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The appearance of a term such as transaction costs, effective for the world of digital economy in which we live, is due to the Nobel Prize-winning economist Ronald H. Coase, and several of his famous articles (the germ is found in ‘The Nature of the Firm’). In particular, in the terminology of Coase, transaction costs would become the costs associated with the use and calculation of market price mechanism, or put another way, the costs that firms incur when, instead to use their own internal resources, leaving the market to find those products and services.

Why are there groups of people working together under one organizational framework? Why is there the market within the firm? Why is not profitable to every worker, every step of the production process to become an independent buyer and seller? Why not auction their services draftsman engineer? Why not sell the design engineer to the highest bidder?

For over sixty years, the economist Ronald Coase asked why firms exist. His reflection was aimed directly at the theory of Adam Smith’s invisible hand. Prevailing in the 30s, indicated that a decentralized price system itself managed the allocation of resources more efficient. That is, the market was the best mechanism to match supply and demand, set prices and extract the maximum value of finite resources. Economic activities could be coordinated perfectly by a price system without any coordination mechanism. Then, Coase asked why individuals did not act as independent buyers and sellers together rather than in companies with tens of thousands more workers?

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According to the latest developments, here are some facts to show how far the Internet has taken the time lately. According to recent statistics, half of the ancient European population than fifteen connected to the Internet. In sectors such as travel or music, the development of Internet and electronic commerce has completely changed the game. Iberia, for instance, sells tickets on the Internet in the year 2003 amounting to € 170,000,000 and have removed their commissions to brokers, travel agents, a practice that seems to follow their competitors.

Simultaneously, in the music market, Apple’s iTunes initiative has sold 70 million songs online from a catalog of 700,000 references, and Microsoft and Sony to work on the same model. For its part, eBay, the world’s largest auction house, is revolutionizing the market for buying and selling products with more than 95 million registered customers and businesses that generated almost 20 000 million euros during the year 2003, a figure that is equivalent to the GDP of Bulgaria.

These are just some examples of business success, companies with a business that can be touched with the hands, although mostly based on the Internet. Fruit of the gold mining market purchases of several initiatives taking high-profile technology companies, as recently starred Yahoo! By purchasing price comparison Kelkoo € 475,000,000, or the recent takeover Infojobs job portal, an SME Spain by Canada Trader at around 14 million euros.

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Of course we all already know that the current full market risk, although no greater risk to your financial mismanagement to be fired from the company to its creator. If you’re bored with fear pink slip, pressure and mismanagement of your boss or just want time to establish his own business, not all weaknesses, let us profit.

Why take on the economic downturn

People are unconsciously trying to calm a dream, placing obstacles, when in fact, since we have talked many times, many drawbacks, the benefits that can take advantage of some.

* Room cost: When to seek office, warehouse or room, floor commercial space is much cheaper than a few years ago. That’s the downside of real estate investors, but is the advantage of the new entrepreneurs.

* Offer Large: not only made a few Qu epuedan providers, if they do not like in the real estate. Companies that have closed and did not know what to do with your furniture. Maybe the end of the finished furniture in the trash unless someone buys. Who says real estate office, also said delivery trucks, vehicles, computers. No doubt, you can decorate, equip and equip your office is less than you ever imagined.

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In recent years, particularly after the emergence of social networks and social media, there are many who believe that consumers are “turning off” the traditional marketing.

There are many companies over the past twelve months have made significant investments in digital marketing, in fact investment in search marketing advertising during this period showed an increase of 10%. Growth has also been experienced in other areas of digital marketing and mobile marketing and advertising in media and social networks.

Experts and analysts believe that every day there are more companies that target and increase their resources and investments into the market for digital marketing at the expense of traditional marketing channels. Karin von Abrams, marketer’s analyst, highlighted in this sense that “the current web and internet environment, have acquired a leading role within the marketing strategies of the great majority of brands.”

However, rather than excluding traditional marketing activities in the promotion and marketing processes, companies should use both digital and conventional media as part of a mix of strategies. In this sense, the DMA Kevin Dandy suggests that digital marketing is most effective when used in conjunction with the methods and conventional marketing strategies as their own discretion “no channel is better than the others.”

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Not all display correctly in all that done by the entrepreneur, business, business, very often they do, they give some errors, that those who have studied have revealed, in addition to others that our professional experience has been collected. In the letter, collected more frequently, so those interested in these items were taken into account, and help others avoid that this is not to.

Several models have been implemented and a successful outcome. To consider the implementation of the cluster at the regional level we must first of all, understand what cluster.

