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To Nancy, Allen, Carmen, Mike, Ashley, Charlie, J.R., and Gracie Pride
To the memory of my wife Peggy and to my mother Barbara Hughes
To my wife Theresa; my children Karen, Kathryn, and Dave; and in memory of my parents Ram and Sheela Kapoor
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Part 1 the Environment of Business 2 Chapter 1 Exploring the World of Business and Economics 2 Chapter 2 Being Ethical and Socially Responsible 37 Chapter 3 Exploring Global Business 68
Part 2 Business Ownership and Entrepreneurship 104 Chapter 4 Choosing a Form of Business Ownership 104 Chapter 5 Small Business, Entrepreneurship, and Franchises 132
Part 3 Management and Organization 164 Chapter 6 Understanding the Management Process 164 Chapter 7 Creating a Flexible Organization 188 Chapter 8 Producing Quality Goods and Services 210
Part 4 Human resources 244 Chapter 9 Attracting and Retaining the Best Employees 244 Chapter 10 Motivating and Satisfying Employees and Teams 272
Part 5 Marketing 304 Chapter 11 Building Customer Relationships Through Effective Marketing 304 Chapter 12 Creating and Pricing Products That Satisfy Customers 329 Chapter 13 Distributing and Promoting Products 362
Part 6 Information, accounting, and Finance 400 Chapter 14 Exploring Social Media and e-Business 400 Chapter 15 Using Management and Accounting Information 433 Chapter 16 Mastering Financial Management 466
Glossary G-1 Name Index NI-1 Subject Index SI-1
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About the Author xii Acknowledgments xiii
PArT 1 The Environment of Business 2 Chapter 1: Exploring the World of Business and Economics 2
5 Inside Business: Visa’s Vast Global Payments Empire 3 Your Future in the Changing World of Business 4
Why Study Business? 5 • Special Note to Business Students 8 Personal App: Be the employee you’d like to hire! 7 Business: A Definition 10
The Organized Effort of Individuals 10 • Satisfying Needs 11 • Business Profit 12
Types of Economic Systems 12 Capitalism 14 • Capitalism in the United States 15 • Command Economies 17
Measuring Economic Performance 18 The Importance of Productivity in the Global Marketplace 18 • The Nation’s Gross Domestic Product 19 • Important Economic Indicators That Measure a Nation’s Economy 20
The Business Cycle 21 Career Success: Career Moves and the Business Cycle 22 Types of Competition 23
Perfect Competition 23 • Monopolistic Competition 25 • Oligopoly 26 • Monopoly 26
Entrepreneurial Success: Meet the Teenaged Founder of Fish Flops 26
American Business Today 27 Early Business Development 27 • Business Development in the 1900s 28 • A New Century: 2000 and Beyond 29 • The Current Business Environment 29 • The Challenges Ahead 31
Social Media: Government Agencies Go Social 30 Summary 32 Key Terms 34 Discussion Questions 34 Video Case: KlipTech Turns Recycled Paper into Products
and Profits 34 Building Skills for Career Success 35
Endnotes 36
Chapter 2: Being Ethical and Socially Responsible 37
5 Inside Business: Tesla Motors 38
Business Ethics Defined 39 Ethical Issues 39
Fairness and Honesty 39 • Organizational Relationships 40 • Conflict of Interest 40 • Communications 41
Factors Affecting Ethical Behavior 41 Individual Factors Affecting Ethics 42 • Social Factors Affecting Ethics 42 • Opportunity as a Factor Affecting Ethics 43
Encouraging Ethical Behavior 43 Government’s Role in Encouraging Ethics 43 • Trade Associations’ Role in Encouraging Ethics 44 • Individual Companies’ Role in Encouraging Ethics 44 • Social Responsibility 46
The Evolution of Social Responsibility in Business 47 Historical Evolution of Business Social Responsibility 47 • Two Views of Social Responsibility 49 • The Pros and Cons of Social Responsibility 49
Ethical Success or Failure Businesses Feel Pressure Over Conditions in Suppliers’ Factories 50
Public Responsibilities of Business 51 Consumerism 51 • Public Health 53
Personal App: Do you always know what you’re buying? 52 Social Media: The FTC Blogs and Tweets Too 53 Employment Practices 55
Affirmative Action Programs 56 • Training Programs for the Hard-Core Unemployed 57 • Programs to Reduce Sexual Harassment and Abusive Behavior 57
Environmental Concerns 58 Pollution 59 • Effects of Environmental Legislation 59 • Business Response to Environmental Concerns 60
Career Success: Aiming to Be a Chief Sustainability Officer? 59
