...DEFINE E-BUSINESS. Is the application of networks including the internet to exchange information and link business processes among organizations and/or individuals. These processes include the interaction between the back-office and the front-office processes. DESCRIBE HOW TECHNOLOGY HAS SUPPORTED AMAZON.COM’S GROWTH. Amazon.com has grown because it has used technology to enhance the company’s value chain and to satisfy customers’ needs. It had innovated technology that allows a customer to shop at one location for many different items without burdening the amazon.com with the inventory-carrying expenses of traditional retailers. It has also innovated the collection and analysis of customer purchase data. By offering a wide variety of books online and having the procurement and delivery system in place satisfy orders in a timely manner; it has been able to grow substantially. These provided amazon.com a competitive advantage in the online retailers’ marketplace. DESCRIBE THE ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE MANUAL ACCOUNTING SYSTEM. The following activities are associated with the manual accounting system. First is to journalize the business event in a book of original entry. The second activity is to post the business event from the journal to the subsidiary ledger. Third, is to post the total from the journal to the general ledger. Finally, is to summarize the business events by preparing a trial...
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...Brock University Faculty of Business ACTG 5P52 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY E-Business/E-Commerce Applications Instructor: Dr. Alexey Nikitkov Office Hours: Tue 11:00 – 12:00 all sections Room: Taro Hall (TA) 231 or schedule an appointment Tel. : (905) 688-5550 ext. 3272 Email: anikitkov@brocku.ca Text: K.C. Laudon and C.G. Traver, Electronic Commerce – Business, technology, Society 11/e Edition, Addison Wesley Course Description: This course focuses on concepts related to electronic commerce-based solutions (primarily business-to-consumer, business-to-business, and business-to-employee). Topics include communications infrastructure supporting e-business/commerce, e-marketing, payment options, security, supply chain, and legal issues, architecture of e-commerce applications, and strategic deployment of e-business/commerce for global competitive advantage. The goal of this course is to provide students with a broad overview of all aspects of e-business. Course Objectives: Upon completing this course you should: Develop an understanding of the basic processes of e-business/commerce and the major economic, personal, and social factors, which affect e-commerce. Be able to apply the understanding of the above to solving management problems and to designing, conducting, and interpreting research applicable to business decisions about e-commerce. Develop appropriate conceptual frameworks...
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...Principles of Economics 2. Subject code FSBN 102 3. Status of subject Core 4. Stage Foundation 5. Credit Hour 3 (3 hours per week x 14 weeks) 6. Pre-Requisite None 7. Assessment Coursework Examination Total Semester 1 : 60% : 40% : 100% 8. Semester 9. Objective of subject Economics subject aims to provide students with a basic introduction to the essential principles of Economics. In addition, it also provides students with the analytical tools necessary to understand both the domestic and international economic environment within which business organisations (public and private) operate. 10. Synopsis of subject The important reasons to study economics are to learn a way of thinking, to understand society, and to understand the global affairs. 11. Details of subject Week 1 Contents TOPIC: INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS Learning Outcomes: After attending the lesson, the students should be able to: • • • • • outline the reasons to study economics identify the scope and diverse fields of economics explain scarcity, choice and opportunity cost illustrate production possibility frontier compare and contrast types of economic systems Hours 3 Foundation Studies in Business, Stamford College Petaling Jaya 1 Activity: Tutorial questions Further reading for this lesson: Chapters 1 and 2 th Case, K. E., & Fair, R. C. (2005). Principles of Economics (7 ed.). Prentice-Hall. Chapter 1 th Sloman, J. (2003). Economics (5 ed.). Prentice-Hall...
