Business
In the Business section, you can find material dedicated to all things business. This section collects data on the activities of the various companies operating in markets all over the world.
17,334 Essays on Business. Documents 13,801 - 13,830
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Soft/hard Hrm
Definition of HRM 'A philosophy of people management based on the belief that human resources are uniquely important in sustained business success. An organization gains competitive advantage by using its people effectively, drawing on their expertise and ingenuity to meet clearly defined objectives. HRM is aimed at recruiting capable, flexible and committed people, managing and rewarding their performance and developing key competencies.' Lack of a universally agreed definition of HRM lies in the absence of
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Software Paper
This essay is all about the software package that would be beneficial to our company; a user friendly and company friendly software that has features and functions that will help everyone in the company but does not need to be expensive. Every company has a desire to make each task easy and comfortable for its employees for the purpose of saving time and cost. This desire has made possible the development and advancement of technology.
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Software Piracy on Internet Auctions
1. Introduction The Internet has permanently changed the way consumers purchase goods. The use of Internet auctions has become more and more popular. An Internet auction is a virtual market place in which businesses and consumers can sell their products. This ‘new’ and quick type of trading without leaving your house is attractive to a lot of people. Famous auctions like eBay, Amazon & Yahoo became very popular destinations on the internet. There are different
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Solagen Case Study
1) Why has Kodak learned so little about the gelatin manufacturing process in 150 years? Why is the learning curve so flat in gelatin manufacture? The gelatin current process: It was a almost a craft production It has been passed from generations to generations It has relatively worked well The process was largely uninfluenced by new technologies Why? No one has stopped to look at the process with a scientific approach. Kodak had a culture
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Sole Proprietorship
[An Overview of Financial Management and the Financial Environment] SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP is a business organization where the owner is a single person and is solely responsible for control of the business. While the owner can hire employees (and managers), it is ultimately the owner that is in charge. One important characteristic of a Sole Proprietorship is that, from a legal and tax perspective, there is no real distinction between the owner and the business. The
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Sole Proprietorship
6.3 Macroeconomics Course name Macroeconomics for IBA Course code 30J108 Number of credits 6 ECTS Coordinator Prof. Dr. H.A. Benink Language of instruction English Course description Macroeconomics for IBA has been developed for business students. However, it is quite similar to a typical macroeconomics course in an economics program. The topics that are covered have been selected because of their importance for decision-makers in the business world. The course consists of two main parts: long-run
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Sole Proprietorships
Test Question 1: When organizing a business there are various points to consider when dealing with the liability and tax consequences. Sole proprietorships are businesses owned and operated by one individual. If a person sets up a business as a sole proprietorship it is considered an extension of yourself. Therefore, as a sole proprietor, the business assumes personal responsible for all liabilities and debts the business incurs. Sole proprietors are not required to file for
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Solid Waste Management Case
By using Model of Government Intervention, we state the following: 1. Problem: What to do with managing garbage in Toronto. 2. Goal: To reduce the household solid waste in Toronto. 3. Identify the Intervention: to encourage recycling and implement a fine of $100 every time one is caught throwing away something that can be recycled. This offense may be caught through random inspection. 4. Dimensions: i) This intervention is direct: At the intervention is a
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Solomon Company Law
COMPANY LAWALW 3143LAF42-02/16-00031 1. INTRODUCTION The principle of the legal entity principle assumes that each of a group of companies is treated as a separate legal entity with other companies within the group and is therefore exercising legal authority in that regard. This is confirmed in the case of Salomon v Salomon. This principle is useful for corporate bodies, but has a significant adverse impact on the relevant stakeholders. The limited liability also provides that
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Solucions Orientatives - Prova D’avaluació Continuada 1 (catalan)
Solucions PAC1 Solucions orientatives Prova d’avaluació continuada 1 1. Definiu i diferencieu la Recerca(R), el Desenvolupament(D) i la Innovació(I) en un camp com pot ser la indústria del calçat. Aclariu “qui” fa “què” i fins on arriba la missió de cadascun dels 3 conceptes, us pot ajudar la relació amb la proximitat al mercat, utilitzar exemples (reals o ficticis) que facin tot el “recorregut”, etc etc... El paper de la recerca en el món de
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Solving Cases
PROBLEM ANALYSIS AND SOLVING PARADIGM (A Technical Guide to Solving Cases) The Problem Analysis and Solving Paradigm is a framework which serves as a guide in tackling any business or day-to day issues. It provides key steps, which help determine the real problem at hand, and the appropriate solution for it. The paradigm is a mental process. It trains the mind to constantly approach a given situation in an orderly and systematic way of thinking.
