centered) programs that the company has in place. Then ascertain the significance and objectives of these programs. Next provide a critique of these programs. Finally, recommend changes that will improve on the programs and/or new programs that will better meet the objectives articulated above. Overview: The company that I have chosen as the subject of my research is the AAA Travel Agency. More specifically, I have interviewed

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    Essay Length: 1,695 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: March 2, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Forbes Book Review - Forbes Greatest Business Stories of All Time

    Forbes Book Review - Forbes Greatest Business Stories of All Time

    Book Review: Forbes Greatest Business Stories of All Time It would be an understatement to say that the twenty figures presented in Gross’s Forbes Greatest Business Stories of All Time are success stories. These people have molded and shaped the way we live our everyday lives through their incredible achievements. Imagine starting with only a vision, while lacking the financial resources and personnel to make that dream a reality. This was the case for

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    Essay Length: 1,734 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: March 2, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Entrepreneual Business Plan

    Entrepreneual Business Plan

    Table of Contents Page Mission Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Executive Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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    Essay Length: 1,529 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Business Model

    Business Model

    Michael Lewis (2000: pages 256-257) scoffed at the whole attempt to formalize the definition of business models when he wrote that “ “Business Model” is one of those terms of art that were central to the Internet boom: it glorifies all manner of half baked plans. All it really meant was how you planned to make money.” In an abstract of his paper “A Mesoscopic Approach to Business Models: Nano Research on Management” published in

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    Essay Length: 1,096 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Steve
  • The External Business Environment

    The External Business Environment

    The External Business Environment Today, business has evolved into highly competitive industries who offer goods and/or services. Businesses are connected with society on all Political, Economical, Technological, and Socio-cultural levels. The Business environment has become chaotic as the world constantly changes and grows. The past decade has yielded advances in every field imaginable, and created a very dynamic, competitive free market in the U.S. The Consumer Services Industry: Business today is made up of two

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    Essay Length: 524 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Business Process Reengineering

    Business Process Reengineering

    I. Definition Business process reengineering is the redesign of business processes and the associated systems and organizational structures to achieve a dramatic improvement in business performance. The business reasons for making such changes could include poor financial performance, external competition, and erosion of market share or emerging market opportunities. It is not downsizing, restructuring, reorganization, automation, new technology, etc. It is the examination and change of five components of the business: 1. Strategy 2. Processes

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    Essay Length: 2,128 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Jack
  • Business World

    Business World

    Swinton 1 PRODUCTS, SERVICE, AND PRICES IN THE FREE MARKET University of Phoenix MBA 501 May 7, 2007 The company or organization I chose to focus on is Starbucks Corporation. I will begin with a few little known facts about this mega corporation. Starbucks Corporation is a coffeehouse chain based in the United States (Schultz p.56). Starbucks was named after the character in the novel Moby Dick. Also, this is the largest coffee house company

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    Essay Length: 904 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 5, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Macroeconomic Impact on Business Operations

    Macroeconomic Impact on Business Operations

    Macroeconomic Impact on Business Operations Currency maintains its value because people will accept it in exchange for goods and services. They accept it because they know they will also be able to exchange it for goods and services. In addition to functioning as a medium of exchange, money also serves as a unit of value-a single measure for assessing the value of all the various goods and services produced and sold in an economy. Moreover,

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    Essay Length: 1,224 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 5, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Change Relating to Business

    Change Relating to Business

    Today's business world is highly competitive. The way to survive is to reshape to the needs of a rapidly changing world. Resistance to change is a dead-end street for the individual and the organization. Customers are not only demanding excellent service, they are also demanding more. Organizations are reshaping themselves to change quickly in order to meet the needs of their customers. The organization's top leaders know they cannot throw money at every problem. They

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    Essay Length: 1,499 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 5, 2010 By: Fonta
  • The Cultural Challenges of Doing Business Overseas

    The Cultural Challenges of Doing Business Overseas

    The Cultural Challenges of Doing Business Overseas In today’s business world, many businesses face diverse cultural challenges when entering the global business market. Steve Kafka, an American of Czech origin and a franchisor for Chicago Style Pizza is no exception to the rule. Contemplating expanding his franchise into Czech Republic, Kafka will need to address the cultural differences between the U.S and the Czech Republic, any trade barriers that he may encounter with his business

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    Essay Length: 1,272 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 5, 2010 By: Jack
  • Analysis of External Environments of Business

    Analysis of External Environments of Business

    Analysis of the External Environment of Business -Technological- A ‘business’ is commonly defined as an organisation which provides goods or services in addition to transforming input into output. Its objectives can either be profitable or non-profitable. One of the main requirements that must be fulfilled for a business to exist is that it must act and react to activities and occurrences beyond that of the organisation. These factors that happen outside of the business are

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    Essay Length: 1,681 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: March 5, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Business and the Internet

    Business and the Internet

    Business and the Internet Business is any activity that seeks profit by providing needed goods and services to others. The nature of providing these goods and services has changed drastically throughout the history of time. During the last thirty years of business activity, there has been new ways and means of conducting business through something we call technology. Technology is the advancement and uses of electronic devices and other high-tech equipment to produce and progress

