Business Essays

Purchasing no insurance policy is the option with maximum expected outcome out of four as no payment has to be maid for the insurance policy and the probability of accident is only 10%. However, it is the most risky option as well: if the accident happens, the skier should pay all the medical expenses himself.

Strategic Alignment (SA) is considered one of the most important topics in executives’ agenda in Europe and America. Achieving Information Technology (IT)-business alignment, however, has become a challenging task for both private and public organizations. Australian Local Australian Council is used as a case study in the survey.

To most economists, the problem of an externality usually concerns the results of market activity. Economists see the voluntary exchange as mutually beneficial to both parties in an exchange. On the other hand, either the consumption of a product (perfume, nice clothes) or its production may have external effects — as in the diagram.

The costumer can check the room updates including the availability, type and pricing of the room. In making bookings the user should log in and when he is done making or updating his booking his activities will be added to his history of booking. This history of the customer can be checked by the main HQ or the local Administration and they can base any booking discounts from this customer's history.

The welfare-based approach to housing in the UK used in the previous years focused on the well-being of typical service users in different areas to calculate housing allowances. Obviously, the welfare approach did not make them equal, due to the fact that housing price is not the only factor that affects their well-being.

E-commerce is about using the internet to buy and sell goods and services online. The two forms which comprise e-commerce are business to business trading where companies trade and exchange information using the world wide web and business to customer trading where companies deal directly with customers.

The Scandinavian Airlines System Group’s airlines have a flight to almost every part of the world. The Group also has companies that support airline operations as well as a hotel business. Although SAS is one of the oldest Airline in Europe it really took off after WWII at the cost of Germany. Germany was not allowed to keep its own Airline after the War.

Effect of IFRS on the companies and economy: All listed companies have published the consolidated financial statements in accordance with IFRS. Even some non listing companies also have applied for IFRS. At the time of further implementation of IFRS in 2007, the assessment of the previous implementation is judicious.

On the suggestion of the consultant, the company is looking at marketing smaller boats that would be moving in larger numbers and might require a totally different approach compared to what is happening now. They are inclined to sell more and the characteristics of the clients who will be buying these boats are also expected to be different.

This research will begin with the statement that we live in the time of globalization that touches all the spheres of human activity, and the business world is not an exception. The present research has identified that one of the major tendencies of the corporate business is creating international businesses going across boundaries and uniting nations.

What follows is a research report. AIMS investment in the EU transportation network will require research into what is required to make such an investment legally in the EU. This report will address such issues as what is a sound investment in the EU, oversight of investments, and funds required to invest in the chosen market.

This standard would be very welcome for local workers in an international sweatshop but may be prohibitive for the international company and removes the incentive for setting up shop in a developing country. When that happens then the job opportunities for local workers are lost.

The author states that years after its passage, a look at the effects of NAFTA across all three countries illustrates an overwhelmingly negative picture. This is true if an individual only looks at the negative aspects. That same report says that US workers have lost 766,000 jobs in the manufacturing sector.

The global size of Islamic finance has been long estimated between $200 and $500 billion with an estimated growth rate of 10-15% annually. A precise estimate escapes though. In comparison, the sterling assets of the UK banking sector alone amount to £2.5 trillion (around $4 trillion). Thus Islamic banking has some distance to cover.

The author states that strategic locations where there is high traffic also propel its success by effectively reaping the cost advantages of scale economies. Other operational strategies included efficient store management to boost profitability as well as “ensuring short-term profits”, “building local public relations,” “maintaining employee morale".

According to the report the discount retail industry emerged in the United States in the mid-1950s. Americans, accustomed to the supermarket concept and better informed, took the concept of self-service to heart. The companies in question are Wal-Mart and Carrefour, both retailers. To begin with, let us take a closer look at these companies’ profiles.

The author states that the second public was the retail customers who received complaints from the final consumers were Kroger, who gave Pepsi products to customers as a refund to counter their uneasiness after the devastating news. Some convenience stores had to withdraw more than sixteen Diet Pepsi bottles from their shelves.

