THE MICRO-ENTERPRISE BRIEF As a group we have been given the task of carefully selecting an informal micro-enterprise that operates in Cape Town. From this small business we need to ask a range of questions in order to investigate and identify the opportunities that are available to the business as well as where and how these opportunities could be improved. As a group the business we selected the flower stalls in Trafalgar Place on Adderley Street. This turned out to be a very interesting business
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programs that provide credit for self-employment and other financial and business services like savings and technical assistance to low income people. The meaning of Micro finance includes small scale financial assistance to people who work in agriculture‚ animal husbandry‚ fishing‚ poultry farming‚ trading‚ herding and running small or micro enterprises etc. It also renders services like insurance‚ group empowerment programme‚ and technical assistance in various income generating activities etc. According
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Goal: Total word count in this document: 743 Title: LEKI Micro Vario Carbon Trekking Poles Trekking poles and hiking staffs are normal equipment for many walkers‚ hikers‚ trekkers‚ backpackers and snowshoers. The reasons why are easy; they enhance your stability and provide support on all types of terrain. Trekking poles and hiking staffs will not decrease your overall energy expenditure since you’ll be using your arms more than you would when hiking without poles. They do‚ however‚ help distribute
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look at the perspectives of different sociologists and the theory’s applied within perspectives to explain the impact of social influences. There are two main perspectives in sociology; macro- sociological and micro-sociological. For my case study I have chosen to look at the functionalist theory which is the macro perspective regards to individual behaviour as being predominantly influenced by the demands and constraints of the social systems in which the person lives. The other theory
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Environment ENVIRONMENT What is Environment? The purpose of this essay is to familiarize you with the relationship between man and his environment. After reading it you will be able to understand the meaning of Environment and man’s place in the environment. You will also be able to see the complexities of‚ man-environment inter-change and the impact that has been made on the environment since the beginning of the industrial revolution. Environment may be broadly understood to mean our
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Topic One: The Marketing Environment 1. What is meant by the term marketing environment? The marketing environment consists of the actors and forces that affect a company’s capability to operate effectively in providing products and services to its customers. It is useful to classify these forces into the micro-environment (customers‚ competitors‚ distributors and suppliers) and the macro-environment (political and legal‚ economic‚ social/cultural‚ technological‚ environmental‚ legal forces). These
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business environment and adversely affect the goals of business enterprise. There are three kind of political risk in the case “Chavez’s Venezuela”‚ macro-political risk‚ micro-political risk and legal risk. After populist socialist president‚ Hugo Chavez took the office of Venezuela‚ he took many actions to control the country and enhance his own power towards the whole country which made the macro-political risk occurred. Macro-political risk is the changes to the general societal environment will
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INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT Chapter Outline : • Introduction • Meaning of Business • Business Objectives • What is Business Environment ? • Nature of Business Environment • Components of Business Environment • Determinant of Business Environment • Review Questions • References Introduction : Business environment is becoming highly complex‚ unstable and unpredictable in the globalised economy of today. The environment is the result of changing
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Wright‚ Graham and Aleke Dondo. “’Are You Poor Enough?’ – Client Selection By Microfinance Institutions.” Microfinance- Evolution‚ Achievements and Challenges. Ed. Malcolm Harper. London: ITDG‚ 2003. 142-149. Yunus‚ Muhammad. Banker to the Poor: Micro-lending and the Battle Against World Poverty. New York: Public Affairs. 1999. 71
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market consists of all the actual and potential buyers of yoghurt products. The macro-environment consists of six types of forces economic‚ demographic‚ cultural‚ natural‚ technological and political. “Vital Foods” must ensure that they take into account the trends‚ changes and alterations in these environments which can both pose threats and reveal opportunities. Economic Environment The economic environment is best described as having the “factors that affect consumer buying power and spending
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