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International Business: Session 1 & 2
International Business: Session 1 & 2
Session 1 & 2
a)- Defining Business in international
context
b)- India’s position in global business
B.S.Pani
Ravenshaw Business School
MBA-II : Octo-2009
Defining Business
• Business is for making money – creating
wealth for the investor in the venture.
• Wealth is the sum total of additional
assets created from the utilized assets.
• An ‘Asset’ is one whose worth can be
“monetanised” or assessed and
expressed in monetary terms.
• In short – Business means “Making
Money”.
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What good Business is supposed
to do!
• Generate Revenue in excess of the cost of
money at levels higher than other alternate
businesses.
• Generate revenue to fund operations fully
accommodating, inflation, escalation and
currency fluctuation.
• Add to the surplus or reserves to be able to take
care of growth.
• Create wealth for the stake holders / investors in
excess of what other investments would offer to
them.