Category: Business Administration

Business Administration, COVID-19, Small Busines

COVID-19 Effects on Minority-Owned Small Businesses

COVID-19 is the most demanding challenge for humanity since World War II. The pandemic not only caused millions of deaths but has massively disrupted international finances, trade, and global value chains. However, the consequences are unequal across regions, sectors, gender, and race (Castañeda et al., 2020). In the U.S., the shockwave substantially affected small businesses, particularly those owned by minorities. Latino and African American companies … Continue reading COVID-19 Effects on Minority-Owned Small Businesses

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Business Administration, International Business

How Technology Companies Avoid Taxes: Irish Paradise

The U.S. corporate tax is one of the highest in the world; in the last forty years, succeeding Democrat and Republican governments identified corporations as a source of income, and corporation tax reached 35% during the Obama administration; one of the main objectives of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, promoted by President Trump, was the reduction of the corporate tax rate to … Continue reading How Technology Companies Avoid Taxes: Irish Paradise

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Business Administration, International Business

Failed strategic alliances: Danone case study

Failed strategic alliances: Danone case study Multinational firms face many difficulties in entering a foreign market, especially if they have a different language, business culture, regulations, and market expectations; globalization can be a costly choice. According to Griffin and Pustay (2015), the organization has to organize decision making, distribution, advertising, marketing, and financial decisions. One way to avoid the long and expensive path of starting … Continue reading Failed strategic alliances: Danone case study

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Business Administration, International Business

International Wine Trade

Since ancient times, the wine trade has been an important international market:  Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, and almost every civilization produced wine and export or import it. In the modern era, wine is a coveted good, and the global market experienced rapid growth. According to Mariani, Pomario, and Boatto (2012), in the 1960s, the export share of global wine production was 10%, and in 1990 it … Continue reading International Wine Trade

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