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.
A form of debt issued by corporations, federal agencies, and local, state, and national governments, a bond is a financial security designed to pay back the bondholder on particular dates. Payments received by the bondholder typically consist of the repayment at the time of maturity of the principal …
Sub-Saharan Africa is comprised of 48 countries. Forty-two of these countries are mainland countries and six are island countries that spread across four geographical regions: west Africa (21 mainland and two island countries), central Africa (five mainland countries), east Africa (eight mainland and one island countries), and south …
Bottleneck is the “narrow part of a bottle near the top.” The literal meaning aside, the term refers to “a place or stage in a process at which progress is impeded” and was first used sometime between 1895 and 1900. It is used in varied contexts at present: …
“Bottom of the pyramid” (BOP) refers to the persistent dilemma of the world’s poorest four billion people subsisting on less than $2 per day in developing countries. According to C. K. Prahalad, this socioeconomic demographic is a relatively untapped commercial market for multinational corporations (MNCs). He calls on …
Founded in 1952 by Francis Bouygues (pronounced “bweeg”) and run by his son Martin since 1989, Bouygues is a Parisian industrial holding company with two main focuses: construction and telecommunications. One of the largest construction contractors in the world, its over 113,000 employees are employed in 80 countries. …
The third largest of the six super majors, British Petroleum (BP) originated when the last Shah of Persia (before that country became known as Iran) granted an oil concession to British land speculator William Knox D’Arcy in 1901. Fittingly, the company that has been so intertwined with modern …
Brain drain is a popular term describing the international migration of highly skilled professionals. Transnational relocation of the highly skilled adheres to general migration patterns, but with some differences. Highly trained migrants are attracted to fast-growing economies from slow-growing economies, from low-wage to high-wage regions, and from political …
A branch is a part of an organization that is located in a different geographic region than the parent organization. It is also called a branch office and is very similar to a subsidiary. Although it functions autonomously, it is an extension of the corporate headquarters. Authority is …
Branding entails much more than simply affixing a clever logo to a product. In fact, the act of branding encompasses a wide range of marketing activities such as product design, name, packaging, advertising, and image projection—all of which are designed with one core purpose in mind: To differentiate …
Brand loyalty is defined as a consumer behavior whereby the consumer prefers to continually purchase the same product over time rather than purchase competing products. This behavior usually occurs when the customer believes the brand he or she is purchasing offers a better product or experience than those …
The territory of the Federative Republic of Brazil is subdivided into five regions (south, southeast, central west, northeast, and north) and 26 federal states as well as the federal district with its capital Brasília. Counting a population of 189.3 million people and a gross domestic product (GDP) of …
Toward the end of World War II, there appeared to be a necessity for an international monetary system so as to accomplish meaningful economic coordination between countries, if they were to rejuvenate their economies and live in peace. To attain these goals, delegates from 44 countries led by …
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are together known as the Bretton Woods institutions. They were created at a meeting of 44 countries in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, in July 1944. Their goals were to assist in rebuilding the shattered postwar economy and to promote …
Bribery is the practice of enticing people to do something they are otherwise reluctant, unwilling, or legally forbidden to do, with money or gifts. Though that description may sound straightforward, attitudes toward bribery vary widely around the world and across different contexts. A comparison might be to the …
“The BRICs” refers to Brazil, Russia, India, and China, and specifically to their fast-growing but still developing economies (and, by implication, their similar goals and the mutual benefits to be had from an alliance). The term was coined by Jim O’Neill, head of global economic research at finance …
The contribution of the British East India Company (EIC) to the British Empire was considerable. In the closing years of her reign, Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) granted a royal charter to the company on December 31, 1600, with rights of trading east of the Cape of Good Hope. …
Brunei (Brunei Darussalam) is an Islamic sultanate located on the northern coast of the island of Kalimantan (Borneo) facing the South China Sea. It is divided into two sections, separated by territory (the Limbang Valley) of the state of Sarawak, Malaysia. The Sultan, His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal …
The BSE Sensitive Index (Sensex) is a value-weighted index tracking the performance of 30 stocks on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). The Bombay Stock Exchange was established in 1875, and in the 21st century it lists more stocks (4,700) than any other exchange in the world. By market …
British Telecom (BT) Group plc is the world’s oldest communications company. BT can trace its lineage back to the late 1800s, when, following the Telegraph Act of 1892, the lines of the two private companies that provided the bulk of the then United Kingdom (UK) telephone network were …
Bulgaria is a country in southeastern Europe that lies south of Romania, north of Greece and Turkey, and has a coastline along the western edge of the Black Sea. Since its reestablishment as an independent country in 1878 after the rule of the Ottoman Empire (from 1422), Bulgaria …