Implementing a Program of Social Responsibility 62 Commitment of Top Executives 62 • Planning 62 • Appointment of a Director 62 • The Social Audit 62
Summary 63 Key Terms 64 Discussion Questions 64 Video Case: PortionPac Chemical Is People-Friendly,
Planet-Friendly 65 Building Skills for Career Success 65
Endnotes 66
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Chapter 3: Exploring Global Business 68
5 Inside Business: Walmart’s Global Business Strategy 69 The Basis for International Business 70
Absolute and Comparative Advantage 70 • Exporting and Importing 71
Methods of Entering International Business 73 Licensing 73 • Exporting 74 • Joint Ventures 76 • Totally Owned Facilities 77 • Strategic Alliances 77 • Trading Companies 77 • Countertrade 77 • Multinational Firms 78
Entrepreneurial Success: Advice from Global Entrepreneurs 75 Personal App 76 Restrictions to International Business 78
Types of Trade Restrictions 79 • Reasons for Trade Restrictions 81 • Reasons Against Trade Restrictions 82
The Extent of International Business 83 The Economic Outlook for Trade 83
International Trade Agreements 86 The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the World Trade Organization 86 • International Economic Organizations Working to Foster Trade 88
Career Success: Aiming for an Overseas Job? 87 Sources of Export Assistance 90 Financing International Business 91
The Export-Import Bank of the United States 91 • Multilateral Development Banks 91 • The International Monetary Fund 93 • The Challenges Ahead 93
Social Media: The IMF Goes Social Around the World 93 Summary 94 Key Terms 95 Discussion Questions 95 Video Case: Keeping Brazil’s Economy Hot 95
Building Skills for Career Success 96 Running a Business: Part 1: Let’s Go Get a Graeter’s! 98 Building a Business Plan: Part 1 100
Endnotes 102
PArT 2 Business Ownership and Entrepreneurship 104
Chapter 4: Choosing a Form of Business Ownership 104
5 Inside Business: GoPro’s Global Growth Began by Bootstrapping 105
Sole Proprietorships 106 Advantages of Sole Proprietorships 107 • Disadvantages of Sole Proprietorships 108 • Beyond the Sole Proprietorship 109
Social Media: Small Business Resources 109 Partnerships 109
Types of Partners 110 • The Partnership Agreement 111 Advantages and Disadvantages of Partnerships 112
Advantages of Partnerships 112 • Disadvantages of Partnerships 113 • Beyond the Partnership 114
Corporations 114 Corporate Ownership 115 • Forming a Corporation 115 • Corporate Structure 118
Entrepreneurial Success: Should Your Company Be a Benefit Corporation? 116
Personal App: Are you a stockholder? 117 Advantages and Disadvantages of Corporations 119
Advantages of Corporations 119 • Disadvantages of Corporations 120
Special Types of Business Ownership 121 S Corporations 121 • Limited-Liability Companies 122 • Not-for-Profit Corporations 123
Joint Ventures and Syndicates 123 Joint Ventures 124 • Syndicates 124
Ethical Success or Failure Tough Decisions for Entrepreneurs in Tough Situations 124
Corporate Growth 125 Growth from Within 125 • Growth Through Mergers and Acquisitions 125 • Merger and Acquisition Trends for the Future 127
Summary 128 Key Terms 129 Discussion Questions 129 Video Case: Project Repat Gives Old T-Shirts New Life 130
Building Skills for Career Success 130 Endnotes 131
Chapter 5: Small Business, Entrepreneurship, and Franchises 132
5 Inside Business: Bark & Co. Provides for Pampered Pooches 133
Small Business: A Profile 133 The Small-Business Sector 134 • Industries That Attract Small Businesses 135
Social Media: Small Business Saturday 135 Personal App: Have you worked for a small
business? 136 The People in Small Businesses: The Entrepreneurs 136
Characteristics of Entrepreneurs 137 • Other Personal Factors 137 • Motivation 138 • Women as Small-Business Owners 138 • Teenagers as Small-Business Owners 139 • Why Some Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses Fail 139
Career Success: Plan Now for an Entrepreneurial Venture Later 138
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The Importance of Small Businesses in Our Economy 140 Providing Technical Innovation 141 • Providing Employment 142 • Providing Competition 142 • Filling Needs of Society and Other Businesses 142
The Pros and Cons of Smallness 143 Advantages of Small Business 143 • Disadvantages of Small Business 144 • The Importance of a Business Plan 144 • Components of a Business Plan 145
