...Spring term 2008 Abstract Linda Hultberg Women Empowerment in Bangladesh A Study of the Village Pay Phone Program Number of Pages: 38 The purpose with this study is to find out how the mobile phone and the Village Pay Phone from Grameen Telecom have been implemented into women’s life in rural Bangladesh. It also aims to study how the women have become empowered by this program. The sample constitutes sixteen female owners. A purposeful cluster sampling was used to depict six villages from various parts of Bangladesh. When arriving in the villages a snowball sampling method was used to find female VPP owners. The sampling method was chosen to include a sample of various characteristics. The study has a hermeneutic phenomenological approach, which aims to find out how the women experience the VPP and what meaning the women put in it. To collect empirical data interviews with open questions were used that opened up for conversation and the possibility to understand a range of experiences and nuances of meanings. The findings indicate that the majority of the women handed over the VPP to their husband or a male relative. The reason why is the families’ pressure on them to adjust to Purdah and seclusion, too much domestic work, lack of education, or because of the attitude among men and women both that business is a male domain. The study shows that women mostly gained some prestige. Also, they got a greater self-esteem to meet strangers since the VPP made them meet more people. But...
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...1. Identify: • the purpose of The Herb Farm’ • how Lynne & Sarah have worked to effectively achieve this purpose. (For example, through planning, organisation, leadership and control inside a family business). 2. What do you think is the most important management challenge they will face in the near future and how should they respond to this challenge? In answering these two questions, you are expected to provide: • The purpose behind the development of The Herb Farm • Introduction to the concepts of management, planning, organising, leading and controlling; o This might include consideration of management concepts like commercialisation, sustainability, succession planning in a family business, entrepreneurship, ecopreneurship, exporting, manufacturing, quality and competitors. • An analysis of the Herb Farm organisation, using the documents and web resources available. o Note: See the Assignments/Assignment 1: Group Presentation folder on blackboard for resources on The Herb Farm. Please make use of any additional resources you find but do not contact the owners or employees of The Herb Farm for assistance with this assignment!! _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. The purpose of the Herb Farm: - 'Green', natural products, using natural resources - An effective product; a product that will benefit your health - A trusted product “Organisations come into being to achieve a purpose” ...
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...communities they operate in. It involves working with employees, their families, the local community and society at large to improve their quality of life. Companies that operate in a socially responsible way strengthen their reputations. In business, reputation is everything. It determines the extent to which customers want to buy from you, partners are willing to work with you and your standing in the community. The company Amway is one of the world's largest direct salesorganisations with over 3 million Independent Business Owners (IBOs) in over 80 markets and territories worldwide. It is a family-owned business with a strong emphasis on family values. Its IBOs are often couples. Many of these are raising families. They therefore have a strong bond with children. These families are more than happy to partner with Amway, who, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility strategy, works with UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund. As a family company, Amway is committed to playing a part in improving the lives of children in need across the globe. In this way, the company is able to show its commitment to the support of global causes. Amway defines a global cause as 'a social issue affecting many people around the world engaged in a struggle or plight that warrants a charitable response'. This case study shows how Amway is a business that does more than provide customers with good quality products. It shows the practical realities of Amway's global commitment and how it plays a...
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...are your own business entity. You own and run your company, which means you are in complete control and assume sole responsibility of all legal and financial matters. • LIABLITY – There is no differentiation between the business and the owner, as they are one in the same. Therefore the business/owner takes full accountability and has limitless liability for all gains and losses the business obtains. • INCOME TAXES – All business revenue and overhead are considered personal income and have to be reported as such to the IRS on taxes as they cannot be taxed separately. • LONGEVITY/CONTINUITY – The business is only in existence while the owner is actively running it. Should the owner retire or pass, the business ceases to exist. • CONTROL – Since the business has one sole owner, it cannot be passed on to another individual for control. • PROFIT RETENTION – The business/owner retains all revenue. • LOCATION – You are not restricted on where you can operate your business. Depending on the states you expand to, you will be required to register your business with the state agency so it is known who is liable for any incidences. However, if you decide to use your name as the company name, most states will not require any registration. You just need to check with the state agency for their policies. • CONVENIENCE/BURDEN – The business can be established just by doing business. As long as you follow state requirements based on the industry of your business, i.e. permits...
