Case Study - Salesforce.Com: Cloud Services Go Mainstream Salesforce.com‚ one of the most disruptive technology companies of the past few years‚ has single-handedly shaken up the software industry with its innovative business model and resounding success. Salesforce provides customer relationship management (CRM) and other application software solutions in the form of software as a service leased over the Internet‚ as opposed to software bought and installed on machines locally. The company was
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CASE: SHOULD WE GO BEYOND THE LAW? ETHICAL DILEMMA - The right to make profit versus the duty to protect the environment. OBJECTIVE - To make the company realize the importance of protecting the environment. - To help Chem-Tech become an ethically and socially responsible company. CONCEPTS / ANALYSIS - Sta Clara University published the five sources of ethical standards that can guide a person in making an ethical decision. Below are two of the five approaches they suggested: The Utilitarian
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characteristics of entrepreneurial behavior Management skill and strong team building abilities are often perceived as essential leadership attributes[3] for successful entrepreneurs. Robert B. Reich considers leadership‚ management ability‚ and team-building as essential qualities of an entrepreneur. This concept has its origins in the work of Richard Cantillon in his Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en (1755) and Jean-Baptiste Say[4] in his Treatise on Political Economy. Psychological studies show that
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Entrepreneurial Leadership Hybrid theory/philosophy which combines the common elements found in the thinking of Case‚ Kouzes‚ and Drucker. The common elements described in all three men’s strategies of becoming successful leader are: • Showing genuine interest in people. This involve recruiting the right staff‚ directing‚ inspiring and motivating others‚ fostering collaboration‚ strengthening individual capacities‚ and recognizing individuals for their contribution to success. • Living up to
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Authors: Armin Schwienbacher & Benjamin Larralde CROWDFUNDING OF SMALL ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURES Book chapter forthcoming in Handbook of Entrepreneurial Finance (Oxford University Press) Date: September 28‚ 2010 (final version) Armin Schwienbacher‚ Professor of finance‚ Université Lille Nord de France‚ Faculté de Finance‚ Banque et Comptabilité‚ Rue de Mulhouse 2 - BP 381‚ F - 59020 Lille Cédex (France); +33 3 20 90 75 34 ; armin.schwienbacher@univ-lille2.fr. SKEMA Business School‚ Avenue Willy
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Academy of Management Review 2006‚ Vol. 31‚ No. 1‚ 132–152. ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTION AND THE ROLE OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE THEORY OF THE ENTREPRENEUR JEFFERY S. MCMULLEN Baylor University DEAN A. SHEPHERD Indiana University By considering the amount of uncertainty perceived and the willingness to bear uncertainty concomitantly‚ we provide a more complete conceptual model of entrepreneurial action that allows for examination of entrepreneurial action at the individual level of analysis while remaining consistent
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Exercising Just Got Better and Healthier Written By Alexis Bower Exercising has improved majorly‚ by our new technology in the world. It’s to the point where you don’t even need to go outside or to the gym. You have the power to do it in your own house. We have devices that can monitor your steps you take‚ what your heartbeat is‚ how far you have ran‚ and to how much calories you have lost within your workout. I sat down
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Journal of Small Business Management 2008 46(1)‚ pp. 99–112 The Evolution and Development of Entrepreneurial Marketing by Gerald E. Hills‚ Claes M. Hultman‚ and Morgan P. Miles The purpose of this paper is to discuss the evolution of entrepreneurial marketing (EM). First an historical perspective of the evolution of EM is offered and some central incidents are identified. Further‚ empirical indications of small and medium-sized firm marketing behavior are reported and analyzed. Some distinctive
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Managing Operations‚ Information‚ and Knowledge of Gate Gourmet Words 3‚000 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Abstract 4 1.0 Introduction 5 2.0 About Gate Gourmet 5 3.0 Systems that enable efficient use of input resources and their impact on output of goods and services supplied by Gate Gourmet 6 3.1 Transformation Process 6 3.2 Production Techniques 6
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Self-Efficacy: Is an individual’s cognitive estimate of his or her “capabilities to mobilize the motivation‚ cognitive resources‚ and courses of actions needed to exercise control over events in their lives”. (Wood and Bandura 1989) Some conceptual and Measurement Issues of Self-Efficacy - Reciprocal Causation of Self-Efficacy and Performance When trying to distinguish the social learning theory from many traditional psychological theories by emphasizing reciprocal causation among
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