Business Definition and 159 Threads

I wanted to address what I see as a fallacy in the argument against taxes on companies and corporations. As the the saying goes, if you tax companies, they will just pass along those costs to consumers. While that may be true in some cases, it is not always true. The fact is that I have to...

What do you think about advocacy ads during the Super Bowl? I don't like them because the Super Bowl is supposed to be an event that ought to unite all Americans, and advocacay ads, such as anti-abortion or pro-choice, anti-gay or airing gay dating site, etc. divide us rather than to unite...

You decide to start a business selling clocks. http://www.sjs.net.au/pics/1/1962b.jpg You decide Roman numerals make a clock look a lot more stylish and that all of the clocks you sell will use Roman numerals. In the interest of efficiency, you need a single mold that will create all...

How long do you think it will be before China becomes the world leader in business? Deleted spam.

i shut down all applications in my windows vista business using msconfig. now, everytime it boots my computer displays a message "please wait while TPM is connected". also the clock always shows wrong time and date. what's wrong?

I am wanting to know what are some of the most relevant branches of advanced mathematics for business applications. I know that for starters I should study calculus and statistics, but beyond these foundational subjects I don't know what else I should study. My current mathematical ability is...

I invite you to take a new look at http://focusfusion.org/" After a long search for funding, Eric Lerner and his team from LPP are really on the move now, constructing a new, most powerful DPF (Dense Plasma Focus) machine, exclusively devoted to fusion research, that should deliver a...

Read these. http://www.newsreview.com/chico/content?oid=47170 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123129220146959621.html http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/1/30/02341/8092/769/690785 http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/55/chalktalk.html...

Hello, I hoped that I could come here and perhaps get an answer about my future. I have always loved school and academia, and wish to have a future there. However, I am 18 and I am still in grade 18. I was expelled for reasons last year. I have taken many AP Classes: Physics, Calculus...

Hi all. Thanks for coming. Let's say you have a choice between McCombs (UT Finance) and Cockrell (UT CS/Engineering) I don't want to have a career that is very frustrating... I think I have a decent IQ, but not one of the greatest. However, I do love being organized, and sadly do lean on...

Hello, I am thinking of transferring from a Bachelor of Commerce program to a Bachelor of Applied Science program. I have 10 days left to make this decision. I originally wanted went into my current program with aspirations of becoming a successful investor or trader or financial analyst...

Hi, this is my first post so sorry it is not a contribution! Anyway, I have a pedal powered business that is doing very well. We use 24v DC Motors as seen here http://buggies.builtforfun.co.uk/FactFiles/motors.html" . Each motor is connected to the back wheel of the bike (we use a diode next...

formed? I assume this has a very simple answer, I just can't seem to figure it out.

Homework Statement What single payment made immediately will settle the following obligations if money is worth 18 % compounded semi-annually a.) 5000 due in 3 years b.) 6000 due in 3 and 1/2 years with 10% simple interest rate c.) 7000 due in 5 and 1/4 years with interest at 16%...

Electromagnetism just got weird. REALLY weird. Everything was going great until we hit this new chapter on separation of variables. I don't remember doing this kind of stuff in my DiffEqs class. Frankly, I'm feeling overwhelmed. I have a midterm at the end of this week, and I feel as though...

What would be a better combination: CS with Business or CS with Electrical Engineering?

I have post on this forum some, but have mainly lurked for a longer time. Now, I am a freshman at Carnegie Mellon, and have to choose. I am currently enrolled in the engineering school as a Chemical Engineering major, but would really like to study phyiscs, too. The problem is, both...

Is a business degree a stable way to go? Are things like entrepreneurship, financial analysis, MIS, investment banking, etc safe when there is an economic crisis, like now? I'm just wondering because I want to get an MBA one day, probably go to Stanford but if it hinders me from having a stable...

I have been wondering what a good tactic is to follow. I am currently doing and undergrad in science and hope to continue on to a Professional school in Biotechnology (MBiotech) since it is cheaper than most MBAs that I know of. My goal is to one day start up my own firm in the Biotech industry...

Well, we have a forum devoted to Science Book Reviews, so I thought I'd start one on business and economics. When Markets Collide: Investment Strategies for the Age of Global Economic Change, by Mohamed El-Erian...

Hi, what are some of the best jobs in business that require a combination of people skills and math skills? Thank you.

Hi, I am a business administration major at a liberal arts private college in Missouri. I am less than a year from graduation and want to go into an engineering management masters program after this. It was extremely tough to find a program that would accept a non-technical major but I managed...

Greetings all...I hope everyone is doing fine :) I was wondering if there are any universities in the USA or Europe that accept people with a BS in business administration into a science, or an engineering, graduate program.

Which would you rather read and why?

I would like to get a business started by year's end, but Christ. I'm going crazy looking at all these forms I have to fill out, and I'm not sure these are all the ones I need. I'm going to pull my hair out...