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...Controlled assessment Applied business unit 1. I am writing about both business Woburn safari park and Cadburys world. Why have I chosen these businesses? Woburn safari park: I have chosen this business to explore the business qualities this company has, Woburn safari park plays a key tourist attraction in the UK it provides both local and international tourists a chance to explore the different animals the company provides, Woburn is a perfect example due to the fact that it promotes tourism development not just for the safari park but it also within a family of services such as inns, weddings , occasions and cooperate events and you can also book it for your own use. Cadbury world: I have also chosen this business because it includes a lot of business opportunities it provides confectionary foods and beverages for the outside world it also plays a part for tourism because they own a factory which includes shops where customers can purchase any Cadbury creations, they also have an interactive tour where people get shown all around the factory and get given free samples of chocolate, this gives me a chance to really dwell on how the business operates. What do these businesses do? Woburn Park provides a service for anyone willing to participate they give families a chance to enjoy a fun day out for full customer satisfaction they also promote animal awareness to maintain the company’s reputation; they also do a VIP experience where customers get up close with the animals. Cadbury...
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...Women home-based business owners: insights from comparative analyses Karyn Loscocco and Andrea Smith-Hunter Introduction Women are becoming entrepreneurs at a more than proportionate rate compared to men (Renzulli et al., 2000). There has been a corresponding interest in studying who these women are, what motivates them to become owners, and what affects their economic success (Clark and James, 1992; Loscocco et al., 1991; Moore and Buttner, 1997; Smith-Hunter, 2000; (Renzulli et al., 2000; Weiling et al., 2001). The woman home-based business owner (HBB), however, remains understudied. There has been more research on women working from home during the past decade (Heck et al., 1992; Waldrop, 1994; Jurik, 1998; Prestniz, 1989), but the bulk of the work in this area has been on homebased employment (Powers, 1995; Dannhauser, 1999; Edwards and Field-Hendrey, 1996; Ahrentzen, 1990; Bailyn, 1989), rather than HBB ownership. Though the work in these areas is a much-needed complement to studies of men small business owners, to our knowledge no study has yet to compare the woman home-based owner to her obvious counterpart, the woman who locates her business outside of the home. We seek to answer a number of questions about women who own and operate businesses from their home by comparing them to women owners whose businesses are run elsewhere. We are motivated by recent statistics showing that the HBB sector in the US is substantial in size and sales. In 1997, HBB represented 52...
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...I have thought over are 1) Franchising * Franchising is using another firm's successful business model. A franchise is an alternative 'chain stores' to distribute goods and avoid investment and liability over a chain. The franchisor's success is the success of the franchisees. The franchisee is said to have a greater incentive than a direct employee because he or she has a direct stake in the business. Franchisors need to pay a sum of royalty fees in order to have the license to operate the chain store. 2) Acquisition * In business field, acquisition is taking over by purchasing the company. If one company is making good profits and etc, the opponents will offer a price to buy and taking over their opponents. This will then reduce the competitors of the companies. 3) Family business * Family business is a business where it is inherited from someone older in your family. A family business is often operated more than 20 years before it is passed down to the younger generation. A family business is where everything is build up by the older generation and the younger generation is to maintain it or even expand it further. 4) Manufacturing * A manufacturing company is where a company manufactured products and supplies it to the wholesaler before passing down to retailers. A manufacturing company is operated by using machines and man power to operate machines. 5) Multilevel Marketing(MLM) * A multilevel marketing is a marketing strategy...
