Category: Business Essay Examples
See our collection of business essay examples. These example essays are to help you understanding how to write essays on business-related topics. The word “business” can refer to a particular organization or to an entire market sector (for example: “the financial sector”) or to the sum of all economic activity (“the business sector“). Compound forms such as “agribusiness” represent subsets of the concept’s broader meaning, which encompasses all activity by suppliers of goods and services. Also, see our list of business essay topics to find the one that interests you.
Banco Santander Central Hispano (BSCH) is a Spanish banking group offering retail and wholesale banking, asset management and insurance service in Europe and Latin America. It is headquartered at the Ciudad Financeria Santander (Santander Financial City) in Madrid and employs around 130,000 people worldwide. The history of BSCH …
Bangladesh (population 150,448,000 in 2007, gross domestic product $208 billion in 2007) is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. A south Asian country, it is almost entirely surrounded by India except for the small Burmese border and the Bay of Bengal to the south. …
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is an organization that provides services for many central banks, nations, and other official monetary institutions around the world. However, the bank does not provide financial services to corporations or individuals. The Bank for International Settlements is responsible for promoting monetary and …
Bank of America Corp. is a bank holding company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. As of December 2007, it had $1,716 billion in assets, and 210,000 employees, more than any other U.S. bank except Citigroup. Ranked by deposits, it is the largest bank in the United States, and …
The Bank of China is one of China’s four stated-owned commercial banks. Its businesses cover commercial banking, investment banking, and insurance. The Bank of China (Hong Kong), Bank of China International, and Bank of China Group Insurance are members of the Bank of China Group. It is ranked …
Bankruptcy is the legal state of being unable to make good on one’s debts. Originally a crime—the accusatory origins of the word are retained when we refer to someone as “morally bankrupt”—ideas about and practices concerning bankruptcy have evolved over thousands of years, changing as do economic systems. …
Baoshan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., is one of China’s largest and most strategically important companies. It is the publicly listed subsidiary of Baosteel Group, a Chinese state-owned enterprise headquartered in Shanghai. The subsidiary was established in February 2000. In December of that year, 1.877 billion common shares …
Barclays Bank was founded in 1896, but its precursors date back as far as 1690. The Barclay name became connected to the business when the bankers John Freame and Thomas Gould joined forces with Freame’s son-in-law John Barclay in 1736. At the start of the 21st century Barclays, …
A barrier to entry is any obstacle that prevents potential entrants from enjoying the benefits that accrue to incumbents (established firms). These obstacles may be classified as structural or strategic. The benefits that accrue to the established firms are usually defined in terms of long-run abnormal profits (price …
Barter is a form of countertrade where goods and/or services are exchanged simultaneously without using money or similar monetary instruments. This type of trade refers to a single contract between two parties who are fully compensated by the traded nonmonetary items. This clearly distinguishes barter from other forms …
The Basel Committee on Banking Regulation and Supervisory Practices (Basel Committee), founded in 1974 by the central bankers from G10 countries, serves as a forum for banking supervisory matters. Current members of the Basel Committee come from Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, …
BASF AG (Badische Anilin-und Soda-Fabrik) is the world’s largest chemical company (in terms of both net sales and number of employees). The company has its headquarters in Ludwigshafen am Rhein (RhinelandPalatinate, Germany). BASF handles a diverse, yet interrelated, portfolio of products, including chemicals, plastics, agricultural products, fine and …
A basis point is a unit of measurement in the market for loan finance used by the market participants in relation to interest rates and bond yields. One basis point is one percent of one percent. The system of basis points is, therefore, grounded in the decimal system …
Bayer AG is a German chemical and pharmaceutical company founded in Barmen, Germany, by Friedrich Bayer in 1863. Bayer has its headquarters in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is currently the third largest pharmaceutical company globally. Bayer was one of the important German chemical companies of the late …
The standard theoretical model of economic behavior presents human beings as calculating, rational agents who (a) are motivated by self-interest and make clear and logical decisions based upon their preferences and incentives, and (b) possess an unlimited capability to process information. Although intuitively appealing, this model of consumer …
Behavioral finance is closely related to the study of behavioral economics and seeks to integrate cognitive psychology into the study of financial markets and institutions. Due to the availability of data, behavioral finance is the branch of economics were the application of behavioral ideas has had its greatest …
The Republic of Belarus (also Byelorussia) is an eastern European country, which was formerly the most western of all Soviet Union republics. It became independent in 1991, although it largely aligns its foreign policy with its eastern neighbor, the Russian Federation. Although the country had a very solid …
Belgium (11,787 sq. mi., population 10,666,866 in 2008, GDP $377 billion in 2007) is one of the founding members of the European Union (EU), and a key participant in the history and economics of Europe for centuries. Along with the Netherlands and Luxembourg, Belgium is part of the …
The Bel-20 Index is a real-time (computed in principle every 15 seconds) basket of minimum 10 and maximum 20 stocks (listed on Euronext Brussels and meeting some specific criteria) that exhibits the highest free float adjusted market capitalization. The market capitalization is the public consensus on the value …
Benefits are payments or entitlements that are provided by an employer and offered to its employees. Benefits are also referred to as company benefits, employee benefits, and fringe benefits. In most cases, benefits are promised to an employee as part of an employment agreement. Benefits can also be …