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...Support@homeworklance.com or lancehomework@gmail.com ECO 550 DQ 1: Managerial Economic Decision Making From the e-Activity, assess how business leaders use managerial economics to make business decisions indicating how profits may be impacted. Analyze the principal-agent problem to determine how the relationship could be less adversarial. ECO 550 DQ 2: Fundamental Economic Concepts Pick a recently released good or service. Then, determine the factors that must be evaluated regarding the product’s supply and demand. Analyze how these factors impact the decision to supply the product indicating the significance of each in the decision-making process. ECO 550 DQ 3 From the e-Activity, explain the most important information you would require on which to base sound economic judgments. Explain your rationale. Assess the various forms of organizing and processing information to determine which is the most difficult to get correct. Explain your rationale ECO 550 DQ 4 Analyze the characteristics that make any transaction possible and justify the importance of each of the characteristics.Evaluate the role institutions play in transactions and discuss the likely economic impact if institutions did not exist. ECO 550Chapter 1 (Ex.2, 3, 4) and Chapter 2 (Ex.1, 5, 6) ECO 550 Chapter Questions ECO 550 WEEK 2 DQ 1 : Demand Analysis From the e-Activity, if you were a manager in a tobacco company, analyze the elasticity of demand for tobacco products. ...
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...CHAPTER 1 1. How do you define Electronic Commerce EC involves conducting transactions electronically. Major categories of EC are pure versus partial EC, Internet versus non-Internet, and electronic markets versus company based systems. 2. Major types of EC transactions - B2C,B2B, C2C, c-commerce, e-government, social commercing 3. What are elements of digital world? - Digital economy, digital enterprises and digital society CHAPTER 2 1. What does E-marketplace prepresents and what are its components. e-marketplace or marketspae, is a virtual market that does not suffer from limitations of space, time or borders. Its major components are customers, sellers, products, infrastructure, front-end processes, back-end activities, electronic intermediaries, other business partners, and support services. 2. What are characteristics of Web 3.0 - Web 3.0 is definedas connective intelligence; connecting data, concepts, applications and ultimately people. 3. What are main benefits and limitations of auctions - Major benefits for sellers are the ability to reach many buyers, sell quicklly, and safe on intermediary commissions. CHAPTER 3 1. E-tailing as a business models? It can be classified by distrubution channel – a manufacturer or mail.order company selling directly to consumers, virtual e-tailing, a click and mortar strategy with both online and traditional channels, and online malls that provide...
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...Study Plan for FNC1 Financial Accounting Concepts and Procedures Chapters 1-‐4 and Chapter 10 1. Understand Basic Accounting Concepts and Principles 2. Know what items are shown on a Balance Sheet, Income Statement, and Statement of Owners Equity 3. Know the Accounting equation 4. Understand debits and credits 5. Understand the timing of recording transactions 6. Understand when revenue and expenses are recoginized 7. Know how to calculate depreciation expense 8. Know how to calculate accumulated depreciation Long Term Liabilities Chapter 14 1. Starting on Page 845 make sure you know the 4 types of Bonds and their characteristics. 2. Make sure you understand Bond issue prices, Bonds issued at Par Value, at a Discount, and at a Premium. 3. Understand how to record interest expense when bonds are issued at par value, a discount, and a premium. Stocks and Dividends Chapters 13 1. Make sure you understand dividends and dividend policies Statement of Cash Flows Chapter 16 1. 2. 3. 4. Know what a Statement of Cash Flows is Understand the Direct and Indirect Method for preparing a Statement of Cash Flows Know the Catergories shown on a Statement of Cash Flows. Study the exhibit on page 940 for the indirect method. Know what gets added in and...