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Solving Microsoft's Marketing Errors
Solving Microsoft’s Marketing Errors Once again, Microsoft is on the "What’s next" trail instead of "What’s now." Longhorn is supposed to be the next-generation Windows capabilities applied to healthcare and real estate. The "future products will solve your existing problems" message is well worn out by Microsoft. What’s often missing in the messaging is how the problems are with Microsoft products or whether the problems should have been there in the first place I see
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Some Notes on Branding
I. INTRODUCTION • Branding is a plan for earning product reputation and for making sure that the world knows about it and believes in it too. • “Branding is the process by which companies distinguish their product offerings from the competition. Brands are created by creating a distinctive name, packaging and design.” (Egan & Thomas, 1998) • 1st Brand name= Bass [beer], because British were the 1st with trademark registration. • Customers (particularly consumers) view
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Somethin
Objective: My goal is to observe, analyse, and understand the patterns that tourism in our country goes through in terms of number of tourists. I am choosing foreign tourism, i.e. the number of foreign tourists visiting India yearly. After I gather raw data, I’ll analyse it by taking averages, totals, various comparisons such as monthly, annual, and seasonal, and finally rounding it up with a tentative amateur prediction. I would also like to apply my
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Something
Screw tops have been called into question as wine buffs found some bottles that smell of rotten eggs. From demijohns in rustic garages to the finest cellars, storing wine remains an unpredictable science - so what's the solution? In good news for those who dislike tussling with corkscrews, screw-tops have been hailed as the answer to sealing off wine - cheap, hassle-free and a safe alternative to corks. They unscrewed a world of wine buying
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Song Airlines Business Case
Song Airlines Case Song airline was a low cost carrier subsidiary of Delta airlines that started in 2003. It was formed to compete with JetBlue and other low cost airlines for the Florida market. The market environment at the time of the case was extremely difficult with the rising costs of fuel, increasing security requirements after 9/11 and customers’ expectations of lower fares. It has forced many big players in the airline industry into bankruptcy.
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Sonic Case Study
Executive Summary Beginning with one restaurant, Sonic has become the largest drive-in chain in the United States. While they are smaller than their competitors, they are still leading in sales growth, customer loyalty and customer satisfaction. Sonic restaurants saturate the southern U.S. This gives them the opportunity to expand to other area. However, Sonic is reluctant due to the colder climates and their basis as a drive-in restaurant. Sonic should look at adding or combining
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Sonic History
Sonic Corporation operates and franchises a chain of drive-in restaurants in the United States . As of 2002, the Company had 2,432 restaurants in operation, consisting of 511 Company-owned restaurants and 1,921 franchised restaurants, principally in the southern two-thirds of the United States . At a typical Sonic restaurant, a customer drives into one of 24 to 36 covered drive-in spaces, orders through an intercom speaker system, and has the food delivered by a carhop
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Sonis Drive-In
December 7, 2005 Sonic has emerged as the largest drive in chain in the United States. It is smaller than its leading competitors such as McDonald’s, Burger King and Wendy’s. Though it is smaller it leads in the category of customer satisfaction and loyalty. Sonic has improved its relationships with franchises and employees, offered unique menu innovations, invested in information technology and initiated. History Sonic Drive-In Carhops have been serving up beloved American food and
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Sony and the Environment
Select a well known company. 1) Explain why you have chosen them and briefly outline what they do. 2) Identify some of the positive environmental and social steps it has undertaken in relation to its products or services. 3) Suggest ways in which your company might better communicate its sustainability commitments to its customers via brand messages, further product changes or other design management related methods. All of my past education has been focused around
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Sony Case Study
Executive Summery Sony's current financial difficulties are tied into its corporate culture which were stated over 30 years ago. With such a large multinational corporation, greater planning and more use of strategies should be pursued. Sony could start with the implementation of a new mission statement, with profit and benefits of the company tied more closely to everyday operations. Internally, the four forces, the management, the designers, the production and the marketing should achieve better
