Thursday, April 14, 2011

Alibaba is a business in a box

Alibaba really is a business in a box (actually in a website) - it offers everything you need to safely do international import and export businesses. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You do not need a business degree to do this. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As one has a business degree, I can tell you that this site offers everything that you need and what aspects of your sale (or purchase) is necessary to do on another site, Alibaba's Help Section will lead you to the best site. Alibaba is a community in that experienced members offer advice to newbies. Check out this help topic on Payments: http://ask.alibaba.com/Q/800031108-i-want-my-money-back.html?tracelog=ask_recommend2

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

The Increasing Velocity of the Business Cycle

Read Pages 60-61 at the botom "Cybernomics Spotlight" In this article, Michael Dell says that Business Velocity is increasing (through out the world). Note that by business he means the business cycle, which is the proces of getting goods from the manufacturer to the consumer; by velocity he means the speed of getting the goods from the manufacturer to the consumer. Question:

  1. Mr. Dell attributes the increase in business velocity to what 4 reductions in the business cycle?

  2. What developments in technology allowed for this change? Explain.

After answering questions, we had a class discussion over this.