Entrepreneurial - Myths about Entrepreneurs Challenges and Risks Entrepreneurs are often thought of in terms of the risk they assume. Even the dictionary describes an entrepreneur as one who assumes business risks. However‚ like all prudent businesspeople‚ entrepreneurs know that taking high risks is a gamble. Entrepreneurs are neither high nor low risk takers. They prefer situations in which they can influence the outcome‚ and they like challenges if they believe the odds are in their favor.
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The traditional profit maximizing theories of the firm have been criticised for being unrealistic. As a result‚ alternative theories of the firm were introduced (Sloman & Sutcliffe‚ 2001). One of the alternative theories of the firm is Growth maximization. Following are the main motives for the firms to grow: The cost motive: A growth maximising firm can lower its long run average costs by exploiting economies of scale and economies of scope. Economies of scale come into effect when increasing
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Project Topic: Profit Maximization of a firm. Profit maximization has always been considered the primary goal of firms.The firm’s owner is the manager of the firm‚ and thus‚ the firm’s owner-manager is assumed to maximize the firm’s short-term profits (current profits and profits in the near future).Today‚ even when the profit maximizing assumption is maintained‚ the notion of profits has been broadened to take into account uncertainty faced by the firm (in realizing profits) and the time value
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References: Ameer R.‚ Ramli F. and Zakaria H. (2010). A new perspective on board composition and firm performance in an emerging market. Emerald Group Publishing Limited‚ ISSN‚ 10‚ 647-661. Andres Pablo de‚ Azofra V. and Lopez F. (2005). Corporate Boards in OECD Countries: size‚ composition‚ functioning and effectiveness. Corporate Governance‚ 13 (2)
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The Big Four Accounting Firms Financial Accounting September 8‚ 2012 In the world of accounting four global firms take the gold. Those are considered “The Big Four”. Over the past twenty years many financial organizations have been established‚ but only the best have survived long enough to be well known across the world. Those four corporations are Deloitte & Touche‚ Pricewaterhouse Coopers‚ Ernst & Young‚ and KPMG. The biggest name in the industry however‚ is Deloitte & Touche
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The decisions of one firm therefore influence and are influenced by the decisions of other firms. Strategic planning by oligopolists needs to take into account the likely responses of the other market participants. Description[edit] Oligopoly is a common market form where a small number of firms are in competition. As a quantitative description of oligopoly‚ the four-firm concentration ratio is often utilized. This measure expresses the market share of the four largest firms in an industry as a
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Managerial Theories of Firm Marris and Williamson’s Models Marris’ Managerial Thesis of Firm Marris has put forth a significant thesis of firm as per which the managers do not optimise profits but in its place as per him‚ they look for to optimise profits balanced rate of increase of the firm. Optimisation of balanced rate of increase of the firm entails optimisation of the rate of increase of demand for the commodities of the firm and rate of increase of capital supply. If I symbolises
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SERVICE FIRM COMPETITIVENESS Service firms must constantly improve themselves about quality and productivity in order to compete with rivals. Chase & Hayes created a table to describe the role of operations in the strategic development of service firms. This is an illustration of productivity and quality development. This table categorizes service firms into 4 stages of development according to their competitiveness. This table does not mean that services have to start at stage 1. A firm may start
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marks) The law firm of Smith‚ Jones‚ and Greene provides accounting service for some of its clients. The person who handles this service and her secretary cost the law firm an average of $80‚000 per year in salary and benefits. Furthermore‚ the law firm incurs an additional charge of $50 per client for computer time‚ postage‚ and supplies. Clients are charged $300 a year for these accounting services. a) Determine the cost‚ revenue‚ and profit functions for the law firm in terms of the number
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emeraldinsight.com/0951-3574.htm Value‚ profit and risk: accounting and the resource-based view of the firm Steven Toms The York Management School‚ University of York‚ Heslington‚ UK Abstract Purpose – This paper aims to argue that the principal components of the Resource-Based View (RBV) as a theory of sustained competitive advantage are not a sufficient basis for a complete and consistent theory of firm behaviour. Two missing elements are value theory and accountability mechanisms. Design/methodology/approach
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