Essentials of Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management‚ 6e (Scarborough) Chapter 1 The Foundations of Entrepreneurship 1) One of the most significant economic developments in recent business history relates to the: A) growth of blue-chip corporations. B) development of Pacific Rim countries. C) entrepreneurial spirit. D) additional employment opportunities offered by government institutions. Answer: C Diff: 1 Page Ref: 1 AACSB: Reflective Thinking 2) All of the following are
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helped workers in business perform their jobs more efficiency‚ since their introduction in the 1980s. Routine functions such as sending memos can instead be done by email. Workers can research information from the Internet with a click of the button. The importance of computers in business also has many other positive benefits in the work force. Effects: The importance of computers in business includes money saved for various business activities. For example‚ a small business can maintain a database
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The six environments of business are Domestic‚ Global‚ Technological‚ Political-Legal‚ Sociocultural‚ and Economic and all are interlinked in some form or fashion. One affects the other at different levels at different rates of advantage or disadvantage. A business’ environment are factors that affect the business’ ability to operate‚ which may tie in one or more of the types listed above. When one looks at the environment of Domestic Businesses understand that it is considered to be solely within
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ICT in Business and Commerce Changing Shape of Organisations • More people are working for themselves or for small businesses • Large organisations are becoming “flatter” i.e. less hierarchical. People are working in groups rather than individually. • Knowledge workers need less supervision than factory workers because they know what to do and when. They need information rather than supervision. Using ICT to Set up a Small Business Any business needs a phone and an answering machine. For
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Expanding Your Business Weston’s Place will be a family oriented restaurant located at 212 Main Street Wendell‚ North Carolina. A financial plan is “a vital tool to help an entrepreneur manage their business more effectively‚ steering their way around the pitfalls that causes failures”‚ (Scarborough & Zimmerer‚ 2012‚ page 194). The financial plan section is the section in the business plan that determines whether or not the business idea is feasible. The financial plan consists of three financial
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BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Managers require a range of skills to operate effectively now and into the future. These skills include: interpersonal (people) communication strategic thinking vision problem solving and decision making flexibility and adaptability to change reconciling the conflicting interests of stakeholders. INTERPERSONAL SKILLS Managers get their work done with and through other people; therefore‚ interpersonal (people) skills are extremely important. Such skills mean a manager
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A Publication of the Maryland Small Business Development Center Network THE E-MYTH REVISITED Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It Authorized Book Summary Reprint from E‐Myth Worldwide Eight page summary of the book E‐Myth Revisited‚ which has sold over a million copies and is published in at least 16 languages. I was thinking that I know it all‚ have worked for construction companies in the past‐‐managed the office
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Activity 1: investigate what business is and what businesses do. Why I chose my two businesses. During a business lesson I was asked to choose two businesses for an exam. I was given an option to choose one local business and national business. I have chosen TESCO as my worldwide business; their head office is in Cheshunt. To me Tesco is also a local business since they have a shop just around the corner to me (Tilbury Essex). Choosing Tesco as my national business was a good Idea for me as I have
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study of international business does relevance to individual no matter they are going to work in a large multinational enterprise or small firms. An international business can be defined as requires the organization to change its processes and structure to accommodate a different way of operating. Because‚ nowadays domestic companies does not compete locally but competing globally against products and services that come from abroad. Furthermore‚ the international business now‚ comprises a large and
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EzPaycheck Payroll Software Released For Georgia Small Businesses (1888 PressRelease) HalfPriceSoft.com welcomes Georgia businesses who need an easier and faster method of handling payroll in Year 2014. 30-day free trial is available at http://www.halfpricesoft.com Atlanta‚ GA - HalfPriceSoft.com (http://www.halfpricesoft.com)‚ the leading provider of small business payroll tax solutions‚ is pleased to launch the new 2014 ezPaycheck Small Business Payroll software with new federal and state
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