The Business Research Process Amy Portugue RES/351 October 15‚ 2012 Steve German The Business Research Process I am the current employee of a world renowned company in the agricultural industry. John Deere has been a long standing name for over 175 years. The combine plant located in East Moline‚ Illinois just celebrated its 100th anniversary. I have worked at the combine plant for almost 5 years now and have experienced several dilemmas within the company. Many of our dilemmas come from
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1. What are the greatest opportunities and threats existing in eBay’s current external environment? In the current external environment the online sales are still a growth industry there are some opportunities for ebay‚ the actual global economic crisis it could be an opportunity due the unemployment and the decrease in the power purchasing parity and mortgage crisis generates two effects‚ first the buyers are look for discounts‚ and second the sellers by this channel could increases. The importance
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existing in eBay’s current external environment? -The greatest opportunity in eBay is the quick development of online sales‚ most people find it hassle-free to shop online and because of that they tend to shop online and one of it is eBay. While the threat is the low entry barrier for aggressive competition‚ the competitors will make promos that will lure the customer of eBay to buy to them and it will lessen the customers of eBay and it will be a great threat to them. What are the company’s greatest
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[pic] [pic] Background [pic] [pic] eBay - The World’s Online Marketplace eBay is The World’s Online Marketplace® with a global customer base of 233 million. Founded by Pierre Omidyar in 1995‚ eBay has created a powerful marketplace for the sale of goods and services by a passionate community of individuals and small businesses. eBay now has a global presence in 37 markets‚ including the United States. As an early Internet enthusiast‚ Pierre knew that people needed a central
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popular online shopping sites are Amazon and eBay. Therefore‚ in this report‚ I want to explore which site is more competitive and how each one will do in the future‚ in relation to the industry in which they compete. The industry of online shopping has a unique service. Online shopping is the process through which consumers directly buy goods or services from a seller in real-time‚ without an intermediary service‚ over the internet. Internet business began in1991. It was not until 1994 that online
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3-12 2. Gangopadhyay‚ Saswati‚ Use of women in advertisements and the issue of social responsibility‚ Global Media Journal – Indian Edition/ Summer Issue / June 2011. 3. D’Amato‚ Alessia et. Al‚ Corporate Social responsibility and sustainable business‚ Center for Creative Leadership‚ Post Office Box 26300‚ Greensboro‚ North Carolina 27438-6300‚ www.ccl.org
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Overview: Restaurant business in Bangladesh is a long history‚ but this sector is currently growing due to the rising market demand and growth. Many new restaurants are launched both at urban area and country side of Bangladesh at present‚ and doing the food business has become a recent trend among the entrepreneurs. Through this case study‚ entrepreneur’s aspirations for doing the restaurant business in Bangladesh have been identified. At the same time‚ how it managed (operations)‚ future of it
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. ABSTRACT The purpose of this report is to determine the performance and the operation management involved of a fast food restaurant t. The primary aims are to: (a) assess the performance of operation in terms of five performance objectives‚ (b) examine the relative importance and contribution to operation performance using Importance-Performance Matrix and (c) evaluate and recommend the possible capacity strategy they could implement. This report included the primary
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e-commere with Amazon‚ eBay has to determine whether it should maintain the existing business model or transform its model and expand into new areas. eBay and Amazon have different kinds of business models and strategies. eBay’s business model was based on creating and maintaining a person-to-person trading community. Being the world’s largest online auction company‚ eBay offers e-commerce platforms and online payment solutions to a critical mass of sellers and buys. eBay makes money by charging
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