Case Summary of: Carribean Internet Café 1. What managerial issues should David consider before starting Caribbean Internet Café? Managerial Issues: Broadly defined as all issues which have an impact on a business manager’s decision. In this case‚ David should consider: - Political‚ Economic‚ Social‚ Technological (PEST) issues analysis: (i) Political: Bureaucracy and corruption may potentially slow down the pace of enhancing the necessary infrastructure for internet accessibility and usage
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CIC David should consider the following managerial issues: 1. He has minimal training in business ownership. He has the background of a computer programmer‚ and is getting his MBA but he is still in the process of learning and doesn’t have the knowledge to start an internet café. 2. David is also planning to hire a manager with Jamaican restaurant experience to help him with the majority of his business activities; this could be an issue as he hasn’t found anyone yet. He isn’t considering the
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Caribbean Internet Café case analysis: David is required to manage start up costs of $1‚573‚000 and fixed monthly costs of $203‚083.33 to invest in CIC venture. The managerial issue David is faced with is cost versus benefit‚ if the venture would be profitable for him and CIC and how long would it take him to recover all the startup investments. To deal with this managerial issue‚ David has to consider three categories of costs: Start up costs required to be invested in the business‚ Fixed monthly
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CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING INTRODUCTION An Internet café or cybercafé is a place which provides internet access to the public‚ usually for a fee. These businesses usually provide snacks and drinks‚ hence the café in the name. The fee for using a computer is usually charged as a time-based rate. Internet cafés are a natural evolution of the traditional cafe. Cafés started as places for information exchange‚ and have always been used as places to read the paper‚ send postcards
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Internet Cafe Business Plan Executive Summary JavaNet‚ unlike a typical cafe‚ will provide a unique forum for communication and entertainment through the medium of the Internet. JavaNet is the answer to an increasing demand. The public wants: (1) access to the methods of communication and volumes of information now available on the Internet‚ and (2) access at a cost they can afford and in such a way that they aren’t socially‚ economically‚ or politically isolated. JavaNet’s goal is to provide
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CASE SUMMARY David grant is an MBA student hoping to open Caribbean Internet Cafe in his hometown Kingstons‚ Jamaica upon his graduation as he always wanted to be his own “boss”. Due to low accessibility and usage of internet in Jamaica‚ David thought of it as a good timing to pursue this business opportunity. He has gathered data on all the relevant costs: equipment‚ rent‚ labor‚ etc. He has also found a partner in the local telephone company‚ Jamaica Telecommunications Limited (JTL)‚ where he
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All the hardware or devices need to be connected each other to the Local Area Networking (LAN)‚ to enable them share one internet line to get connected to the Internet. This is a basic idea on how to connect all your hardware to the LAN. Connecting the Computers All PCs have to connect to the switch/hub‚ which are merge as a LAN. A local area network (LAN) is a group of computers and associated devices that share a common communications line and typically share the resources of a single processor
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a need of the Project. Target Population. Facilities Needed. Time Table To Raising Fund And Start of Project Operations. Core Programmes Activities. Budget Cost. Core Areas of Collaboration in the Project. Existing Cafes. Training Programmes. TDVRC Internet Café. Conclusions/Explanatory Notes. Team Members. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Taraba Digital Village Centre (TDVC) proposal articulates a compelling vision‚ that will enable Jalingo‚ the state capital to through the centre‚
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WITHIN a few months China will overtake America as the country with the world’s largest number of internet users. Even when you factor in (include s/t as a relevant element when making a decision) China’s size and its astonishing rate of GDP growth‚ this will be a remarkable achievement for what remains a poor economy. For the past three years China has also been the world’s largest exporter of information and communications technology (ICT). It already has the same number of mobile-phone users
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CHAPTER 1 : INTRODUCTION : BRIEF DESCRIPTION : An internet café or cybercafé is a place which provides internet access to the public‚ usually for a fee. These businesses usually provide snacks and drinks‚ hence the café in the name. The fee for using a computer is usually charged as a time-based rate. Cyberia: one of the world’s first Internet cafés‚ London‚ 1994 The internet cafe phenomenon was started in July 1991 by Wayne Gregori in San Francisco when he began SFnet Coffeehouse Network
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