The basic concept of Cluster is based on several corporate strategic alliances “to work as a team” for the common good of all. These organizations maintain their corporate structures, tax and legal, is does not alter their status. No need to be a branch of the same product, but whether they should or complementary products. The goal is to create, using internal or external catalyst, how to utilize the available resources, minimizing waste and cost to meet competition.

In fact, in recent years has been completely agreed to the post-industrial economy, with rapidly moving from an economy based on manufacturing and goods, which provide maximum value to information, services, support and distribution. This change favors, for its part, the so-called knowledge workers, a new class of highly educated people, wealth and mobility, which is considered free agent market. Be appropriate, then, in a knowledge-based economy, a concept which was then examined.

Faced with this reality share the views expressed by eumed.net that companies that are part of the cluster benefit by being able to act more productively in the provision of inputs, have better access to information and technology, collectively to be able to create the institutions necessary to support all efforts of the cluster. Also part of the cluster “” their interest in coordinating with related companies and is a mechanism for measuring and motivating improvement compared to other member firms of the cluster “.”

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Chilean investments abroad tripled during the first half of 2010 compared with the same period last year reaching U.S. $ 3.185 million, according to the Santiago Chamber of Commerce (CCS). The figures in the first half year amounted to, well, 76% of detected investment throughout 2009 and cumulative investment since 1990 amounts to 47.8 thousand million dollars.

If one considers only the second quarter of 2010, the reported value of transactions amounted to 1.442 million dollars, the highest amount for that period in the last 10 years, influenced by major announcements of industrial projects in Peru. The CCS anticipated also that the alliance will combine the operations of the Chilean airline LAN and TAM, to be counted during the second half, could secure a record on investments identified during this year.

For countries of destination during the first half of ads investments abroad are concentrated in Latin America. Peru accounted for 56% of the total, mainly sales sector projects department in the first quarter and industry in the second, which that country has over 9,290 million dollars of Chilean investments for the period 1990 – 2010.

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To sell products online, no need to have a unique product, perfectly can promote other people’s products.

I give the example, Amazon.com is the largest library in the virtual world and from there you can buy almost any book you would not get on the shelves of a bookstore normal. They have an affiliate program, where you recommend to visitors to its website, books you want from this shop, and every time a sale is realized, you earn a percentage of the respective committee.

Why give the example of Amazon.com? Because they were among the first to establish what today is known as affiliate programs or affiliate programs.

Today, many companies offer that you promote in exchange for financial compensation, usually in what is known as pay per action. That means that only pay you every time a person buys and give a percentage of sales. Other model, such as Pay per Click, is someone to pay you for each click to the website to make them.

One of the biggest mistakes I see about this is that if you’re Web site, or the topic you drive, or if the target you drive, it has nothing to do with the topic that we handle, you really are losing time promoting our products or services. Why? Because if the purpose of your website is to bring together people interested in carpentry, cooking, in any other thing belonging to what are the marketing and business on the Internet, the more you advertise, you will not achieve sales. And if successful, the results to be obtained will be very, very few.

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If you are beginning to offer a new product or service and nonexistent for a particular niche market, I must warn you the wrong way. And here I’ll be honest, your goal is to achieve income Internet, your goal is to sell online, your goal is not to people or companies aware that your services are required, you should focus your efforts in the public already convinced that your product is useful for them.

It is not convenient for you to determine your target audience as people who do not value the benefits of your product, because in a business that is starting, conducting awareness-raising work is a waste of time, money and resources trying to make people understand the need that exists in your product or service.

Focusing on attracting customers who are already sensitized to your product and that is of interest, we will achieve the desired outcomes in a timely manner. With the rest, you’re wasting time.

Therefore, my recommendation is do not spend to reach the market is not, you have to go to the market that it believes that such activity that you are developing it is useful for your business.

The insurance industry car in 2010 will continue to experience the side effects of the economic crisis, leading to an overall decline in premiums in the industry and entities “will be tempted to continue with the premium reduction strategy to seek acquisition targets and retention, “according to a report from the Foundations Manfred.

However, the report stresses that the tour is “very short” and that “the ratios continue to suffer and technical margin is already very small.” It also highlights the effects of the crisis will also continue to be reflected in a movement of customers to cheaper products and coverage, causing the replacement of their policies to all franchise risk and insurance products to third parties.

In addition, it highlights that there are two factors that will affect this market, the increase in VAT, which will assume the companies repair shops, and possible non-renewal of direct aid plan for the purchase of vehicles. Also, the industry is waiting for several legislative changes that will require more resources companies. However, the premium volume for the first quarter of 2010 show a moderate decline in this segment of the insurance business, with a variation of 1.7% versus 7.3% in the previous year.

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