The Business Environment James D Perkins Dr. Marcus Crawford Business 100 January 27, 2012 Abstract Businesses are the main provider of jobs in a capitalist economy and the primary reason for economic growth. The definition of business is any activity that provides good and services in an effort to earn a profit. Businesses in the economy drive up the standard of living and overall quality of life for humans. These businesses produce the products we enjoy and in turn create jobs people
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Assignment 1: The Business Environment Lisa Oliver May 7, 2013 The cornerstone and prosperity of any society depends on business. Through business, companies create resources that enable social development and welfare. Because we have a capitalistic economy, business is the main component of it. Business is in every corner of every sector of the market. Most everything you can possible think of that relates to the economy is business. Retail, services, agriculture, manufacturing, health care
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The Business Environment 1. Describe the role of business in the economy. Have you ever wondered why there are so many businesses in the world? Or why do we need them all? Business is what keeps the economy moving forward. If you think about it the more business there are out in the world the more people that have the opportunity to gain employment. Employment levels influence a range of other standard-of-living metrics, such as disposable income, home foreclosure rates and new small business
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THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT STUDENT TEACHER BUSINESS 100 28 APRIL, 2012 ABSTRACT This paper is going to describe the business environment in the world today explaining the role of business in the economy, for-profit and non-profit organizations, fiscal and monetary policies, accessing the global market, and social responsibility to a stakeholder group. Although there are many different types of businesses in the world today, they all hold the same functions in the economy; to use the factors
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The Business Environment Describe the role of business in the economy. A business is any activity that provides goods and services in an effort to earn a profit (Kelly / McGowan). The economy of the country depends upon the employment provided by big and small businesses and produces the goods and provides the services upon which we rely on in our daily lives. Businesses pay taxes to the government and allow the government to function on the tax collected from them. Hence business is the
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The Business Environment Candace Webb Professor Young BUS 100 11/4/2012 Before you describe the role of business you have to know the meaning of business. “A business is any activity that provides goods and services in an effort to earn a profit,” (Kelly/McGowan, p. 3). “Goods are tangible products and services are intangible products,” states McGowan. Business is the management and coordination of people and resources to accomplish particular production goals, usually for the purpose
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businesses do not have goods or services to trade. Businesses make the products, ship the products, and provide the services that consumers purchase; therefore, they can influence the economy by choosing what to sell or not to sell. Businesses and Business-like establishments come in two basic categories, for profit and not-for-profit. Both of these categories rely on natural resources, capital, human resources and entrepreneurship. The extent to which they rely on these factors of production do vary
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In today’s world, creating, financing and marketing a business is very difficult to accomplish. After the global recession in 2008 the United States has found itself slowly climbing out of an economic disaster. President Barrack Obama, our new Commander In Chief, was sworn in on January 20, 2009 as the 44th President of the United States of America. Forming a new administration in a distraught economy was not good for a new president to take office, but Mr. Obama was already hard at heals creating
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The objective of business is to develop, produce and supply goods and services to customers. This has to be done in a way that allows companies to make a profit. The social skills of company owners, combined with relationships with customers, suppliers, etc., are always essential if companies are to be run well. Companies improve their capital by developing materials and ideas. The goods and services produced must meet demands made by customers if companies are to be successful. Businesses can make
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United States, our economic system is capitalism, also known as a “private enterprise system” or a “free market system” and is based on private ownership, economic freedom, and fair competition. (Kelly and McGowen, 2012) We are free to start a business and keep our profits and have fair competition. This helps the economy grow by putting money back into people’s pockets which results in saving money and spending more money on products and services and this makes the economy. Businesses have to
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