The Small Business Administration 146 SBA Management Assistance 146 • Help for Minority-Owned Small Businesses 148 • SBA Financial Assistance 149
Franchising 150 What Is Franchising? 150 • Types of Franchising 150
Entrepreneurial Success: Is a Franchise in Your Future? 152
The Growth of Franchising 152 Are Franchises Successful? 153 • Advantages of Franchising 153 • Disadvantages of Franchising 154 • Global Perspectives in Small Business 155
Summary 156 Key Terms 157 Discussion Questions 157 Video Case: From Two Men and a Truck to 220
Franchises and 1,400 Trucks 158 Building Skills for Career Success 158 Running a Business: Part 2: Graeter’s: A Fourth-Generation Family Business 160 Building a Business Plan: Part 2 162
Endnotes 162
PArT 3 Management and Organization 164
Chapter 6: Understanding the Management Process 164
5 Inside Business: Managing Walt Disney for a Second Century of Creativity and Success 165
What is Management? 165 Personal App: Are you already a manager? 166 Basic Management Functions 167
Planning 167 • Organizing the Enterprise 171 • Leading and Motivating 171 • Controlling Ongoing Activities 172
Kinds of Managers 173 Levels of Management 173 • Areas of Management Specialization 174
Key Skills of Successful Managers 175 Conceptual Skills 176 • Analytic Skills 176 • Interpersonal Skills 177 • Technical Skills 177 • Communication Skills 177
Career Success: Collaborate Your Way to Success 176 Leadership 177
Formal and Informal Leadership 177 • Styles of Leadership 178 • Which Leadership Style Is the Best? 179
Entrepreneurial Success: Elon Musk’s Far-Out Ideas Are Crazy like a Fox 178
Managerial Decision Making 179 Identifying the Problem or Opportunity 180 • Generating Alternatives 180 • Selecting an Alternative 180 • Implementing and Evaluating the Solution 181
Ethical Success or Failure: CVS Backs Words with Actions 181
Managing Total Quality 181 Summary 183 Key Terms 184 Discussion Questions 184 Video Case: Meet Heidi Ganahl, Top Dog at Camp Bow
Wow 185 Building Skills for Career Success 185
Endnotes 186
Chapter 7: Creating a Flexible Organization 188
5 Inside Business: Can Structural Changes Re-Ignite McDonald’s Growth? 189
What is an Organization? 189 Developing Organization Charts 190 • Major Considerations for Organizing a Business 192
Job Design 192 Job Specialization 192 • The Rationale for Specialization 192 • Alternatives to Job Specialization 192
Career Success: Flexible Work Space: Are You Ready to Sit Next to the CEO? 193
Departmentalization 193 By Function 193 • By Product 194 • By Location 194 • By Customer 194 • Combinations of Bases 194
Delegation, Decentralization, and Centralization 195 Delegation of Authority 195 • Decentralization of Authority 196
The Span of Management 197 Wide and Narrow Spans of Management 197 • Organizational Height 198
Forms of Organizational Structure 198 The Line Structure 198 • The Line-and-Staff Structure 199 • The Matrix Structure 201 • The Network Structure 202
Personal App: Do you have a mentor? 199 Ethical Success or Failure: If We Get Ethics Right, Will
Compliance Follow? 200 Entrepreneurial Success: Entrepreneurs Set the Tone of
Corporate Culture 202 Corporate Culture 203 Committees and Task Forces 204 The Informal Organization and the Grapevine 205 Summary 206 Key Terms 207
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Discussion Questions 207 Video Case: Zappos Wants to Make Customers (and
Employees) Happy 207 Building Skills for Career Success 208
Endnotes 209
Chapter 8: Producing Quality Goods and Services 210
5 Inside Business: How Detroit Bikes Makes Bikes in Detroit 211
What is Production? 212 How American Manufacturers Compete in the Global Marketplace 212 • Careers in Operations Management 214
Social Media: Inside Boeing’s Factories 213 The Conversion Process 215
Manufacturing Using a Conversion Process 215
The Increasing Importance of Services 216 Planning Quality Services 216 • Evaluating the Quality of a Firm’s Services 217
Where do New Products and Services Come From? 218 Research and Development 218 • Product Extension and Refinement 218
Entrepreneurial Success: Have a New Product Idea? Think Quirky 219
How do Managers Plan Production? 220 Design Planning 220 • Site Selection and Facilities Planning 222 • Operational Planning 224
Career Success: How Would You Plan for Peak Holiday Deliveries? 225
