Chapter Nineteen Staffing and Leading a Growing Company Chapter Outline 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 The Entrepreneur’s Role as Leader. Hiring the Right Employees: The Company’s Future Depends on It. Building the Right Culture and Organizational Structure. The Challenge of Motivating Workers. 19.1 The Entrepreneur’s Role as Leader. To be successful‚ an entrepreneur must assume a wide range of roles‚ tasks‚ and responsibilities‚ but none is more important than the role of leader. Some
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BDB2033 / BADB 2033 E-COMMERCE Semester : June 2013 Course Leader : Abdul Aziz bin Mohamed Office Location : Faculty of Business Administration‚ UNIRAZAK B1-10‚ Leisure Commerce Square‚ Petaling Jaya‚ Selangor Consultation Hours : by appointment Telephone : Off: 03-7627 7279 HP: 018-7785002 (call weekdays and during office hours only) E-mail : aziz@umtech.my Course Synopsis This foundational course focuses on principles of e-commerce from a business perspective
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from universities and public libraries (Laudon‚ Traver‚ 2009). However‚ Google did not contact the publisher or pay a royalty fee‚ which is when the controversy began! In 2005‚ players in the publishing industry filed lawsuits at the program claiming copyright infringement. Google however‚ claimed they were operating fairly under the “fair use” doctrine codified in the Copyright Act in 1976. (Copying/lending of books has been fair since 1930’s) (Laudon‚ Traver‚ 2009). In 2008‚ Google came to a settlement
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Just Beginning CHAPTER 2 E-commerce Business Models and Concepts Introduction E-commerce 2008935814 to E-Commerce: Business‚ Technology‚ and Society 2009‚ Fifth Edition‚ by Kenneth C. Laudon and Carol Guercio Traver. Copyright © 2009 by Kenneth C. Laudon and Carol Guercio Traver. Published by Prentice Hall‚ a division of Pearson Education‚ Inc. C H A P T E R 1 The Revolution Is Just Beginning LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter‚ you will be able to: ■
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profit. Pandora utilized several different business models before implementing the freemium model. The freemium business model provides free services to 99% of the customers and expects 1% of the customers to pay a fee for premium services (Laudon & Traver‚ 2011). This business model can be very effective and profitable for certain types of business when managed correctly. Analyzing Pandora’s successful use of the model provides insight on which conditions need to be present in order for the freemium
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The content usually came with free introductory offers‚ followed by monthly and annual subscriptions. At the time this business model was risky considering “over 80% of online music was downloaded from peer-to-peer (P2P) networks for free.” (Laudon & Traver‚ P. 371) For a couple years Pandora struggled to find the best business model. In 2006 they added an ability to immediately purchase the music they heard on Pandora‚ followed by an iPhone app that brought 35‚000 new users every day. The app introduced
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such as The Pirate Bay‚ in 2005 the U.S. Supreme Court decided against file sharing sites to find them liable for copyright infringement on the intent to induce‚ enable‚ and encourage users to share music that was owned by record companies (Laudon and Traver‚ 2012). The legal actions did put many of these services out of business and slowed the movement toward illegal downloading; however‚ the model still exists to enable legal and illegal downloading. This paper will examine the business model that
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References: Laudon‚ K. and Guercio Traver‚ C.‚ 2011. Business. Technology. Society. : 7th edn. USA: Pearson Education.
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Economist‚ 392(8647)‚ 3-4. The Local: Sweden’s News in English Graham‚ F. (2009). How The Pirate Bay sailed into infamy. Retrieved from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7893223.stm Keating‚ J. (2008). Pirate Politics. Foreign Policy‚ (164)‚ 104. Laudon‚ Kenneth C.‚ and Traver‚ Carol G. (2010). E-Commerce: Business‚ Technology‚ Society Neroth‚ P. (2009). File-sharing site owner to go on trial. Engineering & Technology. 4(3)12-13. Patrick‚ A. O.‚ McBride‚ S. (2009). Four guilty in web piracy case. Retrieved
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firm that has both a physical store‚ as the primary channel of income‚ and is introducing an online service. (Laudon & Traver 2010 p.595) II. Marketing Plan Internet marketing is a little bit more complex than regular marketing in that we as a firm will have to show that we have the capability to develop a more positive and long term relationship with our customers. (Laudon & Traver 2010 p.362) We must develop a marketing plan which brings in all ranges on new customers from the bride and
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