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...Contents Click on any of the chapter headings below for links to the chapter's learning objectives and projects and exercises. Chapter 1: The Revolution Is Just Beginning Chapter 1: The Revolution Is Just Beginning Learning Objectives Projects and Exercises Chapter 2: E-commerce Business Models and Concepts Chapter 2: E-commerce Business Models and Concepts Learning Objectives Projects and Exercises Chapter 3: E-commerce Infrastructure: The Internet, Web, and Mobile Platform Chapter 3: E-commerce Infrastructure: The Internet, Web, and Mobile Platform Learning Objectives Projects and Exercises Chapter 4: Building an E-commerce Presence: Web Sites, Mobile Sites, and Apps Chapter 4: Building an E-commerce Presence: Web Sites, Mobile Sites, and Apps Learning Objectives Projects and Exercises Chapter 5: Online Security and Payment Systems Chapter 5: Online Security and Payment Systems Learning Objectives Projects and Exercises Chapter 6: E-commerce Marketing Concepts: Social, Mobile, Local Chapter 6: E-commerce Marketing Concepts: Social, Mobile, Local: Social, Mobile, Local Learning Objectives Projects and Exercises Chapter 7: E-commerce Marketing Communications Chapter 7: E-commerce Marketing Communications Learning Objectives Projects and Exercises Chapter 8: Ethical, Social, and Political Issues in E-commerce Chapter 8: Ethical, Social, and Political Issues in E-commerce Learning Objectives Projects and Exercises Chapter 9: Online Retail and Services...
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...decision-making and control, including basic cost concepts, inventory process systems, budgeting, performance measures, segments and transfer pricing. We will examine the current practices of these elements of managerial control in decentralized business organizations and conceptual issues related to designing effective managerial decision-making and control systems. The general aim of this course is to help you develop a basic but solid understanding of how management systems function, and to help you to develop a conceptual framework for critically analyzing managerial control systems. Students are expected to recognize and uphold standards of intellectual and academic integrity. The University Policy on Academic Honesty is explained in detail in the student handbook On Campus and is available online at www.gsu.edu/oncampus. The course syllabus and class schedule provides a general plan for the course; deviations may be necessary. Attendance – Each student is expected to attend all scheduled class meetings for the entire duration of the class. Most students will find MBA 8115 to be very demanding. Poor attendance will almost certainly result in poor course performance. Exams – There will be three exams, each covering specified chapters. Exams may contain any content contained in the reading assignments, homework, and material covered in class. Exams will be closed book and closed notes. You may use a non-memory calculator. The scheduled dates for exams are included in the...
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...____________________________________________________________ ___________________________ 1. Which of the following does not represent a main focus of cost management information? A. B. C. D. E. Strategic management. Performance measurement. Planning and decision making. Preparation of financial statements. Internal auditing and control. 2. Strategic management can be defined as the development of a sustainable: A. B. C. D. E. Chain of command. Competitive position. Cash flow. Business entity. Company image. 3. Cost management has moved from a traditional role of product costing and operational control to a broader strategic focus, which places an emphasis on: A. B. C. D. E. Competitive pricing. Domestic marketing. Short-term thinking. Strategic thinking. Independent judgment. 4. All of the following are examples of total quality management practices except: A. B. C. D. E. Redesign of a product to reduce its parts by 50 percent. Reduction in the movement required in a manufacturing job. Separating the sales and services functions. Raising raw material quality standards. Cross-training assembly line workers to cover sick leave absences. 5. In a local factory, employees are rewarded for finding new and better ways of changing the way they work. This company is motivating its employees to use what management technique? A. B. C. D. E. Benchmarking. Activity-Based Costing. Theory of Constraints. Continuous Improvement. Total Quality Management. 6. A company's management accountant is trying to...
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...pursuing opportunities to leverage cross-business value chain relationships and strategic fits into competitive advantage. D. steering corporate resources into the most attractive business units. E. All of these. 2. Which one of the following is not one of the elements of crafting corporate strategy for a diversified company? A. Picking new industries to enter and deciding on the means of entry B. Choosing the appropriate value chain for each business the company has entered C. Pursuing opportunities to leverage cross-business value chain relationships and strategic fits into competitive advantage D. Steering corporate resources into the most attractive business units E. Initiating actions to boost the combined performance of the businesses the firm has entered 3. Diversification merits strong consideration whenever a single-business company A. has integrated backward and forward as far as it can. B. is faced with diminishing market opportunities and stagnating sales in its principal business. C. has achieved industry leadership in its main line of business. D. encounters declining profits in its mainstay business. E. faces strong competition and is struggling to earn a good profit. 4. Diversification ought to be considered when A. a company's profits are being squeezed and it needs to increase its net profit margins and return on investment. B. a company lacks sustainable competitive advantage in its present business. C. a company begins to encounter diminishing...