Most of the ICI Group’s net assets are denominated in currencies other than Sterling with the result that the Group’s Sterling balance sheet can be significantly affected by adverse currency movements. To protect any unfavourable exchange rate movements, the Group has the policy to hedge this effect by borrowing in currencies other than Sterling.

This research aims at developing an understanding of various aspects of partnering in the UK construction industry. The secondary research is based on the article published on leading newspapers, government websites, journals, books and magazines. The secondary research is also including the information regarding the best practices.

There is much more that goes into a zoo than the zookeepers and the animals. It s something that most of us do not give much thought to. However, to run a zoo is a very detailed and complicated business. There are directors, curators, zookeepers, veterinarians, landscapers, and maintenance workers.

Every Product experiences life cycles. Within an industry, various individual companies remain at different life cycle stages. The life cycle is an important and universally accepted concept to help business understand business strategies sales growth and other changes over time. The distinct stages of an industry/product life cycle are introduction, growth, maturity, and decline.

Even though Roche has a few late-stage products in the pipeline, it should also take into consideration whether or not it is even worth putting it through clinical trials when new regulatory changes have taken place.  It should also pay extreme attention to patents about to expire as well as competing generic drugs in the market.  

There has been a growing consciousness over business ethics and corporate responsibility yet is tempting for business leaders to focus on short-term demands at the expense of compliance to a wider definition of ethics. There are conflicting studies regarding the link between good ethics and profitability in the short term.

The car-parks traffic appears to be continuing to rise, even figuring in the seasonal effects of the Christmas shopping rush.  This increase is leading to significantly higher revenues for parking fees. The lower results after Christmas do not suggest business in trouble, moreover, a business is in a highly competitive industry.

A warm association is also a learning affiliation (Mauri, 2003, pp. 13-14). A number of retailers and other service providers have introduced loyalty schemes over the past few years. These loyalty schemes usually involve the consumer being given a plastic card to which credit points can be added when the consumer makes a purchase.

This dissertation aims to explore and contribute to the ongoing debates on the ethical and sociological issues arising from advertising to little children. The aim is explore a way forward for this ongoing issue without endorsing either side of the parent-marketer debate/blame game.

This paper attempts to firstly analyze the skill-sets the team must possess and then goes on to talk about how the consulting firm can utilize the team’s skills. The most important skill a team-member should have is the power to think creatively and act out of the box. Restaurants are creative ventures.

On the analysis based on the argument that businesses with climate change strategies implemented have the competitive edge over others, the clients were of the view that most of the products that have been delivered have been environment centric and stress that rail network would have gone into dust if they haven’t produced such products.

Business comprises of all enterprises whether public or private, large scale or small scale. Business provides employment opportunities for millions of people and therefore acts as a source of income for sustaining the economy. Business is a platform for generation of income through trading and therefore acts as a capital regulatory and distribution mechanism thereby sustaining the mechanisms of economy (Henderson, 2004).

For employers, job performance is about finding ways of directing the efforts of employees toward the realization of organizational objectives while garnering information about how to determine the efforts that merit promotions, pay raises, or discharges.

The value chain devised by Michael Porter is considered one of the most appropriate tools for carrying out the analyses of the processes of a particular company in a step by step manner. This provides an idea about the forward linkages of the company in the process of value addition from the beginning till the service reaches the end-user.

 Jalan (1997) writes that one “advantage India has over other developing countries is that of a relatively mature domestic industrial sector. As such, most of the new direct investment proposals are in the form of joint ventures with Indian partners, managed and staffed by Indian nationals or persons of Indian origin.

Implementation of SMP was delayed and slowed down by non-tariff barriers, which oppose flow of services cross national borders. Since the services sector accounts for almost seventy percent of the European GDP and employment, the European Commission then launched its proposals for a Directive on Services in the Internal Market (EC 2004).

Two of the four elements of a strategy, internal competencies, and shortcomings are within the organization and can be controlled by it if properly appraised. The other two, changes in the environment and intelligent moves by competitors are external forces and require adoption or modification of action sequences and determined policies.

