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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. A business (company, enterprise or firm) is a legally recognized organization designed to provide goods or services, or both, to consumers, businesses and governmental entities. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies. Most businesses are privately owned. A business is typically formed to earn profit that will increase the wealth of its owners and grow the business itself. The owners and operators of a business have as one of their main objectives the receipt or generation of a financial return in exchange for work and acceptance of risk. Notable exceptions include cooperative enterprises and state-owned enterprises. Businesses can also be formed not-for-profit or be state-owned. The etymology of "business" relates to the state of being busy either as an individual or society as a whole, doing commercially viable and profitable work. The term "business" has at least three usages, depending on the scope — the singular usage (above) to mean a particular company or corporation, the generalized usage to refer to a particular market sector, such as "the music business" and compound forms such as agribusiness, or the broadest meaning to include all activity by the community of suppliers of goods and services. However, the exact definition of business, like much else in the philosophy of business, is a matter of debate and complexity of meanings. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License How important are business ethics to a company and their success? Q. Discuss the ethical climate at a business that you are familiar with or one that you have researched. How have ethics affected this business? What does this business do to enforce ethical principles? What things could they do better? How can we as individual employees influence the application of ethics are our businesses? Give your thoughts and ideas on this subject. Asked by Trying!! - Sun Jan 27 18:42:34 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. business ethics are important but are difficult to enforce. I am a member of a professional organization with a defined ethics policy in it's bylaws. there are complaints of ethics violations against 3 members but no one wants to sit on an ethics committee for fear of incurring personal liability. It' a ridiculous situation mired in politics and fear of reprisals. Answered by slackjawhb - Sun Jan 27 18:53:08 2008 Over 60% of small businesses fail due to a lack of planning and execution of a business plan.? Q. Over 60% of small businesses fail due to a lack of planning and execution of a business plan. When businesses are so small it is rare to have an HR manager, because of that training and follow-up is non-existent. Who would be accountable and how could management implement a training routine to make it beneficial and cost effective? Asked by babydollof4kids - Sat Sep 29 11:11:36 2007 - - 3 Answers - 3 Comments A. If you're only really asking about training, then it would depend on the size of the business. If there's only about 1 - 10 people, then it would usually be the duty of the owner to train new staff, as he or she would be the person with the most interest in ensuring that everyone knows what they are doing. If you go into 10 - 30 or so staff, you'd probably have an operational or production manager who should take care of training. Most businesses don't fail because of inadequate training though. As you pointed out, it's more about lack of planning. I ran my own small businesses for a few years, and I made sure to only hire people that didn't need any training! Is your concern that businesses fail because of no proper training programs? Answered by Jger - Sat Sep 29 11:32:40 2007 Ending a home based business - what are the tax implications?
Q. I've been writing off my home based business for the last few years. If I stop using that portion of my home solely for my business, how do I indicate that on my taxes? Additionally, does anyone know of any resources that indicate what the implications are of stopping a home based business write-off? I see lots of information on how/what to write-off for a home based business, but can't seem to find anything on what to do when that ends. Asked by Eric M - Fri Mar 21 00:33:34 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. You don't show on your tax that you ended the business, but keep track of the depreciation allowed or allowable while you were claiming the home office deduction - you'll need that number when you sell the house. Answered by Judy - Fri Mar 21 00:45:27 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "business"  nytimes.com Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:00:21 GMT+00:00 New York Times Instinct and experience fueled his success, and as Mr. Skinner moved up to bigger boats and dedicated himself to running the business , he let his sons do ...  bloomberg.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:11:53 GMT+00:00 Bloomberg Other reports showed business activity unexpectedly accelerated in July and consumer sentiment fell less than projected. The economy is muddling through, ...  newsweek.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:34:25 GMT+00:00 Owners See Little Improvement Newsweek The National Small Business Association has released its midyear economic report. And as the Magic 8-Ball would say: "Outlook not so good. ... From Google News Search: "business"  australia.to 300px x 400px | 7.50kB [source page] Telecommunications company Optus yesterday reported an increase in first quarter net profit of 13 percent to $139 million The company said its mobile phone business had grown taking revenue From Yahoo Image Search: "business"  experienceproject.com unknown Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:46:58 GM Answers to the question, Name A Type Of . Business. That Does Not Depend On Supply And Demand? Answers to Questions from People Who Know at Ask Experience Project. From Google Blog Search: "business" Quotations about Business. In use the word may refer to many differing activities, such as the activity of buying or selling in trade, a commercial firm or enterprise, one’s personal affairs or concerns, one’s regular occupation, employment, or profession, something acquiring attention, or a situation, matter or happening. Business is the "art" of making money by selling things or services people want for more than their cost. - Patrick Dixon Sourced
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