This course is designed to explore the major topics and key concepts of electronic commerce. The fast changing and growing world of e-commerce offers alternative marketing strategies for retailers, wholesalers, and service providers. This world is also fraught with pitfalls and dangers. The demands upon inventory and distribution systems require special understanding and analysis. Students will explore these issues and use existing and emerging technologies to effectively and efficiently carry out business transactions.
This course examines the requirements for success in an entrepreneurial career. The focus of this course is to enable the student to develop a business plan.
All managers, self-employed business owners and individual investors require an adequate knowledge of business financing, financial analysis and capital budgeting. Informed decision-making requires a sound understanding and firm grasp of analytical techniques such as the proper use of financial ratios, evaluating interest costs through debt financing, financial statement analysis, cash budgeting, capital budgeting, and break-even analysis.