Operations Control 226 Purchasing 226 • Inventory Control 227 • Scheduling 228 • Quality Control 228 • Production Planning: A Summary 231
Personal App: Nobody likes complaints! 229 Improving Productivity with Technology 232
Productivity Trends 232 • Improving Productivity Growth 233 • The Impact of Automation, Robotics, and Computers on Productivity 233 • Sustainability and Technological Displacement 235
Summary 236 Key Terms 237 Discussion Questions 237 Video Case: Chobani Gives the World a Taste for Greek
Yogurt 238 Building Skills for Career Success 239 Running a Business: Part 3: Graeter’s Grows Through Good Management, Organization, and Quality 240 Building a Business Plan: Part 3 242
Endnotes 242
PArT 4 Human resources 244
Chapter 9: Attracting and Retaining the Best Employees 244
5 Inside Business: Netflix Stands Ready to Change 245 Human Resources Management: An Overview 245
HRM Activities 246 • Responsibility for HRM 247 Personal App: How many skills do you have? 246 Human Resources Planning 247
Forecasting Human Resources Demand 247 • Forecasting Human Resources Supply 248 • Matching Supply with Demand 249
Entrepreneurial Success: Hiring Your First Employee: Key Questions to Consider 248
Cultural Diversity in Human Resources 250 Job Analysis 251 Recruiting, Selection, and Orientation 252
Recruiting 252 • Selection 254 • Orientation 256 Social Media: Recruiting Via Social Media 253 Compensation and Benefits 256
Compensation Decisions 256 • Comparable Worth 257 • Types of Compensation 258 • Employee Benefits 259
Career Success: What Are the Job Perks at Apple? 260 Training and Development 260
Analysis of Training Needs 261 • Training and Development Methods 261 • Evaluation of Training and Development 262
Performance Appraisal 262 Common Evaluation Techniques 262 • Performance Feedback 264
The Legal Environment of HRM 265 National Labor Relations Act and Labor–Management Relations Act 265 • Fair Labor Standards Act 265 • Equal Pay Act 266 • Civil Rights Acts 266 • Age Discrimination in Employment Act 266 • Occupational Safety and Health Act 266 • Employee Retirement Income Security Act 267 • Affirmative Action 267 • Americans with Disabilities Act 267
Summary 268 Key Terms 269 Discussion Questions 269 Video Case: The Container Store Hires Great Employees
to Sell Empty Boxes 269 Building Skills for Career Success 270
Endnotes 271
Chapter 10: Motivating and Satisfying Employees and Teams 272
5 Inside Business: What Makes a “Best Company to Work For”? 273
What is Motivation? 273 Historical Perspectives on Motivation 274
Scientific Management 274 • The Hawthorne Studies 275 • Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs 276 • Herzberg’s Motivation– Hygiene Theory 277 • Theory X and Theory Y 279 • Theory Z 280 • Reinforcement Theory 281
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Contemporary Views on Motivation 281 Equity Theory 281 • Expectancy Theory 282 • Goal-Setting Theory 283
Key Motivation Techniques 284 Management by Objectives 284 • Job Enrichment 285 • Behavior Modification 286 • Flextime 286 • Part-Time Work and Job Sharing 287 • Telecommuting 288 • Employee Empowerment 289 • Employee Ownership 289
Career Success: Is Flextime for You? 287 Personal App: Can you work from home? 288 Entrepreneurial Success: A Time to Micromanage 290 Teams and Teamwork 290
What Is a Team? 291 • Types of Teams 291 • Developing and Using Effective Teams 292 • Roles Within a Team 293 •
Team Cohesiveness 293 • Team Conflict and How to Resolve It 294 • Benefits and Limitations of Teams 294
Ethical Success or Failure: When Teamwork Doesn’t Work 293 Summary 295 Key Terms 296 Discussion Questions 296 Video Case: Putting the Focus on People at the Fruit
Guys 297 Building Skills for Career Success 297 Running a Business: Part 4: At Graeter’s, Tenure Is “a Proud Number” 299 Building a Business Plan: Part 4 301
Endnotes 301
PArT 5 Marketing 304
Chapter 11: Building Customer Relationships Through Effective Marketing 304
5 Inside Business: Starbucks: What’s Not to Love 305 Managing Customer Relationships 305 Utility: The Value Added by Marketing 307 The Marketing Concept 308
Evolution of the Marketing Concept 308 • Implementing the Marketing Concept 309
Markets and their Classification 310 Developing Marketing Strategies 310
Target Market Selection and Evaluation 310 • Creating a Marketing Mix 313
Entrepreneurial Success: Small Businesses Create Big Buzz 315
