KEYS TO FINDING OPTIMAL FIRM SIZE Optimal firm size refers to the speed and the extent of growth that is ideal for a specific business. Optimal firm size is dependent on a variety of internal and external factors. For some home-based businesses, the optimal firm size may be the two...
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NET INCOME AS INDICATOR OF FINANCIAL HEALTH OF BUSINESS Net income is an accounting term that can be defined as the difference between a company’s total revenues (money earned from sales or investments) and total expenses of money paid to produce goods or services, plus salaries, rent, depreciation, etc.), for...
THE VERSATILITY OF A MOBILE OFFICE Advances in communication technology, entrepreneurial creativity, and other ever-more-hectic pace of modern life have all combined to encourage the development and refinement of mobile business offices. Indeed, entrepreneurs have been a driving force in the creation of computers, telephones, and other office equipment and...
CHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE MISSION STATEMENTS Mission statements are documents that are intended to serve as a summary of a business’s goals and values. Their contents often reflect the fact that they are utilized both as an internal performance enhancer and as a public relations tool. Mission statements serve several purposes,...
MARKET ANALYSIS Market analysis is a tool companies use in order to better understand the environment in which they operate. It is one of the main steps in the development of a marketing plan. The first step is to conduct market research – or gather information through direct mail, telemarketing,...
MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT DEPRECIATION Depreciation is an annual deduction that businesses can claim for the cost of fixed assets, such as vehicles, buildings, machinery, and other equipment. According to the tax law, depreciation is defined as a reasonable deduction for the wearing down and/or obsolescence of these fixed assets. It is...
THE ELEMENTS OF DECISION MAKING Decision making is a vital component of business success. Decisions that are based on a foundation of knowledge and sound reasoning can lead a company into long-term prosperity; conversely, decisions that are made on the basis of flawed logic, emotionalism, or incompetent information can quickly...
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AND SMALL BUSINESS Employee benefits encompass a broad range of benefits – other than salary – that companies provide to their employees. Some of these benefits, such as workers’ compensation, social security, unemployment insurance, are required by law. The majority of benefits offered to employees, however, are bestowed...
THE EVOLVING CHARACTER OF FACILITY MANAGEMENT t Hu Facility management is defined as the coordination of the physical workplace with the people and work of an organization. It integrates the principle of business administration, architecture, and the behavioral and engineering sciences. In the most basic terms, facility management encompasses all...
ELEMENTS OF COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS Competitive analysis is the practice of analyzing the competitive environment in which your business operates (or wishes to operate), including strengths and weaknesses of the business with which you compete, strengths and weaknesses of your own company, demographics and desires of marketplace customers, strategies that can...
