ADMINISTRATIVE STUDIES: THE CONTEXT OF BUSINESS Course Director: Anton Petrenko PhD. Time and Location: Monday: 7:00-10:00 p.m. TEL 0016 Office Hrs: Tuesday 6:00-6:50 (by appointment) Email: Petrenko@yorku.ca Course Website Access through: Moodle COURSE DESCRIPTION This course offers an examination of the external context of business and the challenges of managing in the Canadian business environment. Our exploration of the external context of business includes consideration of such key
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decades, economists have developed studies exploring this relationship and analyzing its effects. These studies concluded that a negative relationship exists between taxes and economic growth. Taxes have a negative impact on economic growth because of how they influence the activities individuals and firms choose to engage in. Businesses and individuals often base their decisions on the overall tax burden, which creates a disincentive to engage in activities taxed at a higher rate. The Tax Foundation
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The past thirty years have witnessed the most powerful emergence of entrepreneurial activity in the world. Entrepreneurs are now described as aggressive catalysts for change in the world of business; individuals who recognize opportunities where others see chaos, contradiction, or confusion. They have been compared to Olympic athletes challenging themselves to break new barriers, to longdistance runners dealing with the agony of the miles, to symphony orchestra conductors who balance the
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with team. I have to build long term relationships with each other in my team, also my bosses. Since decisions and activities focus around personal face-to-face relationships, often around a central person who has authority, I should focus on facial expressions, eye movement, and tone of voice of each other as well. I should respect my teammates to gain trust from them before doing business with them. After I can gain trust from them, I should work like everyone is my family members. The two approaches
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Where have you been” by Joyce Carol Oates the plot is set in multiple places including Connie’s house, the mall, and the burger joint in which she meets Eddie and first encounters Arnold friend. Connie is a self centered teen who has a knack for exploring a world not meant for teenagers. While Connie continues here acting of being older than she is in order to attract older men, she accidentally attracts a stalker whom later arrives at her house to take here away. The importance to read this story
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Chevron’s Global Business Challenges Anthony J. Smith Strayer University Dr. Johnnie Woodard BUS 475 March 2, 2014 Chevron’s Global Business Challenges While embracing an effective and productive global business environment, there are often ongoing matters such as unethical business challenges, failure to embrace technology advancement, and stiff competition among businesses (Chevron, 2012). It is the responsibility of each individual global company to ensure that proper strategies
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correspond to change within a business looking to gain market power. No other experience is harder to attain for a company, represents more of a challenge, or as hectic as an acquisition or merger. It is vital that the management understands the methods required to perform acquisitions and mergers and that they have a clear understanding of how the procedure works. A corporate merger is the amalgamation of two company’s liabilities and assets developing into a single business element. Acquisitions occur
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Manag Int Rev (2011) 51:179–192 DOI 10.1007/s11575-011-0071-6 R e s e a R c h a Rt i c l e Effective Global Strategy Implementation Structural and Process Choices Facilitating Global Integration and Coordination Attila Yaprak · Shichun Xu · Erin Cavusgil Abstract: 0 0 this article offers a contingency framework of global strategy implementation effectiveness on firm performance. The research question we seek to address is what the structural and process requirements are for MNEs
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N1/IAS218 Bothell Landing and the Sammamish River / Slough What causes a natural place to evolve over time to the way it looks now? Some of it is obvious, but I would propose that the development of business and commerce in the area have a bearing on how things evolve. In exploring this idea, I am drawn to the town where I live and what is now called Bothell Landing. The first time I saw Bothell Landing, was at the 4th of July celebration. They call it Founder’s Day. I remember walking
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Technology Technology is the fastest growing industry in the world. The reason for technology being so important is because it has a huge spectrum of uses and purposes. Exploring these uses and purposes is a required task for us to complete. Learning the uses and purposes of technology will give one a better understanding of why technology is important. Technology makes life in today’s society much more convenient and expedient. The fact that technology is used by almost everyone is extraordinary
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