The Business Environment
My name is Ian Scott and I am writing a newspaper article about the types of businesses and ownerships from two contrasting companies. There are a range of businesses such as; a local, National, European, International and global business.
Local business
A local business is a business that is usually privately owned as a partnership or sole trader. It usually provides goods or services to the local area. It is normally one shop such as M&E in Holyhead. Local businesses usually get closed down due to big businesses such as Tesco, Morrisons because these companies can buy in bulk so it is cheaper for the bigger companies to sell, therefor they can sell it cheaper to the customer. For example if a local business buys
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In order to move to an international business they will need a trading license from the countries they wish to sell their products in. International business
An international business is a business that is in two or more region, countries or nations. A good example of an international business is Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart is a giant shopping centre in the United States, but is also in the United Kingdom. In the United Kingdom Wal-Mart is known as Asda. Asda has a chain of stores around Britain and sells food, clothing, electronics and household items
Global business
A global company is a company that distributes all over the world, and their products will be used in most of the world’s countries. A good example of a global business is Microsoft.
Business sectors
Primary Sector
Businesses are broken down into lots of different sectors, for example there is the primary sector, secondary production and tertiary production. The primary sector is about collecting the raw materials. For example in Anglesey there are many farms so they provide the raw ingredients.
Secondary Sector
Then there is the secondary production which is the manufacturing process, this is where the raw materials get turned into the finished product. For example there is the Ty-Croes Vineyard which is on Anglesey which makes the wine from the produce they get from the local farms.
If you are ready to start doing business on an international level, there are some considerations to keep in mind. These five tips will help to ensure a successful business venture in the global market.
I will be relating the type of business, purpose and ownership of the two contrasting organisations. The two organisations that I will be choosing are: Oxfam and Sainsbury’s.
For this assignment, the two contrasting businesses where both businesses have different types of ownership and liability such as one being a for-profit business and the other one being a not-for-profit business. The two businesses are Tesco PLC and RSPCA which Tesco PLC is the for-profit business and RSPCA is the not-for-profit business.
The business internationalise means a company’s production and business activity are not only confined to one country, but also integrate the different countries’ raw material and labour and technologies to
International marketing is when a company makes one or more marketing mix decisions across borders I.e France-England. Sometimes a business will set up a overseas office instead of operating from the original country, this is so that the business may start marketing strategies across the world with ease.
International /global is when a business is in more that 2 countries for example like Nike.
Many companies today want to expand their business to the international business, which can bring cost down and profits up. Taking a business internationally means knowing the rules and regulations of the countries you are entering. There can be many issues with going global which include cultural barriers, diversity issues, multicultural issues, political issues, and economical issues. It is very important to know how important expansion is to the company and what implications will come from going global.
The région I was assigned to research was Bretagne. The American name for this région however, is Brittany. The capital of Bretagne is Rennes, and it has four departments. The departments are Côtes d’Armor, Finistère, Morbihan, and Ille et Vilaine. The total population of Bretagne as of janvier 1, 2014 is trois-deux-cent-soixante-treize-million (3.273 million). The major productions of Bretagne are in two categories, agricultural and industrial. Agricultural productions include fish, beef, pork, poultry, vegetables, and milk. Industrial products however are food processing, car manufacturing, and famous shipbuilding.
According to Dictionary.com, the definition of globalization is “to extend to other or all parts of the globe; make worldwide” (Dictionary.com, 2008). Globalization can have a huge impact on the four functions of management. In order to achieve success, a company must have a plan or goal set in action. Once a company decides to go global, it has to decide its market. For example, Disney has over 25
The rapid pace of Globalization has led to a change in the global economy during the past several decades; it is believe that factors such as trade liberalisation, access to cheaper labour and resources, similarity of consumer demand around the world, and advances in technology and communication has widened the market of consumption, investment as well as production on a global scale. These globalization driven factors created new challenges and global competition for businesses around the world thus as a response many companies decided to expand their operation across national borders in order to be competitive. A company that operates their business in at least one country other than its country is called Multinational
Elements that make a business such as the investors, consumers, and strategic management will be explained in detail.
International business comprises all commercial transactions (private and governmental, sales, investments, logistics, and transportation) that take place between two or more regions, countries and nations beyond their political boundaries. Usually, private companies undertake such transactions for profit; governments undertake them for profit and for political reasons. The term "international business" refers to all those business activities which involve
Global Management, as defined by learned.org, refers to the way an organization manages its business internationally, including its sales, marketing, hiring and finance practices” (2015, P.1). It involves company policy integration, so the organization can operate efficiently throughout the world.
International business is the measurement of performance based on trade and investment past national borders. A firm will often go international or be born global as an overall strategic implement of market potential and growth to gain more efficiency and profit (Luthans, 2012).
As trade increases hyper-competition grows forcing organizations to go global. By a company going global it requires them to rethink strategy and reform (Ananthram and Pearson, 2008). Global organizational structure is the way a company aims to merge local preferences with global strategy. The definition of global strategy is “strategic choices that have the characteristics of being globally uniform or integrated,” (Yip et al., 1997) such as standardization of products, uniform marketing, and competitive moves, but all globally (Townsend et al., 2004; Zou and Cavusgil, 2002; Bayraktar and Ndubisi, 2014). Global strategic strategy is a way to adjust to globalization. Globalization is “the economic and social process by which economies and communities grow inextricably interdependent “(Jhirad et al., 2009). The recent financial crisis (Das, 2010), large amount of poverty, and climate change are all problems that show how the world is globally connected because all countries impact each other (Jhirad et al., 2009).