despite many researchers conducted on electronic commerce, few studies have been performed in the field of internet businesses (ibs) with no up-to-date and applicable law. as a result, using library and field study, in one section we state the general rules and regulations governing all ibs, and in the other section we survey appropriative rules and regulations governing every model of ib. prov...

This paper examines the evolution of a skew distribution of firm sizes from the viewpoint of the 'Bounds' approach to market structure. It confines attention to the role played by non-strategic factors (statistical independence, and cost sideeffects). A model is proposed, which leads to a prediction regarding the least skew size distribution which is likely to be observed. This distribution pro...

Home based businesses account for a significant proportion of all businesses in both developed and developing economies. They are highly heterogeneous and therefore studies in the domain should focus on distinct types of home based businesses. This study describes a systematic review of the literature that addresses online home based businesses. The review addresses three related topics: the de...

OBJECTIVE Examine the effectiveness of a robbery and violence prevention program in small businesses in Los Angeles. METHODS Gas/convenience, liquor and grocery stores, bars/restaurants, and motels were enrolled between 1997 and 2000. Intervention businesses (n = 305) were provided training, program implementation materials, and recommendations for a comprehensive security program. Control bu...

E-businesses play a critical role in today's knowledge-based economies. Despite their ‎increasing portion, e-businesses experience high rates of failure. Therefore, it is of prime ‎importance to identify their decision-making activities encountering outer competitive forces ‎and their internal structural events. In this study, through using the Grounded Theory approach, we ‎analyze interviews c...

s a networking professional, you undoubtedly spend some of your precious spare time as an IT consultant, installing and managing networks for other companies. In fact, you probably perform the bulk of your services for small businesses. According to David Hunt, a product manager for Novell, the vast majority of small businesses relies on IT professionals like you to install and maintain their n...

In recent years, the importance of branding has dramatically increased on the ground that brands have the potential to be a source of long-term competitive advantages for any businesses. Although it seems that brand value, theoretically, has a significant impact on corporate profits, evaluating the brand value's influence level on corporate profits can give clear signals to both managers and in...

Business ethics should include illicit businesses as targets of investigation. For, though such businesses violate human rights they have been largely ignored by business ethicists. It is time to surmount this indifference in view of recent international efforts to define illicit businesses for regulatory purposes. Standing in the way, however, is a meta-ethical question as to whether any busin...

Successor planning process in family businesses is recognized as one of the most important phases of family business lifecycle. Family businesses play a vital role in developing regional and global economy and fuel the creation of new jobs, new business growth and increase in entrepreneurial activities. In this study, it was attempted to investigate the impact of family business characteristics...