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...Bar-B-Que Drexler’s World Famous Bar-B-Que is a family owned restaurant located in an area of Houston, Texas in an economically disadvantaged neighborhood. The restaurant started up in the late 1940s by a great uncle of James Drexler who currently owns the business along with his mother. James started working at the restaurant when he was 12-years old learning the business as well as the secrets of the old family recipes. Throughout its history, the restaurant has been through a couple name changes but now operates as Drexler’s World Famous Bar-B-Que and continues to be a “family affair.” The business has strong underlying values and continues to be successful as patronage increases, yet the Drexlers never really considered moving from their original location. They did however, close the restaurant in 1994 to expand and remodel, doubling business when they reopened. Mrs. Scott, head of the family and James’ mother, influences the values and culture of the organization along with her honesty, hard work, and treating people fairly. She is always moving through the restaurant inquiring about individual needs. The restaurant also gives back to the community through sponsorships for softball and Boy Scouts. While they are successful and business seems to be growing every year, their hours of operation do not seem to be too flexible or adaptable as they close at 6:00 p.m. and are closed on Sundays and Mondays. 1. What roles do values play in how Drexler’s Bar-B-Que interacts with its neighbors...
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...Environment of Business Michelle Casey Introduction to Business Unit 1 Legal, Social, and Economic Environments of Business When a person decides to start up a business of any kind, they have to decide what type of business it is going to be. There are three major types of businesses; sold proprietorship, partnership and corporation (Griffin 2005). Before deciding which the best one for the business is, the owner needs to know what each one is and how it operates. A sole proprietorship is a business that is owned and operated by only one person. Anyone can open up a business as a sole proprietor as long as they have the means and know how to do so. A lot of the “mom and pop” stores throughout the United States are classified as a sole proprietorship. They tend to be family owned and are very personable with their clients or customers which appeals to consumers. A partnership is when two or more people get together and decide to start a business. They decided how it will operate and how the profits will be shared. Most partnership businesses have people who are skilled in different areas which help the business become more successful. A corporation is when a group of stockholders have ownership of the business. A corporation can be expanded very easily throughout the United Stated. They have more funding available to them then any other kind of business form. The banks are more willing to lend money to corporations mainly because of the type of business it is classified...
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...Part A (The report) Part B (The memorandum) Student Name Western Governors University Part A (The report) Determining what type of business venture to either start or invest in can be challenging. Over the next several pages we will evaluate the various types of business organizations and at the end of this report; you should have an initial or better understanding of the different types of business forms. Sole Proprietorship: The word proprietorship can sound intimidating. It is important to remember that most things are simplified with knowledge. If your business is a sole proprietorship then you as an individual are the owner and operator of that business. This means the sole proprietor handles everything from setting up the business, which does not require an attorney to establish the business and you only have to report the name of your business if you choose to operate under a name other than your own. Then you need to register your business with the government. • Liability: All liability resides with the owner of the company and even their personal property could be implicated in a situation where the company fails due to poor market conditions, business strategy or if someone is injured as the result of company products or other. The person that owns the business is liable for all aspects of the business and could be drawn into legal actions based on outcomes of liability situations. • Income Taxes: The sole proprietor also reports all earnings...
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...deeper purpose, a conscious business inspires, engages and energizes its stakeholders. Employees, customers, and others trust and even love companies that have an inspiring purpose” (http://www.consciouscapitalism.org/). It is not always about the money. A conscious business cares about its employees, suppliers, investors, community and the environment. The first of the four tenets of conscious capitalism is that a business has a greater impact on the world when it is based on a higher purpose rather than profits. Core values are essential, and should be the foundation of how a business should operate. The core values of a business are those values on which they perform work and conduct themselves. Higher purpose and core values are at the center of a conscious business. Sometimes businesses become so preoccupied with making money, they forget their purpose (Mackey & Sisodia, 2013). Whole Foods Market depicts an organization that deems core values to be what is truly important to them. Their core values include selling high quality products, satisfying the customer, supporting team members, increasing shareholder value, care of the community and the environment, partnerships with their suppliers, and promoting health through healthy eating. Whole Foods Market puts higher purpose and creating value for the stakeholders into every business decision they make. Another great representation of a business with core values, is the Zappos Family. They created ten core values...
