Business administration

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Business administration, also known as business management, is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. From the point of view of management and leadership, it also covers fields that include office building administration, accounting, finance, designing, development, quality assurance, data analysis, sales, project management, information-technology management, research and development, marketing and communication studies. Overview The administration of a business includes the performance or management of business operations and decision-making, as well as the efficient organization of people and other resources to direct activities towards common goals and objectives. In general, "administration" refers to the broader management function, including the associated finance, personnel and MIS services. Administration can refer to the bureaucratic or operational performanc

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Andrea Baranzini, Caroline Schaerer, Philippe Thalmann

On June 27–30, 2007, we organized at the Geneva School of Business Administration an International Symposium entitled "Hedonic Methods in Real Estate". During the first day, called the "Swiss hedonic day", Swiss researchers from universities, consulting firms and banks discussed the models they use, the topics analysed, data, econometric issues, and results of the hedonic approach applied to the Swiss housing and property markets. We selected some of the papers that were presented during the Swiss Day, carefully reviewed them and had their authors revise them repeatedly. Those papers are now contained in the present issue of the Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics. This contribution introduces the issue and summarizes the papers presented in this issue.

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Entrepreneurship is one of the youngest disciplines in the area of business administration. Hence, there is a special need for literature that can be used in teaching and that can serve as a basis for research. This article reviews five textbooks and three research-oriented books on entrepreneurial marketing, which is regarded as one of the key areas of entrepreneurship. As the review shows, there is no textbook that covers all relevant aspects of entrepreneurial marketing in sufficient breadth and depth. Most books are dominated by contents from general marketing, despite the fact that emerging firms face some very specific challenges in their marketing activities. Our review of the research-oriented literature uncovers a need for more detailed studies that address distinct phenomena in entrepreneurial marketing. Thus, this new and vibrant field offers plenty of opportunities to generate important research findings.

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The structural and performance effects of internetworking: Why IT still matters, and probably more than you think!

Christopher Tucci

(The Internet enabling of business operations is affecting the scope, structure, and performance of firms, and this article shows that deeply internetworked firms are more focused, less hierarchical, and form external partnerships more readily. They are also more operationally efficient. However, though clear operational benefits associate with Internet enabling, little IT derived competitive advantage is noted. By differentiating operational from strategic internetworking we explain why this should be so. However, this lack of any notable competitive advantage does not mean Internet enabling is any less important, nor that IT no longer matters. Internetworking’s operational effects are so profound in their own right that they warrant attention regardless of the presence (or otherwise) of any strategic effects. New forms of organization and better methods of operational integration and control are emerging, and these structural and performance effects are seen because internetworking is being widely dispersed and effectively commoditized. Despite its utility - like status IT still matters, now more than ever).

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