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Business Research
In need of research on a variety of items I approached the internet in search of what was needed. The information I was in need of included data concerning; 1) financial needs, 2) regulatory issues, 3) SBA information, 4) offices supplies and equipment, 5) print costs for literature, and 6) current tour offerings.
I discovered that the financial needs for my travel agency would be relative minimal based on the fact that (initially) the company only needed to support one employee (me). A small office space could be rented on a month to month basis for approximately $300 and the office would be supplied with a desk, a cabinet, chair, lamp and desk phone. The office is in a shared space building, which also provides a shared receptionist. A shared receptionist answers the phones for all the offices in order to make it seem as if smaller companies are not quite as small. Broadband Internet service is available for a $50 per month fee, which will be necessary in order to book reservations.
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Those items include obtaining an Air Travel Organizers License (ATOL) from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Purchasing a ATOL allows the agency to buy, sell or trade airline tickets and it can be purchased in two different categories. The first category is for agencies planning on selling more than 500 tickets per year, the second category is for agencies planning on selling less than 500 tickets per year. I also discovered that the state in which I live requires that a business be registered and pay a yearly fee of $500. The IRS will provide the business with an Employee Identification Number (EIN) for $55.
The EIN is used to report all income and expenses for the company on a yearly basis. Quarterly reporting is required of some business' depending on the size of the company. Paperwork for the EIN and legal formation of the company will be of little cost since it is available through the IRS and SBA.
The Small Business Administration (SBA) offered a number…
Business Research Research into the legalization of marijuana will seek to determine what people's views on the issue are. The population is going to be the entire United States, as we are seeking to determine national views about the issue. The sampling will be done at random, using databases of phone numbers and computer-generated dialing. The operators will only know of and gather non-personal information such as age bracket, gender and
It is projected that at least 10% of the individuals receiving the survey will respond. There are a variety of reasons for using qualitative methods in a study such as this one. Even though there are drawbacks to the qualitative method including (but not limited to) the fact that respondents are not known and could be lying, the responses are very subjective, and the questions themselves are quantitative in nature,
Business research process is unique in that it may be tailored to individual types of organizations and their needs. For example, business research for a large, multinational pharmaceutical company would have slightly different needs than that a local fast-food franchise group. However, there are six basic steps that most every business research project should cover: Appraisal -- Before any research can be done, it is important to do an honest assessment
0 applications. The survey also attempts to define the Return on Investment from investing in social networking applications, and derives a figure of $1.9M by 2013, corroborating a figure from Forrester Research. Conclusion Completing any research project designed to capture business-to-business (B2B) market data takes an approach to isolating respondents within each organization that have a role in evaluating the technology being studied. The survey methodology concentrates on the role of it
One business research method that has been used to good effect by some companies is the data envelope analysis methodology developed by Charnes and his colleague (1978, cited in Marcoulides at p. 122). According to Marcoulides (1998), "This method is used to evaluate the relative efficiency of a set of decision-making units (DMUs)" (p. 122). The term "decision making unit" was coined by Charnes and his associates to describe a
Business Methods In order to study career aspirations, a survey of fifteen students was conducted to determine what level the student expected to achieve as their highest level. The students polled were all business students. The unit of analysis was scalar, with the options reflecting hierarchical levels within a corporation. The results of the survey were as follows: Executive Upper Management Middle Management Lower Management Non-Management These results show that business students have a wide range of