The theories of CSR are meant to bring accountability to corporate bodies where they have not necessarily acted in a positive, community-building way in past decades. Instead of creating monopolies and selling products or services for record profits, CSR means that corporations must take a closer look at all the levels of operation. 

The depiction of GDP at some base price is basically done in order to measure the value of the nominal GDP of any country i.e. the impact of inflation is not discounted while expressing nominal GDP. The difference between the GDP at two price levels, therefore, reflects the inflationary pressures over the economy of any country.

In the words (Schultz 331) of its Founder, Chairman, and Chief Global Strategist, Starbucks's mission is "to bring great coffee to everyone by putting up stores that give people a rewarding experience and enrich their lives in communities around the world" while the vision is "to take the company to new directions, leverage the strength of the brand, invent new products that surprise and delight, sell through many channels of distribution, and move beyond coffee to other items that touch people's daily lives".

The author states that Gap is driven by a mission to create "inspiring product design, unique store experiences, and compelling marketing" while reflecting the core values of "integrity, respect, open-mindedness, quality, and balance". Gap Inc. also devotes considerable resources to corporate social responsibility.

Preparations on for the 2012 Olympics will offer a significant boost to UK's important small business sector. It will not only be benefical for the construction sector but also retail trade, entertainment and recreation where small firms have already shown gains.The main concern for the authorities should be to go on with projects that involve infrastructure construction and renovation, Olympic gyms and stadiums, high technology industrialization, education and culture, modern manufacturing, tourism and environmental protection, will be presented at a market promotion conference on the Olympics economy.According to organizers, football matches and training camps will be hosted this side of th

As the largest convenience store chain in the world, 7-Eleven convenience stores are open 24 hours a day. In Japan, the size of its stores was decreased in size that ranges from 125 to 150 square meters and each store stocks approximately 2,300 to 2,800 items.

The good old concept of corporate social responsibility though is taking new dimensions with more and more companies encouraging and involving their employees in the numerous social activities. With a large percentage of the workforce being young and enthusiastic they are volunteering with utmost dedication and concern and not as a mere obligation.

Human trafficking, also called trafficking in persons, has no place in our world. As both a grave crime and a human rights abuse, it compromises national and economic security, undermines the rule of law, and harms the well-being of individuals and communities everywhere. It is a crime of exploitation.

The Hilton Chain of Hotels has in the long run, held fast to a philosophy of responsibility. According to the founder of the hotel Conrad Hilton, "It has been, and continues to be, our responsibility to fill the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality." Pre-February 2006, Hilton Hotels Corp. had run Hilton hotels in the USA, plus other hotels in the US & globally. 

The author states that sales force automation refers to automating all the actions related to sales of an organization or business. This is a coordination of applications that chiefly center on scheduling and contacts management. Sales force automation actions are usually incorporated with other systems.

Market-oriented management of ports is the core objective of port reforms. It is through this general objective that governments try to make these entities profit earning. The general objective encompasses a number of specific objectives such as enhancing competitiveness, efficiency, productivity, invite private capital, etc. 

The geographical location and other factors such as proximity to low-cost labor markets dictate a different value chain for Japanese companies. While production-related disruptions decline with increasing product maturity, demand-related disruptions and abrupt changes in management decisions brought on by financial markets do not.

By touching people’s emotions, they were able to hit right at the heart, where people are moved, and decisions are easily made based on emotions and what touches them. Their customers were made to feel special and a part of an elite group surrounded by others like them as only those who purchased the motorcycles could attend rallies and events.

This research explores a consumer buying behavior based model suitable for segmenting consumers in competitive markets. The concept of consumer buying behavior based segmentation has been now recognized since long but still very few applications of the approach have been reported in the marketing literature.

A critical analysis of how SME functions and their distinctive factors have been entailed in order to give the reader a proper understanding of all the functions of a small and medium enterprise. The purpose of this report is to give the reader an insight into a small or medium enterprise, and what are their technicalities and functionality level.