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...Summary: Drexler’s BBQ is a family restaurant located in the impoverished Third Ward of Houston, TX. There are more than a thousand BBQ establishments in the Houston area alone. Some of these are large chain restaurants competing with small neighborhood businesses. Drexler’s has been in the area since the late 1940s and appears to be currently serving customers. It began as a small establishment from a great-uncle but due to cramped quarters relocated to a 13,000 square foot location in 2003. The menu features unique family recipes that have been passed down generation after generation. The store only has two to three employees during most of the year with additional one or two part time employees when the nephews are out of school for the summer. The values and mission of the BBQ restaurant have been passed down from generation and can be seen by the satisfaction of the employees and the dining atmosphere. The owners take pride in caring for their employees and insuring that patrons are welcomed with a smile and joyful demeanor. The company’s culture, community interaction, and customer base has been honed over decades of consistent quality service. The family also gives back to the surrounding African-American community by sponsoring a softball team and the local Boy Scout troop. The Third Ward is an economically challenged area and the Drexler’s feel they have an obligation to thank the community for their loyalty and patronage by reaching out to the community. The case...
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...Impact of Environmental Factors on Marketing Decisions of Costco Wholesale Corporation Environmental factors consist of all the factors and activities which have a considerable impact on the running of the business. Environmental factors have a powerful impact on the normal functioning of the any business, especially in the marketing decisions (Pagell & Halperin, 2000). These factors pose challenges and threats to the success of any business. In order to deal with such environmental factors a firm should enhance its core competencies and make sound strategies (Staff, 2009). There are various factors which would have deep impact on these new services offered by the firm. The firm should make a strategy after considering these factors. David Jobber describes in his book that with the help of this analysis, the company becomes more competitive and effective to implement the various strategies (Jobber, 2001). Costco Wholesale Corporation is one of the biggest organizations in the retail industry, which operates at the global level. The company was founded by James Sinegal and Jeffrey Brotman (Costco Wholesale Corporation, 2009). On the basis of the sales volume, the company is considered among the world's largest membership warehouses (Costco: About Company, 2009). The company has taken the position of the five largest companies in the United Sates in retail Industry. The Headquarter of the company is situated at Issaquah (Washington) in the United States (Costco Wholesale...
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...Sambasiva Rao Kandula Introduction Samsung is a global conglomerate that operates in the “White Goods” market or the market for consumer appliances and gadgets. The company that is a South Korean family owned business has global aspirations and as the recent expansion into newer markets has shown, Samsung is not content with operating in some markets in the world but instead, wants to cover as many countries as possible. Therefore, the focus of this article is on the external environmental drivers of Samsung’s strategy. Political In most of the markets where Samsung operates, the political environment is conducive to its operations and though there are minor irritants in some of the foreign markets like India, overall Samsung can be said to be operating in markets where the political factors are benign. However, in recent months, it has faced significant political headwinds in its home country of South Korea because of the country’s tensions with North Korea wherein the company has had to take into account not only the political instability but also the threat of war breaking out in the Korean Peninsula. Apart from this, Samsung faces political pressures in many African and Latin American countries where the political environment is unstable and prone to frequent changes in the governing structures. Of course, this is not yet a major cause for worry as the company has more or less factored the political instability into its strategic calculations. Economic This dimension is...
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...ntroduction Samsung is a global conglomerate that operates in the “White Goods” market or the market for consumer appliances and gadgets. The company that is a South Korean family owned business has global aspirations and as the recent expansion into newer markets has shown, Samsung is not content with operating in some markets in the world but instead, wants to cover as many countries as possible. Therefore, the focus of this article is on the external environmental drivers of Samsung’s strategy. Political In most of the markets where Samsung operates, the political environment is conducive to its operations and though there are minor irritants in some of the foreign markets like India, overall Samsung can be said to be operating in markets where the political factors are benign. However, in recent months, it has faced significant political headwinds in its home country of South Korea because of the country’s tensions with North Korea wherein the company has had to take into account not only the political instability but also the threat of war breaking out in the Korean Peninsula. Apart from this, Samsung faces political pressures in many African and Latin American countries where the political environment is unstable and prone to frequent changes in the governing structures. Of course, this is not yet a major cause for worry as the company has more or less factored the political instability into its strategic calculations. Economic This dimension is especially critical...
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