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...Examines the legal environment of business, the sources of American law, and the basis of authority for government to regulate business. Provides a survey of tort law, contracts and the UCC, and the federal and state courts. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS Required Resources Bagley, C. E., & Savage, D. W. (2010). Managers and the legal environment:2010 custom edition (6th ed.). Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning. Supplemental Resources Fischbach, J., & Fischbach, M. (2005). Rethinking optimality in tort litigation: The promise of reverse cost-shifting. BYU Journal of Public Law, 19(2), 317-351. Kalen, S. (2008). The transformation of modern administrative law: Changing administrations and environmental guidance documents. Ecology Law Quarterly, 35(4), 657-720. Ward, E. (2007). Mandatory court-annexed alternative dispute resolution in the United States federal courts: Panacea or pandemic? St. John’s Law Review, 81(1), 77-98. COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES 1. Describe the legal environment of business, the sources of American law, and the basis of authority for government to regulate business. 2. Explain basic court procedures, types of courts, and alternative dispute resolution methods. 3. Describe the elements of a contract and explain the basic provisions of contract law relative to offer, acceptance, capacity, legality, fraud, third-party rights, performance, and breach of contract. 4. Explain the components of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) relative to sales and lease...
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...ACC 557 Financial Accounting Assignments , Discussions, Homework and Quizzes ACC 557 Week 1 DQ1 Improper or Illegal Methods From the e-Activity, identify the company, the accounting impropriety or illegality, how it was detected, the outcome, and propose a strategy that might have prevented the situation. Indicate how the strategy should be implemented.Assess the impact to the company’s financial performance based on the impropriety and the resulting effect to stakeholder confidence in management, recommending how the company can minimize the resulting impact to the business. ACC 557 Week 1 DQ2 General Accounting Principles “Bookkeeping and accounting are the same.” In terms of your role in the provision of financial services, present data to support the accuracy of this statement and support your position.Analyze the accounting equation as a concept that underpins the work of professional accountants and how an understanding of the equation can impact business decision making. ACC 557 Week 1 Homework Chapter 1 (E1-4,E1-7,E1-11,P1-2A) ACC 557 Week 2 ACC 557 Week 2 Homework Chapter 2 (E2-6,E2-9,E2-11,P2-2A) ACC 557 Week 2 Homework Chapter 3 (E3-6,E3-7,E3-11,P3-2A) ACC 557 Week 2 Quiz – Chapter 1 ACC 557 Week 3 ACC 557 Week 3 DQ1 Researching Financial Information From the e-Activity, analyze one company’s financial position and determine whether or not the stock potential will rise, remain stable, or decrease in value...
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...Self-Graded Chapter Quiz http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078137144/student_view0/chapter... Home > Chapter 1 > Self-Graded Chapter Quiz Course-wide Content Cases Business Strategy Game GLO-BUS Online Updates and Errata Self-Graded Chapter Quiz (See related pages) Results Reporter Out of 20 questions, you answered 18 correctly with a final grade of 90% 18 correct (90%) 2 incorrect (10%) 0 unanswered (0%) 1. Review Key Points PowerPoint Presentations 2. Apply Assurance of Learning ... 3. Test Self-Graded Chapter Quiz Your Results: The correct answer for each question is indicated by a . 1 CORRECT Which of the following statements about a company's strategy is true? A) Crafting an excellent strategy is more important than executing it well. B) Managers at all companies face three central questions in thinking strategically about their company's present circumstances and prospects: Where are we now? Where do we want to go? How are we going to get there? C) A company's strategy deals with whether the revenue-cost-profit economics of its business model demonstrate the viability of the business enterprise as a whole. D) Masterful strategies come partly (maybe mostly) by doing things in much the same way as the industry leader but then being better than the leader in one particular area that counts heavily with buyers. E) Whether a company's strategy is ethical or not does not matter a lot because most customers and most suppliers are relatively unconcerned...