Marketing Strategy and the Marketing Environment 316 Social Media: Warby Parker: Social Media Star 316 Developing a Marketing Plan 317 Personal App: Do you have a personal marketing plan? 318 Market Measurement and Sales Forecasting 318 Marketing Information 318
Marketing Information Systems 318 • Marketing Research 319 • Using Technology to Gather and Analyze Marketing Information 319
Types of Buying Behavior 321 Consumer Buying Behavior 321 • Business Buying Behavior 323
Ethical Success or Failure: Should E-Cigarettes Be Marketed to Young People? 322
Summary 324 Key Terms 325 Discussion Questions 325 Video Case: Raleigh Wheels Out Steel Bicycle Marketing 326
Building Skills for Career Success 327 Endnotes 327
Chapter 12: Creating and Pricing Products That Satisfy Customers 329
5 Inside Business: GoldieBlox Gets the Gold for Capitalizing on Free Marketing Opportunities 330
Classification of Products 331 Consumer Product Classifications 331 • Business Product Classifications 332
The Product Life-Cycle 332 Stages of the Product Life-Cycle 333 • Using the Product Life-Cycle 335
Personal App: Do you have one of these? 334 Product Line and Product Mix 335 Managing the Product Mix 336
Managing Existing Products 336 • Deleting Products 337 • Developing New Products 338 • Why Do Products Fail? 340
Entrepreneurial Success: BucketFeet: A Gift of Hand- Decorated Sneakers Creates a $1 Million Business 339
Branding, Packaging, and Labeling 340 What Is a Brand? 341 • Types of Brands 341 • Benefits of Branding 341 • Choosing and Protecting a Brand 343 • Branding Strategies 344 • Brand Extensions 344 • Packaging 344 • Labeling 346
Social Media: Going Boldly Where No Cookie Has Gone Before 342
Pricing Products 346 The Meaning and Use of Price 346 • Price and Non-Price Competition 347 • Buyers’ Perceptions of Price 347
Ethical Success or Failure: What is the Real Price…? 348 Pricing Objectives 348
Survival 348 • Profit Maximization 348 • Target Return on Investment 349 • Market-Share Goals 349 • Status-Quo Pricing 349
Pricing Methods 349 Cost-Based Pricing 349 • Demand-Based Pricing 351 • Competition-Based Pricing 351
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Pricing Strategies 351 New-Product Pricing 352 • Differential Pricing 352 • Psychological Pricing 353 • Product-Line Pricing 354 • Promotional Pricing 355
Pricing Business Products 355 Geographic Pricing 355 • Transfer Pricing 356 • Discounting 356
Summary 357 Key Terms 358 Discussion Questions 359 Video Case: Mi Ola Strives for a Marketing Splash 359
Building Skills for Career Success 360 Endnotes 361
Chapter 13: Distributing and Promoting Products 362
5 Inside Business: Under Armour Gaining in the Race against Nike 363
Distribution Channels and Market Coverage 364 Commonly Used Distribution Channels 364 • Level of Market Coverage 365
Partnering Through Supply-Chain Management 366 Marketing Intermediaries: Wholesalers 367
Wholesalers Provide Services to Retailers and Manufacturers 367 • Types of Wholesalers 367
Marketing Intermediaries: Retailers 368 Types of Retail Stores 369 • Types of Nonstore Selling 371 • Types of Shopping Centers 373
Entrepreneurial Success: Mobile Goes Retro: Food Trucks and More 370
Physical Distribution 374
Inventory Management 374 • Order Processing 375 • Warehousing 375 • Materials Handling 376 • Transportation 376
What is Integrated Marketing Communications? 377 The Promotion Mix: An Overview 378 Advertising 379
Types of Advertising by Purpose 379 • Major Steps in Developing an Advertising Campaign 380 • Advertising Agencies 382 • Social and Legal Considerations in Advertising 382
Personal Selling 383 Kinds of Salespersons 383 • The Personal-Selling Process 384 • Major Sales Management Tasks 385
Sales Promotion 385 Sales Promotion Objectives 385 • Sales Promotion Methods 386 • Selection of Sales Promotion Methods 386
Personal App: Do sales promotion tools affect your buying decision? 386
Ethical Success or Failure: On-Campus Branding: What’s Your Experience? 388
Public Relations 389 Types of Public-Relations Tools 389 • Uses of Public Relations 390
Social Media: UPS and FedEx Are Social Media Savvy 389 Summary 391 Key Terms 392 Discussion Questions 393 Video Case: Honest Tea Plus Coca-Cola Equals National
Distribution 393 Building Skills for Career Success 394 Running a Business: Part 5: Graeter’s is “Synonymous with Ice Cream” 396 Building a Business Plan: Part 5 398