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    Essay Length: 1,084 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 6, 2010 By: regina
  • Implementation of an Enterprise-Level Business System

    Implementation of an Enterprise-Level Business System

    The main two methods for Enterprise-Level implementation are Internet systems and Client Server Network systems. There is significant difference in the design of between these two types of systems because of architecture. Internet systems tend to have much more emphasis on the system servers, because the PC acts as a thin client and performs very little processing. Though, web-based applications tend to execute scripts on the client the majority of the application is executed on

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    Essay Length: 401 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 6, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Macroeconic Impact on Business Operations

    Macroeconic Impact on Business Operations

    Running head: MACROECONOMIC IMPACT Macroeconomic Impact on Business Operations In APA Style University of Phoenix MBA / 501 Macroeconomic Impact on Business Operations The following analysis will be conducted on the Macroeconomic Impact on Business Operations. This analysis was conducted to observe the affects of monetary policy on macroeconomic factors that influence GDP, unemployment, inflation, and interest rates. It will also identify tools used by the Federal Reserves to control money supply, explain how these

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    Essay Length: 1,628 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: March 6, 2010 By: Yan
  • The Conumdrum of Business

    The Conumdrum of Business

    1. MISSION OF NORTH COUNTRY AUTO AND NEW CAR SALES DEPT. The long term mission of our company is to maximize profit by increasing margins and volume of sales. Given the stiff competition in the industry, and a combination of high inventories and a more educated customer, our immediate objective is to sustain the market conditions and continue to be profitable and have positive cash flows. The industry is attracting new market players, which makes

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    Essay Length: 1,604 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: March 6, 2010 By: Monika
  • Business Plan for a Startup Business

    Business Plan for a Startup Business

    Business Plan for a Startup Business The business plan consists of a narrative and several financial worksheets. The narrative template is the body of the business plan. It contains more than 150 questions divided into several sections. Work through the sections in any order that you like, except for the Executive Summary, which should be done last. Skip any questions that do not apply to your type of business. When you are finished writing your

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    Essay Length: 582 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 6, 2010 By: Monika
  • Business

    Business

    You have been asked to write a report for a group of new stock brokers about the American Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ. Visit both the American Stock Exchange (AMEX): http://www.amex.com, and the NASDAQ: http://www.nasdaq.com , and write a 2-3 page paper on how the two exchanges operate. Make sure to address the following three questions: 1. How are AMEX and NASDAQ similar, if at all? Stock exchanges play major role in developing a vibrant

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    Essay Length: 674 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 6, 2010 By: Bred
  • Business Ethics and Government Contracts: National Semiconductor

    Business Ethics and Government Contracts: National Semiconductor

    Business Ethics and Government Contracts: National Semiconductor Ethics in Business from a business perspective, working under government contracts can be a very lucrative proposition. A stream of orders keep coming in, revenue increases and the company grows. The obvious downfalls to working in this manner is both higher quality expected as well as the extensive research and documentation required for government contracts. If a part fails to perform correctly it can cause minor glitches as

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    Essay Length: 2,351 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: March 7, 2010 By: Anna
  • The Environment and Big Business

    The Environment and Big Business

    Since the rise of environmental awareness, business and industry have always considered environmentalism a waste of time, only getting in the way of profits and production. From the perspective of business, environmentalists push for regulations and restrictions on businesses which cost them more money and frequently restrict some of their practices. What business an the economy doesn't know is that they can actually save money by being environmentally responsible, while protecting the very resources they

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    Essay Length: 833 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 7, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Business Economics Assignment

    Business Economics Assignment

    Business economics assignment Part A 1. Many firms have similar cost structures, it might be possible to predict the prices of other competing organizations. Also cost plus pricing is simple to compute. Markup= (price-cost)/ cost price= cost (1+markup) P= Lab+ Mat+ Mkt+ F/Q+Z*A/Q Q: planned output A: gross operating assets Z: desired profit rate MR=P/ (1+1/Z) if firm is maximizing profit: MC=MR=P/ (1+1/Z) P= MC* [1/ (1+ 1/Z)] So profit maximizing price is a mark

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    Essay Length: 284 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 7, 2010 By: Monika
  • The Survival of the E-Business

    The Survival of the E-Business

    The Survival of the E-Business Starting out as a government and research network, the Internet became available to the public in the early 1990's attracting millions of users. Since then, the Internet has become the largest and most important network. In 1998, the Internet had 100 million users; that number is doubling every year. The Internet has revolutionized the businesses of today. Instead of having physical stores, companies can sell their products right off of

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    Essay Length: 1,052 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 7, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • E-Business Architecture

    E-Business Architecture

    Table of Contents Introduction 3 E-business Architecture 4 Business goals 5 Networked applications 5 Information/Database 7 Foundation Technologies 8 Bibliography 10 Introduction What’s e-business? It is the transformation of every business process through using the internet and associated technologies. In this transformation, each part of the business becomes a part of an intrinsic network, which enables employees, suppliers and customers of a given enterprise to conduct their tasks. People usually try to make a point

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    Essay Length: 1,830 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: March 7, 2010 By: regina