Electronic business

The Perspective of a Photographer In the documentary, “The Salt of the Earth,” Juliano Salgado gives the audience a look into the life and career of his father, Sebastiao Salgado, a successful photographer. Sebastiao Salgado began his career as an economist who traveled to countries bordering Brazil. While traveling, he studied different societies and the nature that provided the basic needs for these societies. He would take photographs of the people and their ecosystem to give insight into…

Change Management Change can be defined as the development of new approaches to improve the way in which you do business. Change is the most important factor in successful business management today. Without change it is challenging for a company to progress and continue to see success each year (Ceptureanu, 2016). Change is needed to improve processes and to keep up with competitors and to stay in tune with what is trending now. Change is essential in organizations that aspire to prosper in an…

Between success and failure lies a very thin line, so thin that companies become vulnerable in thinking that a failed opportunity equates to the downfall of their brand. Some companies may even assume a misstep in their strategic initiatives could be the death of their company. That distance between success and failure, while not very far apart, encompasses a grey area that includes the painstaking but valuable takeaways derived from failing to meet a desired or perfected outcome. The case study…

conclusions regarding how we expect LSI to operate moving forward and what needs to happen before we can seriously consider adding another partner to our operations at this time. LSI needs to define a business plan and set clear goals. As it currently stands, there is no tangible focus on anything in our business. In order for Free Range WiFi to attract the attention of venture capitalists, it needs to be growing (revenue or active users) by more than 10% per week. How can we obtain those…

Porter’s Theory Porter’s Theory relates to the profitability of different companies in terms of their business outlook. What company is the most profitable? How can we gain better clientele? Where do we rank amongst other competitors as far as profitability? These are all questions that a company would search to find the answer to when debating their position in the business world. FILA is a known sneaker and clothing company that has taken a huge fall within the last decade. In this research,…

Everyday there are more and more decisions made at stores to entice consumers to buy their products. Decisions on the design, merchandise and services offered to their customers. The consumers could make the difference between a store succeeding or losing in this highly competitive environment. Paco Underhill is a pioneer in the science of studying the behaviors of consumers in stores. In his book, Why We Buy: The Sciences of Shopping, Underhill reveals the techniques used to encourage people…

Justice Caswell BUSN-1305-C95 November 5, 2017 Book Report James Heskett’s Pocket Mentor: Focusing on Your Customer is a great guide for any aspiring entrepreneur. “Focusing on your customer…, it’s for everyone, no matter what role you play in an organization.” (Heskett xii). The novel focuses on the “three R’s” of customer loyalty, finding the right customer, understanding how customer loyalties affects profitability, sharpening employee focus on customers, getting to know them, and how to…

ACCT6120 also motivates students to have a great insight into corporations’ ethical behaviors and corporation social responsibility (CSR). Lecturers, essential readings, tutorials, case-study and self-study assignments lead students to recognize business ethics step-by-step. At first, students obtain fundamental theories about CSR, the role of accounting in ethical behaviors and corporate governance approach from different perspectives of devious authors, which enables them to think this topic…

analysis that addresses the key issues of and provides operational, financial, and marketing recommendations for the company Relajante Ltd. The company is facing a slow in sales and revenue gain in spite of a recent expansion due to conflicts within the business model relating to the operational processes, cost structure, and marketing strategies. To address these key issues and assist Relajante in attaining its goal of becoming more profitable, the report offers alternative solutions and…

The chapters covering “It’s a Jungle Gym, Not a Ladder” and “Are You My Mentor?” cover career building and processes used to climb the corporate ladder. The title of the Jungle Gym chapter was taken from a quote by Fortune Magazine editor Pattie Sellers, who said "The most successful people I know don’t think of their career as a ladder. But rather, a jungle gym. People who view their careers as jungle gyms, rather than ladders, make sure that their vision is always peripheral so that they can…