Electronic commerce

The land of milk and honey, a place where deals are agreed upon in back rooms, and the contracts negotiated by a boss. An entrepreneur guise is wearing many hats, along with the gift of gab when closing profitable deals; At the end of the day all an entrepreneur wants is to make a profit, and supply their customers with quality merchandise, and for those of you who are not familiar with the term, self made entrepreneur, an entrepreneur is a business person who is the boss of his own business,…

Bill Gates is the founder and creator of Microsoft, a computer company that creates and sells computer software and has revolutionized the computer industry over the last few decades. Because of the freedoms provided by the free enterprise system, Bill Gates was able to create one of the most successful and influential companies in the world. Three characteristics of free enterprise summarize its importance to the economy and its ability to allow businesses to become successful. In a free…

Seafaring Slaves and Their Freedom Slaves have been the cornerstones of western civilization since the middle age. During the gory chapter of the Indo-Atlantic world, there were numerous stories of the seafaring slaves. Despite the uncultured savage background of all of these slaves, some of them played crucial parts in the global trading network at the time. In Chapter 5 of McDonald’s book Pirates, Merchants, Settlers and Slaves, the author Kevin McDonald depicted the accounts of several…

“Dress For Less,” a store to find brand-name fashion at the lowest possible cost! Ross Store Inc. offers that and much more from apparel fashion to every day in home essentials, as the company stated in the annual report, “THERE’S ALWAYS A BARGAIN IN STORE.” For over 30 years in the industry recently consider the fastest growing retailer in the industry the company has focus on bringing fashion with discounts of 20% to 60% off store departments. Lets experience the marvelous world Ross Store…

Court Synopsis: Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Omega S.A. Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Omega S.A. case was heard by Chief Justice Roberts at 10:02 a.m. by the supreme court on November 18th 2010. Omega manufactures luxury watches in Switzer land, which it distributes around the world. One of Omega’s high-end watches, the Seamaster, sometimes bears an engraving of the Omega Globe Design. Omega obtained a copyright for the Omega Globe in March 2003. In this particular case, Omega is suing Costco over 43…

What are Barter Items? We are not a self-sustaining society. Instead, we have ‘evolved’ to the point where currency is exchanged for necessities and comforts. What if a natural disaster strikes where we would have to do without utilities, stores and so on. What if the financial world collapses as experts are predicting? What if your money can’t buy anything? Barter items would become more precious than gold. That’s what! In preparation for such catastrophic events, it would be prudent to begin…

There are many different jobs for a business executive. A few positions include small business owner, department store manager, and government executives. Business executives have many duties that depend on the amount of people on their staff. Business executives are in charge of their organization, and they create and review goals for the company. In addition to those few duties, business executives oversee budgets and negotiate contracts with outside agencies. Being a business executive has…

I have always had a ‘go get it’ attitude. The mentality of ‘the harder I work the more reward I will receive’ has been the fuel for my business mind. My ultimate goal is to set up my life to have a comfortable income via earned, portfolio, or passive income. This will take many hours of hard work as well as taking many stomach churning risks. The first step of being successful is learning about yourself. It is crucial that you know what your strong points are in order to feed off of them and use…

JimBob’s Painting is a one of a kind painting business, with a one of a kind owner. I am Austin JimBob Lewis, and I am the owner of JimBob’s Painting. Even though I am only 19 years old, I have been known all of my life as a hard working individual that gives it his all and that is exactly what I do when I am working for my customers. Being the creator and owner of JimBob’s Painting has allowed me to experience many situations. Those experiences have been varied to say the least, but with the…

Beyond the Review: Why Are Business Owners Really Upset with YELP? With the advent of Web 2.0 Internet, the world began to interact with technologies not as clouds in the sky that were unreachable. 2.0 brought on the collaborative web where anyone could participate and more importantly influence public opinion. YELP, and its app, provides consumers an opportunity and platform to review a business and aid fellow travelers to be well informed consumers by following reviews of restaurants, retail…