Why did George Shaheen, the well-paid head of Andersen Consulting, quit to take a job running a new on-line business?
His father agreed, and with a partner, they started an on-line business.
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Remember eToys back in the High-tech Bubble years, when everyone rushed to get into on-line retail business?
Zynga is in the on-line gaming business with well-tested products, and a firm platform, Facebook, to deliver them.
Back several months ago we looked at how a company called Backblaze was finding creative ways to get HDDs through retail channels for their on-line storage business during the depths of the Thailand flood HDD shortages.
Wayne was also featured on OPEN American Express small business radio commercials and is currently featured the on-line in OPEN Small Business Forum.
Furthermore, the government has encouraged citizens to go on-line for education and business purposes, hoping that a well-educated and entrepreneurial population, under strict state supervision, will lead to greater regional and global influence, increased economic opportunities and foreign investment.
Tall and flat-stomached, tieless--in a button-down shirt--he bounced on the balls of his feet like a middleweight, explaining his business, an on-line investment bank.
The company operates about 249 retail stores, an on-line e-commerce business, and a wholesale business selling t-shirts and casual wear to distributors and screen printers.
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Politically, however, selling Telecom Italia to a foreign company is probably still unacceptable. (Only one European telecoms incumbent, Sonera of Finland, has ever fallen into foreign hands.) Because Telecom Italia's profits in both its fixed-line and its mobile business depend on regulation, good relations with the government are crucial.
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The e-book business is led by newcomers such as Xlibris.com to Excel.com and Books On-line.
The top-line revenue decline has prompted initiatives focused on diversifying the business and reducing dependency on the traditional print newspaper business.
Retailers were forced to match on-line prices, despite their higher overhead, or lose the business.
Compaq jumped on the Internet in late 1998 with a line of small-business computers selected to appease resellers, whose focus is big corporations.
MarketMind would never argue that target setting and goal attainment is a bad thing but we live in a world where the pressure is almost entirely on the bottom line and the business decision is shaped by short-termism, i.e.
"I was struggling for a business idea but hadn't thought of going on-line until I saw the lousy job these guys were doing, " he says.
As part of its business services, Costco can help business members create a presence on the web and on-line solutions at considerable savings by selecting sound providers such a go daddy.com.
Despite recent setbacks, the company that Phebe Novakovic will take over on January 1 is better positioned for the future than many of its defense-industry peers because it generates a quarter of corporate revenues from the prestigious Gulfstream business-jet line, which does not depend on the Pentagon for sales.
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But what about the ordinary income generated by the business and allocated to you on Line 1 of the K-1?
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So Dhanin is shaking up his empire, focusing on core operations: agri-business, retail and TelecomAsia, which operates fixed-line and mobile phone networks.
By January he had sold Levi's brass on a test of on-line sales in Canada, and in 60 days the virtual store was open for business.
But companies like these have an excess of commercial power in their particular supply chain that shifts business risks, like the non-availability of goods on a production line, to a supplier without shifting the associated profit.
They built a business called Exploration Nation around Enzo and his friends learning and teaching STEM curriculum on-line.
When revenues are down, it is natural to focus on short-term strategies that eliminate costs, yet an internal focus can debilitate your business down the line.
He has set up an on-line newspaper, Il Nuovo, a 35-journalist operation run by Sergio Luciano, a former business editor of La Repubblica, the second-largest Italian daily.
Yet working conditions in services are often pleasanter and safer than on an assembly line, and average wages in the fastest-growing sectors, such as finance, professional and business services, education and health, are higher than in manufacturing.
They fulfill real front-line business roles but, in dialogue with us, add that indispensable and invaluable perspective on where the real business value is that needs protecting, as well as what degree of security control imposes an acceptable burden on the business.
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