Why business people do so many meetings? My boss says that's all he do all day!

Today nail salons have spa chairs and I want to start a company that makes entertainment system that could be mounted to those spa chairs. The system consists of a 7" to 10" touch screen LCD and a mini computer. With this system and user friendly software, the users can surf the web, play video...

If the price of milk went up as much as the cost of college tuitions have risen over the past 20 years, we'd all be paying $15 for a gallon of milk right now. Harvard has a $36 billion dollar endowment (which isn't taxed!) and even received a 23% return on its investments last year...

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Following are my business courcework involving some linear algebra? Have i stated my idea clearly?

Would a Physics BS, and an MBA give me a positive job outlook, or would the two look completely unrelated and useless to prospective employers? I'm afraid of what getting a Physics BS might do to my future. I will have a Associates Degree in Science at the end of this semester from a local...

Hi, I'm asking on behalf of a friend. We all know that a person with a Bachelor's degree in engineering/applied-science can apply for an MBA program, to then take their engineering base onto a business-oriented path. There are many technical managers who have come through this route, or...

What kind of business can I start that is relating to electrical/electronic/computer that has a low startup cost (around $30k)? It seems like most engineering businesses require huge amount of money. I'm 24 and have no experience in running a business but I'm willing to do research and fail...

1. C(x)=2200 + 5x + 0.002x^2 + 0.00013x^3 (a) Find the average cost function and sketch it (b.) At what production level is the average cost minimized? Homework Equations My book defines the average cost as c(x)=C(x)/x And the average cost is minimized when C'(x) = c(x) The Attempt at a...

I think I have a great idea for a business. This "idea" is not a physical product. It is a service that I think will help consumers save time and increase sale for retailers. This service will use barcode scanner or RFID reader. Is it possible to patent/protect a service?

TerraCycle sued by Scotts Miracle-Gro TerraCycle's test data are considered proprietary. If Rutger's U did an independent test, that should be good enough. Both parties can have an independent arbitor do an independent test. I just don't see that the two products packaging looks alike...

Do many chemists or technicians in the chemical businesses find much use for equilibrium calculations of weak acids or weak bases? In practice, laboratory people can make practical measurements, practical preparations, titrate to a certain pH endpoint, even use a pH indicator material, and can...

I would like to start my own engineering company in the future. Anyone own an engineering company? What is it about and how much did it cost to start?

Homework Statement A Real estate office manages 50 apartments in a downtown building. When the rent is $900 per month, all the units are occupied. For every $25 increase in rent, one unit becomes vacant. On average, each unit requires $75 in maintenance and repairs each month. How much rent...

Thinking about business, but after spending so much time in engineering/science... Hello everyone, This is a big step and I don't know if I want to do it or not. Heres how my changing of majors already occurred. I went from being a Software Engineer then got hurt in a car accident and was...

I am looking for information related to computer hardware trade... which covers from prespective of international business..like major key players,,import,,export...restrictions that sort of things... but till now all my efforts have been unsuccessful to find such infn. I will be really...

http://www.fiscalpolicy.org/FPISmallBusinessMinWage.pdf

How on Earth some of people are always interfering in everything!:bugeye:(am I interfering here?o:) ) So I don't know what's strange about me that my coworkers always talk about me more than anyone else and have lots of questions about me. :confused: They talk about my way of speaking...

I hate money! Obviously I want to have a lot of it so I'm no better than anyone else, but I hate the games that go with making money. A salesman once told me that it is the pursuit of wealth, and not wealth itself, that addicts people. I would certainly argue that point. But maybe this is the...

http://inverse.physics.berkeley.edu/archives/001624.html there are several things I don't understand about this did anybody else see it?

From the Woit blog: http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/blog/ The only physicist quoted who recognizes that the Landscape is pseudo-science is David Gross. “It’s impossible to disprove” he says, and notes that because we can’t falsify the idea it’s not science. He sees the origin of this...

3 (if I get to it...) case studies: The auto industry, the airline industry, and the steel industry. I thought of this because recently I've had a number of conversations with friends/family about the problems with the auto industry - so I'll start with that... The big-3 auto makers (set...

Hi, I recently switched from a Computer Science undergrad major at Florida Tech to Computer Information Systems. Basically because I like working with hardware, the internet, servers and networks a lot more than programming. CIS offers half Comp Sci courses (programming in C++ and Java but...

I recently received a call from an old customer who seriously damaged my business. They are big and I made a lot of money doing work for them, but they are so demanding with constantly changing schedules, no end of travel, super-duper pressure situations, beyond belief deadline demands, not to...

A 5.0 kilogram monkey hangs initially at rest from two vines, A and B. Each vine is 10 meters in length with negligible mass. Vine A is on the left with an angle of 30 degrees from the horizontal from the monkey and B is at 60 degrees from the horizontal of the angle next to the monkey. 1...