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Business ServicesBusiness services legally recognized organizational services designed to provide goods to consumers. Business services are predominant in capitalist economies, most being privately owned and formed to earn profit to increase the wealth of owners. The owners and operators of business services have as one of their main objectives the receipt or generation of a financial return in exchange for work and acceptance of risk. Notable exceptions include cooperative businesses and state-owned enterprises. Socialistic systems involve either government, public, or worker ownership of most sizable Business services .The etymology of " business services " relates to the state of being busy either as an individual or society as a whole, doing commercially viable and profitable work. The term " business services " has at least three usages, depending on the scope — the plural usage (above) to mean a particular activities of providing business services as a company or corporation, the generalized usage to refer to a particular market sector, such as " the music business services " and compound forms such as agribusiness, or the broadest meaning to include all activity by the community of suppliers of goods and business services . However, the exact definition of business services , like much else in the philosophy of business services , is a matter of debate. Business services Studies, the study of the management of individuals to maintain collective productivity in order to accomplish particular creative and productive goals (usually to generate profit), is taught as an academic subject in many schools.
Basic Forms of Business ServicesAlthough forms of business services vary by jurisdiction, there are several common forms:
Business Services ClassificationsWall Street, Manhattan is the location of the New York Stock Exchange and is often used as a symbol for the world of business services . There are many types of business services and as a result, business services are classified in many ways.
There are many other divisions and subdivisions of business services . The authoritative list of business services types for North America is generally considered to be the North American Industry Classification System, or NAICS. The equivalent European Union list is the NACE.
Human Resources Within Business ServicesTypically responsible forhiring, firing, payroll, benefits, etc. Finance responsible for managing the business services financial resources Budgeting and forecasting planning how business services wants things to happen Cash and treasury management ensuring the business services has money when it's needed Accounts payable and receivable ensuring the business services receives what it's owed and pay what it owes Tax planning / filing and reporting meeting obligations to the government Risk management ensuring the business services doesn't get surprised by something unfavorable External and internal reporting providing visibility into the business services for those who need it through financial reporting and other types of reporting Marketing and sales responsible for selling the business services goods or services to the customer and for managing the relationships with the customer Marketing Typically responsible for promoting interest in, and generating demand for, the business services , and positioning them within the market Sales finding likely purchasers and obtaining their agreement (known as a contract) to buy the business services Operations makes the product or delivers the business services Production produces the raw materials into the delivered goods, if they require processing Customer service supports customers who need help with the goods or business services Procurement responsible for acquiring the goods and business services necessary for the business. Sometimes organized as:
manages the business services computer and data assets Communications / Public Relations responsible for communicating to the outside world Administration provides administrative support to the other departments within the business services Internal Audit an independent control function typically accountable to the Board of Directors for reporting on the proper functioning of the other departments within the business services.
Management of Business ServicesThe study of the efficient and effective operation of business services is called management. The main branches of management are financial management, marketing management, human resource management, strategic management, production management, service management, information technology management, and business services intelligence.
Government Regulation of Business ServicesMost legal jurisdictions specify the forms of ownership that business services can take creating a body of commercial law for each type.