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Sony Control Mechanisms
For budgeting to help a company the person delegated to that role should not abuse it and should stay within the guidelines that have been set. Budgeting shows the cost of things in a corporation and which usually starts with an estimate of what things should cost, then compares the results, and take whatever action is needed. Marketing reaches to all walks of people across the land. Sony spreads their marketing thick on the cables
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Sony Corporation - Company Information
Sony Corporation-Company Information Sony was founded in Tokyo in 1946 by engineer Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita, a physicist. They started the company with 20 employees repairing electrical equipment and attempting to build their own products. The company’s success started in 1946 when Sony launched Japan’s first transistor and the first “all-transistor” radio in 1955. In the more than 50 years since the company first began trading, it has grown from 20 employees to over
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Sony Ericsson
Introduction to Sony Ericsson Sony Ericsson is a jointly owned venture of Japanese consumer electronics giant, Sony Corporation and Swedish Telecom player Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson. Both of them hold equal stake in Sony Ericsson (50:50). After its incorporation in October, 2001 with its global head quarter in Hammersmith (London), the corporation's presence can be felt almost all around the world and in most of the major markets [1][2]. Sony Ericsson has been working at high
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Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications was established in 2001 by telecommunications leader Ericsson and consumer electronics powerhouse Sony Corporation. The company is owned equally by Ericsson and Sony announced its first joint products in March 2002. Sony Ericsson employs around 5,000 employees worldwide. It undertakes product research, design and development, marketing, sales, distribution and customer services. Today I will concentrate mainly on Sony Ericsson’s worldwide operation and production facilities. There are three main factors that an
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Sony Ericsson’s Business Strategy
Business Strategy Task 1: The role that objectives play in the process of strategic planning Strategic planning is the process of developing and maintaining a strategic fit between the organisation’s objectives and resources and the changing market opportunities. This is generally regarded as corporate planning because it deals with the whole organisation. The strategic planning should base upon clear objectives in order to define the direction of all other plans. In definition, “objectives are the
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Sony Minidisc: Failed Innovation?
Sony MiniDisc: Failed Innovation? A case study of the conception, production and distribution of the MiniDisc David Reid Technological change and advancement is driven by invention and innovation, and it is important to discern between these two very different terms. �The former refers to new concepts or products that derive from individual’s ideas or from scientific research. The latter, on the other hand, represents the commercialization of the invention itself’ (Scocco, 2006). There are countless
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Sony Repositinoning Strategy
Sony Corporation of America is the United States subsidiary of Japan’s Sony Corporation. Based on Inglewood, California, it is a company under which all Sony companies operate here in United States. Sony Electronics Inc., a Sony Corporation company, produces and sells all kinds of electronics ranging anything from wireless headphones and mp3 players to hi-fi systems and computers; Sony Electronics Inc makes it all. Established in 1960, this company has grown to be a huge
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Sony Strategic Initiaties
“What strategic initiatives or actions would you recommend for Sony as it seeks to recover its strategic position and profitability? Why would you recommend these strategic actions?” ACTIONS/STRATEGIC INITIATIVES 1. Review of Current Issues 2. Corporate initiatives to recover its strategic position and profitability 3. Growth Strategy/ Organisational & Structural Reform REVIEW OF CURRENT ISSUES • “Unlike its competitors, Sony has not produced products that I want” (Customer) • “Sony products have many features but
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Sony ’s Overview
Sony Corporation of America, based in New York City, is the U.S. subsidiary of Sony Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo. Sony is a leading manufacturer of audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. Its music, motion picture, television, computer entertainment, and online businesses make Sony one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world. Sony's principal U.S. businesses include Sony Electronics Inc., Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Sony Computer Entertainment
Rating:Essay Length: 261 Words / 2 PagesSubmitted: November 10, 2009