Entrepreneurial Leadership Task 1 Analyze and describe the founding leader, leadership style, and major business principles of a profit-oriented entrepreneurial approach in which the primary goal is to provide a product or service to consumers and to make a profit. Task 1 Response At the age of 22, John Schnatter founded Papa John’s Pizza in 1984 (Cendrowski, 2009). Mr. Schnatter converted a broom closet at Mick’s Lounge bar into a takeout pizza restaurant (Cendrowski, 2009). The concept
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Assignment 1: Five Guys Burgers and Fries Strayer University BUS508, Summer 2013 Abstract A successful entrepreneur must have balance: be courageous, without being reckless, be humble enough to learn from mistakes and acknowledge them, be tenacious and passionate, but be grounded and intuitive enough to foresee a disaster, be creative and flexible, but be organized and conscious of limitation. They must also plan, but be open to unforeseen opportunities, invest in employees, but also
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Merger Acquisition BUS 508 Name Date Instructor Life Technologies and Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduction There are a lot of examples of Merger in present business world. If we search the world economic journals and magazines, then we will see that almost every year a lot of mergers and acquisitions are taking place in the modern corporate world. In the year 2013, some vital merger and acquisitions took place. In this paper a very important merger process will be described. The
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“Assignment #2: Amazon.com’s E-Business Model” Your name here BUS 508 Contemporary Business Professor name here Date here Amazon’s E-Business Model Amazon has broken ground on a new way of doing business. They have become the leader in their industry online and continue to lead the way in innovation and technology. To understand a bit more about the workings of this company and to discuss some key facts about why Amazon is where they are today, this paper will emphasize four key topics: Growth
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ASSIGNMENT 1 ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP Submitted by Joachim Carvelle to PROFESSOR DELONTE October 23, 2011 BUS 508 ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP The spectrum of entrepreneurial approaches reflects a combination of profit-oriented and social responsibility-oriented perspectives. At one end is the approach where the profit motive eclipses social responsibility, for example Steve Jobs of Apple, Inc. At the other end is the approach that, although profit oriented, accords significant priority
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Diversification Strategies: Best Buy vs. Circuit City BUS 508 Contemporary Business 25 April 2011 Diversification Strategies: Best Buy vs. Circuit City Diversify, diversify, and diversify! It’s something repetitively said to high-schoolers seeking pre-college extra-curricular memberships, employees seeking investment options, as well as businesses seeking to remain viable. But what is diversification? Diversification as it relates to business is defined as a “business development strategy
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Assignment 1: Corporate Responsibility and Marketing Strategies BUS 508 Kiva Thompkins January 25, 2015 Professor Jean Fonkoua Assignment 1: Corporate Responsibility and Marketing Strategies Social responsibility is defined as “business’s consideration of society’s well-being and consumer satisfaction, in addition to profits” (Boone & Kurtz, 2013). It is not just important that a organization makes record profits, but that they are social responsible to their consumers. How a organization
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Entrepreneurial Leadership What once began as a little family burger business in Northern Virginia in 1986 by Jerry and Janie Murrell and their and their five sons has grown into one of the world’s popular franchises. The decision to start the business was based on the ultimatum given to the four sons by their parents ‘start a business or go to college.” Their growth since opening has grown tremendously to where the family never expected it to grow, between the year they opened and 2002 which
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1. Examine Apple’s current position on the company’s ethical and social responsibilities, and determine whether or not the company has met these responsibilities. Provide two (2) examples that support your position. Answer: Apple has accepted there ethical and social and ethical responsibility as it relates to health and safety standards. They have implemented health and safety standards that they expect their manufactures to follow. Their health and safety reforms include short work weeks, a
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