Organizing Business Services ProvisionThe major factors affecting how business services are organized are usually:
Many business services are operated through a separate entity such as a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company. Most legal jurisdictions allow people to organize such an entity by filing certain charter documents with the relevant Secretary of State or equivalent and complying with certain other ongoing obligations. The relationships and legal rights of shareholders, limited partners, or members are governed partly by the charter documents and partly by the law of the jurisdiction where the entity is organized. Generally speaking, shareholders in a corporation, limited partners in a limited partnership, and members in a limited liability company are shielded from personal liability for the debts and obligations of the entity, which is legally treated as a separate "person." This means that unless there is misconduct, the owner's own possessions are strongly protected in law, if the business services do not succeed. Where two or more individuals own business services together but have failed to organize a more specialized form of vehicle, they will be treated as a general partnership. The terms of a partnership are partly governed by a partnership agreement if one is created, and partly by the law of the jurisdiction where the partnership is located. No paperwork or filing is necessary to create a partnership, and without an agreement, the relationships and legal rights of the partners will be entirely governed by the law of the jurisdiction where the business services partnership is located. A single person who owns and runs business services is commonly known as a sole proprietor, whether he or she owns it directly or through a formally organized entity. A few relevant factors to consider in deciding how to operate business services include:
Business Services Commercial LawMost business services transactions are governed by a very detailed and well-established body of rules that have evolved over a very long period of time, it being the case that governing trade and business services commerce was a strong driving force in the creation of law and courts in Western civilization.As for other laws that regulate or impact business services in many countries it is all but impossible to chronicle them all in a single reference source. There are laws governing treatment of labor and generally relations with business services employees, safety and protection issues (OSHA or Health and Safety), anti-discrimination laws (age, gender, disabilities, race, and in some jurisdictions, sexual orientation), minimum wage laws, union laws, workers compensation laws, and annual vacation or working hours time. In some specialized business services , there may also be licenses required, either due to special laws that govern entry into certain business services trades, occupations or professions, which may require special education, or by local governments who just want your money. Professions that require special licenses run the gamut from law and medicine to flying airplanes to selling liquor to radio broadcasting to selling investment securities to selling used cars to roofing. Local jurisdictions may also require special licenses and taxes just to operate business services without regard to the type of business services involved. Some business services are subject to ongoing special regulation. These business services industries include, for example, public utilities, investment securities, banking, insurance, broadcasting, aviation, and health care providers. Environmental regulations are also very complex and can impact many kinds of business services in unexpected ways.
Business Services CapitalWhen business services need to raise money (called 'capital'), more laws come into play. A highly complex set of laws and regulations govern the offer and sale of investment securities (the means of raising money) in most Western countries. These regulations can require disclosure of a lot of specific financial and other information about the business services and give buyers certain remedies. Because "securities" is a very broad term, most business services investment transactions will be potentially subject to these laws, unless a special exemption is available.Business services capital may be raised through private means, by public offer (IPO) on a stock exchange, or in many other ways. Major stock exchanges include the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq (USA), the London Stock Exchange (UK), the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Japan), and so on. Most countries with capital markets have at least one. Business services that have gone "public" are subject to extremely detailed and complicated regulation about their internal governance (such as how executive officers' compensation is determined) and when and how information is disclosed to the public and their shareholders. In the United States, these business services regulations are primarily implemented and enforced by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Other Western nations have comparable business services regulatory bodies. As noted at the beginning, it is impossible to enumerate all of the types of laws and regulations that impact on business services today. In fact, these laws have become so numerous and complex, that no business services lawyer can learn them all, forcing increasing specialization among corporate attorneys. It is not unheard of for teams of 5 to 10 attorneys to be required to handle certain kinds of business services transactions, due to the sprawling nature of modern regulation. Commercial law spans general corporate law, employment and labor law, healthcare law, securities law, M&A law (who specialize in acquisitions), tax law, ERISA law (ERISA in the United States governs business services employee benefit plans), food and drug regulatory law, intellectual property law (specializing in copyrights, patents, business services trademarks and such), telecommunications law, and more. In Thailand, for example, it is necessary to register a particular amount of capital for each business services employee, and pay a fee to the government for the amount of capital registered. There is no legal requirement to prove that this business services capital actually exists, the only requirement is to pay the fee. Overall, processes like this are detrimental to the development and GDP of a country, but often exist in "feudal" developing countries.
Business Services and Intellectual propertyBusiness services often have important "intellectual property" that needs protection from competitors in order for the business services company to stay profitable. This could require patents or copyrights or preservation of trade secrets. Most business services have names, logos and similar branding techniques that could benefit from trademarking. Patents and business services copyrights in the United States are largely governed by federal law, while trade secrets and business services trademarking are mostly a matter of state law. Because of the nature of intellectual property, business services needs protection in every jurisdiction in which they are concerned about competitors. Many countries are signatories to international treaties concerning business services intellectual property, and thus business services registered in these countries are subject to national laws bound by these treaties.
Business Services Exit plansBusiness services can be bought and sold. Business services owners often refer to their plan of disposing of the business services as an "exit plan." Common exit plans include IPOs, MBOs and mergers with other business services . |
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