Business Studies Essays

Situation 2: Trade Secrets The main individuals (stakeholders) that could possibly be affected by this decision would be OpenTech (The company as a whole, as well as employees), CleverTech Inc. (Again, company as a whole as well as employees), and the decision-maker (myself). There are many legal implications and potential risks that arise if CleverTech Inc’s trade secrets are used within any of OpenTech’s products. Many detrimental risks would arise to OpenTech if a connection were to be…

Question: You will look at the marketplace within your expertise and identify a business opportunity. Apply various concepts covered in the course thus far such as strategic competitive advantage. Provide a simple business case for the new innovation; consider all aspects of costs (labour, materials, etc.) and possible sources of revenues and applications. Answer: The answer is based on the concept of Drucker’s management By Objectives (MBO), Ansoff’s work on corporate strategy and Porter’s…

I have seen a lot of brick and mortar stores that have gone out of business due to several different reasons and we will cover that in this eBook. The main objective of this eBook is to give tips to small businesses especially, brick and mortar businesses. In this eBook we will learn: • Problems of Brick and mortar…

cultural differences between India and the target country – Netherlands, we have tried to identify important cross cultural issues between the two countries. Further, we supplemented these insights with primary research by conducting interviews with business managers who have worked on…

ESCP EUROPE Business Ethics Nestlé and the chocolate industry facing child labor in cocoa production Clusellas Ramon Drago Alba Fernando Lochana Lala Marta Mindlin Tomas 3/23/2015 Table of Contents Introduction to Nestlé 3 The Scandal 4 Legal aspects 5 National Labor Laws 5 2013 National Action Plan 5 The Nestlé Cocoa Plan 6 Helping farmers 6 Improve plantlet expertise 6 Supply chain management 6 Better working conditions 6 Work with various certification and other related…

ethical issues surrounding the case Mercedes in china and it’s implication on the five ethical theories. These five ethical theories are, Kantianism, Act Utilitarianism, Rule Utilitarianism, Social Contract, and Virtue ethics. In the case study Mercedes started to import their cars into China. These cars were high end luxury items that many Chinese consumers bought because of its prestigious status. This purchase, however was short lived for some, because some of the cars that were…

Starbucks Case Study Starbucks is a massive company that prides itself on delivering the consumer high quality coffee ethically. In recent years, Starbucks has experienced a lucrative amount of growth. In the third quarter of 2016, Starbucks’ store sales increased 4%, net revenues grew 7%, and profitability jumped 9% (Doraisamy 2016). I attribute these astronomical numbers to Starbucks’ initiative to expand its operations nationally as well as internationally while maintaining its signature…

Company overview: Eezee Business Machines (EBM) is a sole proprietor firm established in 1990 and owned by Mr Ravi Bhatia. EBM is a 25-year-old hardware, IT sales & services, and premium business partner of Hewlett & Packard, and IBM; and a brand retailer of Compaq, Sony, CISCO, Dell, Microsoft, D-Link, Cyberoam, and Samsung. The company also provides licensed software, Audio-Visual systems, and computer peripherals. This assignment focuses on the human resource department of the company to…

The company Waitrose faced two political environments, one in the United Kingdom and the other in South Africa. The government was stable in the UK and in South Africa but there was still different in many ways, which in turn create drivers of change. South Africa was chosen by the company to outsource its citrus fruits. In order to maintain the quality of products Waitrose created a Foundation in South Africa for the welfare of the farmers. The trade policies, foreign trade regulations were…

It is costly to research and develop drugs as there exist requirements and regulations that are strict, and have to be followed in many countries. However, the studies done on the pharmaceutical companies reveals ethical concerns that warrant attention. For instance, marketing priorities and practices of pharmaceutical companies have been scrutinized heavily for several years. There appears that pharmaceutical companies…