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...Bangalore University Bachelor of Business Management (New Scheme) SEMESTER SCHEME OF EXAMINATION UNDER SEMESTER : BBM COURSE SEM NO. PAPER NO. 1.1 TITLE OF THE PAPER LECTURE HOURS 04 MARKS UE 90 RM 10 TOTAL MARKS 100 I 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 2.1 II 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 III IV V LANGUAGE: KANNADA/SANSKRIT/URDU/TAMIL/ TELUGU/ADDITIONAL ENGLISH/ MARATHI/HINDI ENGLISH BUSINESS ECONOMICS FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING BUSINESS MANAGEMENT BUSINESS MATHEMATICS TOTAL LANGUAGE: KANNADA/SANSKRIT/URDU/TAMIL/ TELUGU/ADDITIONAL ENGLISH/ MARATHI/HINDI ENGLISH BUSINESS STATISTICS FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT TOTAL BUSINESS COMMUNICATION HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MARKETING MANAGEMENT CORPORATE ACCOUNTING SERVICES MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INDIAN CONSTITUTION TOTAL BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS BUSINESS LAW COST ACCOUNTING FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PRODUCTION & OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT LAW AND PRACTICE OF BANKING COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS TOTAL INCOME TAX STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING COMPUTER APPLICATION IN BUSINESS PROJECT MANAGEMENT ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT TOTAL 04 04 04 04 04 24 04 90 90 90 90 90 540 90 10 10 10 10 10 60 10 100 100 100 100 100 600 100 04 04 04 04 04 24 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 28 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 28 04 04 04 04 04 04 24 90 90 90 90 90 540 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 630 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 630 90 90 90 90 90 90 540 10...
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...UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS Department of Business Administration Business Administration 300 Syllabus Spring 2014 Professor Mark E. Roszkowski 394 Wohlers Hall 333-0886 (Office) 333-4240 (Department Office) Office Hours 1:15-3:00 Tu, W Mailbox: 350A Wohlers Hall Texts: Legal Environment of Business from Business Law: Principles, Cases, and Policy (Seventh Edition 2011) by Mark E. Roszkowski (Selected Chapters, Custom Edition, Stipes Publishing L.L.C.) Business Administration 300 – Legal Environment of Business – Lecture Outlines (2013-2014) by Mark E. Roszkowski, Stipes Publishing L.L.C. COVERAGE DATE Tu Th Tu Th Tu Th Tu Th Tu Th Tu Th Tu Th Tu Th Tu Th Tu Th Tu Th TOPIC INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION TORT LAW FIRST EXAM TORT LAW TORT LAW TORT LAW PRODUCTS LIABILITY PRODUCTS LIABILITY PRODUCTS LIABILITY PRODUCTS LIABILITY SECOND EXAM ASSIGNED READING Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. 21 23 28 30 4 6 11 13 18 20 25 27 4 6 11 13 18 20 1 3 8 10 Chapters 1-2, Chapter 3 (58) Chapter 5 (91-92, 98-110) Chapter 19 (361-364, 365-367, 372-373) Chapter 20 Copyright 2014 Mark E. Roszkowski, all rights reserved. 2 DATE Tu Th Tu Th Tu Th Tu TOPIC 15 17 22 24 29 1 6 AGENCY AGENCY AGENCY AGENCY AGENCY AGENCY THIRD EXAM ASSIGNED READING Apr. Chapter 40 (729-743, 749-750) Chapter 41 May GRADING 1. The grading system is as follows. All examinations...
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