Cryptocurrency – Meaning and How it Works

Cryptocurrency is an online digital and virtual currency which only exists electronically where it is designed to be secure and anonymous. This online currency can be offered as a medium of exchange that operates independently of a central bank. Being independent is a massive attraction for many people as it won’t have any government tampering as there is no central controlling authority. Users on the network would confirm every transaction which then become  a public record. This helps prevents the same digital/virtual currency from being spent more than once by the same individual. The ever-fast-moving market of cryptocurrency with exchange rates that can dramatically change by day or even sometimes by the hour Is quite a difficult market to understand. In the 90’s they were many attempts to create digital currencies but most of them failed due to reasons such as fraud and financial difficulties. However, in 2009 an anonymous Continue reading

Geographical Pricing

Geographical pricing refers to the location at which  the price is applicable. Geographical pricing strategy is influenced by a number  of factors such as the location of the company’s plant, the location of the  competitors’ plants and their pricing strategies, dispersion of customers, extent  of transport costs, demand and supply conditions and competitive environment.  In geographical pricing, there are generally two methods of price basis which  are stated in the offers or quotations submitted by a seller to a buyer. These are: Ex-Factory: “Ex-factory” means the prices prevailing at the factory gate.  When a seller quotes to a buyer “ex-factory price’, it means that the freight and  transit insurance costs are to the buyer’s account. In other words, the seller will  charge the costs of freight and insurance to the buyer. The more distant  customers landed costs are higher because of freight cost.   FOR Destination or FOB Destination: When Continue reading

Nature and Extent of Partner’s Authority to Bind the Firm by His Acts

Sections 18 declares that from the point of view of the third parties a partner is an agent of the firm for the purposes of the business of the firm. Even if only one partner acts on behalf of the firm liable. One partner can make all the other partners liable only if he acts within his express or implied authority. Thus, it is the express and implied authority of the partners which decides the nature and extent of their authority to kind the firm. Express authority of a partner When a partner is expressly authorized by an agreement of all the partners to do certain acts on behalf of the firm, it is called the express authority of a partner. A partner can kind the firm by any such act which falls width the scope of his authority, even if it does not fall within the scope of business. Continue reading

Why Should Organizations Strive for a Gender-Balanced Workforce?

Gender balance in organizations refers to the equal representation and participation of individuals of different genders in various positions and roles within the organization. Striving for gender balance is not only a moral imperative but also a sound business strategy. It has been proven that organizations with a diverse and inclusive workforce perform better than those with a homogeneous workforce. In this essay, we will discuss the importance of gender balance in organizations and the ways in which organizations can strive to achieve gender balance. The Importance of Gender Balance in Organizations Gender balance in organizations is critical for several reasons. First, it promotes equal opportunities for all individuals regardless of their gender. It ensures that all individuals have equal access to education, training, and job opportunities, which enables them to develop their skills and contribute to the organization’s success. Gender balance also ensures that the organization benefits from a Continue reading

How Different Generations Adapt And React To New Technologies

The new information and communication technologies (ICTs) represent all the tools available to us in terms of telecommunications, computing, audiovisual, Internet, multimedia etc. These new technologies have allowed the emergence of new practices in our daily lives. Both professionally and privately. In general, these new tools bring performance and productivity to users, but these new technologies can have several disadvantages. Who is Interested in New Technologies? And What are Their Expectations? Millennials, the generation Y is the generation which is the most interested in new technologies. They are already aware of new trends and they want new things, they want to live new experiences. Millennials are young people born between 1980 and 2000 and they represent 25% of the total population all around the world. Their expectations are totally different from the other generation such as baby boomers or generation X. This is the generation who born with the internet and then Continue reading

Case Study: Google’s Quest for Competitive Advantage

In 1996 two computer science PhD students at Stanford University, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, were wondering how they could sort through the massive amount of information that was starting to appear on the Web to find specific and useful information on a topic. Although there were several different technologies, or search engines, available to search the Web for information, none of them seemed particularly useful to Brin and Page because they failed to distinguish between useful and trivial Web sites. Brin and Page decided to build a search engine that not only would examine the words on Web pages and then index them as other search engines did, but also would look at how and where these words were being used and at the number of other Web sites linked to a page. The goal was to have the search engine return a list of Web pages with the Continue reading