Econ. Dec. 8
Published on Dec 15, 2015
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big and small businesses
mr. melkonian
given wide range of enterprise
no general clear definition of small or large business
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small business
a lot of them - big contributor to canadian economy
big business
employ thousands of people - political influence
canadian federation of independent business (cfib)
formed to show government the importance of small business
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This lobby group has 85,000 + members and has been around since the early 70s. They use numbers to classify Canadian businesses into 3 categories
small business
independent owned firms - less than 50 employees
medium business
independent firm - 50 to 499 employees
big business
independent firm, 500+ workers
fierce competition from other small firms
competition keeps them running efficiently!
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cross-fit
only group training, specific, could be sensitive to things... such as?
how to be successful?
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if my cross-fit gym is doing better than the competition...
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extreme fitness - goodlife
why do this?
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chrysler + dailmer-benz
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rogers
buying the jays
diversify and extend scope
programming + advertisement for rogers
big business can buy small ones
specific technology being developed
IBM and Dell
work together, share patented tech, new technology
corporate concentration
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very few people are making most of the money
less than 1% of businesses have 40% of the revenue
holding companies
enterprises not engaged n any form of industrial activity
conglomorate
group of companies involved in diff. industries but controlled centrally
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multinational corporations
as part of growth/expansion
firms sell part of their output abroad
those golden archs...
pretty much all over the place
germany vs india
a wee bit different...
many located in the states
sub-operations in canada - why?
Reasons for multinational corporations
- Profit
- Free access to new markets
- Reducing operating costs
- Geographic diversification
brain drain
idea that too many canadian researchers are being attracted abroad (US)
