Business Administration Topics
"There is scarcely anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse, and sell a little more cheaply. The person who buys on price alone is this man's lawful prey." -- John Ruskin, (attributed)
- Business Plan ...
- Career Topics ...
- Case Method ...
- Concepts in Business
- Entrepreneurship
- Leadership
- Research in Business
- Resources for Business
- Speaking & Presenting & Negotiating
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- Business Administration at Dawson College
- Commerce at Dawson College
- Concepts in Business
- Innovation & Adoption
- BCG Matrix
- Cognitive Dissonance
- Business Environment - Five Forces model by Michael Porter
- Generations... (WW2, BB, X, Y)
- GDP & GNP
- Marketing
- Motivation - Needs
& Wants
- Positioning ...
- PPP = Purchasing Power Parity = Big Mac Index ...
- SWOT Analysis ...
- Factory assembly line (an example) - YouTube - Lucy, Lucy, Lucy Chocolate Factory
- Widget = a placeholder name for an object or, more specifically, a mechanical or other manufactured device = "Widget" is frequently used in texts and speech, especially in the context of economics, to indicate a hypothetical "any-product." Companies in such texts will frequently be given names such as "ABC Widgets" or "Acme Widget Corp." to indicate that the particular business of the hypothetical company is not relevant to the topic of discussion.
- Similar (but not identical) to: doodad, doohickey, whatsit, thingamabob, thingumbob, thingamajig, dingus,Whatchamacallit, da kine
- Loyal or lucrative customers may not be the most profitable customers - SmartPlanet
- Entrepreneurship & Starting your own business
- "If you inspire, you are a leader. If you are inspired, you are an entrepreneur." -- Rich Russakoff and Mary Goodman, co-founders of Bottom Line Up Enterprises
- Inside the Entrepreneur's Brain With the Start-up Doctor | Inc.com
- Accidental Tech Entrepreneurs Turn Their Hobbies Into Livelihoods | June 30, 2006
- StartupJournal | The Wall Street Journal Center for Entrepreneurs
- Elevator Pitch
- EntrepreneurPress.com
- eBusiness, eMarketing, eCommerce...
- Reasons to Start a Business:
- Technology levels the playing field between you and big business.
- Today, the phrase, "corporate job security" is an oxymoron.
- The Internet provides an unprecedented opportunity to start an online business at minimal cost.
- Like never before, business can be done from home.
- Corporate outsourcing to smaller businesses creates an abundance of opportunities.
- The only person who can boss you around is you!
- Five mistakes to avoid when seeking funds for your business
- Young Entrepreneur Council - Nonprofit Organization for Young Business Founders
- YFS Magazine - Young, Fabulous & Self-Employed - YFSentrepreneur.com
- Proper Cloth: custom-tailored shirts for the GQ set - CBS News video
- Inc.com - Small Business Ideas and Resources for Entrepreneurs
- Leadership
- Research
- Resources
- Speaking & Presenting & Negotiating
- Seven levels of growth, in order of increasing importance:
- improve operations
- innovate products
- exploit channels
- target customers and markets
- acquire companies
- connect the ecosystem
- create "blue oceans" the process, based on the best seller Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim, of carving out new market spaces that make the competition irrelevant.