Business

Protectionism and Tariffs

Protectionism means the government interference in trade markets to protect specific industries in the economy. There are three main reason for the government …

Recent Trends in Operations Management

The operations management is the process of managing activities that produces goods and services in order to create value to the customer. With recent …

Direct Investments and Multinational Corporations

A firm directly invests within foreign shores involves with capital, personnel and assets beyond domestic borders. The firm is responsible for the control over …

Factors of Production

An economy owns factors of production which are used in production process. Factors of production are also known as inputs of the production process. Level of …

Licensing and Franchising

Licensing Through licensing, a firm (licensor) grants a foreign entity (licensee) some type of intangible rights, which could be rights to process, a patent, a …

Barter Economy

Barter economy is where goods are exchanged for goods rather than using money to perform transactions. Barter economy existed in the past where there were no …

Economic Models and Production Possibilities Frontier

The expression of a model can be in the form of words, diagrams, or mathematical equations, depending on the audience and the point of the model. These are the …

Goods vs Services

Goods and services aims at fulfilling customer needs.  Examples of goods are books, foods, clothes and so on. Examples for services would be hair dressing, …

Domestic versus International Business

A firm needs to identify its potential market, locate adequate and available sources of supplies of raw materials and labor, raise initial amount of capital, …

The Multinational Corporations

During its early stages, international business was conducted in the form of enterprises that were owned singly or in partnerships. As the size of …