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The Canvas is a business model created by Alexander Osterwalder (author world reference for innovation and business models) that logically describes how organizations create, deliver and capture value. The process of designing the business model is part of business strategy, so it is vital to structure this type of in-depth resources for learning how a business operates and know the strengths and weaknesses of it.

This model, made by Osterwalder team, is looking for a diagram called “canvas”, consisting of 9 building blocks to meet the intent of the organization, which will be applied to the model, review the different ways of being profitable their industry.

It is worth mentioning that every business model will bring added value to any company who uses them, because from them, there will be a greater sense and vision of the organization through a systematic approach that covers all aspects of corporation.

Companies both large and SMEs need to have a business plan for credit, find partners and achieve business goals.

A businessman or entrepreneur usually asks the question: what is it for a business plan. For a long time in business was not carried out any plan and was operating according to the experience. However, currently requires the completion of a business plan to avoid bankruptcy of the company, increase the chances of success and more easily obtain financing.

A business plan is a guidance document prepared by the entrepreneur or the entrepreneur, but you can also request the services of a consultant. Includes topics such as business description, the curriculum of the entrepreneur, marketing strategies, organizational, administrative, legal and financial. The first page should include a summary of business data and key findings in relation to market goods or services offered, such as financial data and capital investment required. Subsequently, data are appended curriculum by the employer.

The economic crisis has led to changes and transition processes in many companies. DBM Spain has made a list of the key steps to implement a strategy of organizational change.

Measured by indicators of satisfaction. The first step has to be done is to gather customer information. There are a thousand ways to meet customer feedback. Whatever method is used, whatever the level on which collects information must be translated into indicators. These indicators should help to know what is happening out there with customers. You do not need dozens. A few, properly selected can provide the right balance between customer information and effort required to obtain it.

Analyze the data. Measure is useless if not transform the data into “readable” that would begin to act on it. The basic analysis will establish appropriate levels for each indicator, so jump alerts from certain deviations. From here, the more you make the better. A sufficient depth analysis will take the next steps with greater firmness. The objective of this stage is to have a picture for understanding the situation regarding the customer relationship and experience. Read the rest of this entry »

When we want to start a new business venture is common for many of us see ourselves overwhelmed by the large amount of expenses that are necessary for the start of the project. This is a major constraint for many interesting business ideas. Lack of capital is the worst enemy for business.

Through ingenuity and structural innovation capacity will help us bring out business projects at a low cost, using our creativity we can find solutions efficiently and get the benefit of our company.

Virtual offices are one of the most interesting and abstract creativity and ingenuity in the way of saving economic resources. Speaking of virtual office can refer to two distinct areas but can live perfectly.

We can refer to physical location where the activity takes place in the enterprise, virtual offices, is not the traditional office as we know it. The virtual office savings raises the cost of rental and supply through the organization of work “no face” and using the network, which uses the physical space, only for very specific activities such as meetings, presentations with clients. Read the rest of this entry »

It is conceived as the process of managing technology development, implementation and dissemination in the industrial, public and private sectors and society in general. Also involves managing the process of innovation through research and development (ID), which includes the introduction and use of technology in products, industrial processes, and other structural and functional areas of the company, as well as the use of this knowledge in solving various problems of society, human beings and the environment.

The GT is of vital importance in contemporary management, as it is a powerful tool that should be framed within the overall innovation processes developed in organizations. The control of technology resources provides a competitive advantage for organizations, especially those in which is integrated into the overall strategy of the company. And this is much more important for organizations dedicated to the generation of products or services in high technology sectors in which the validity of a particular technology (in terms of adequacy and performance compared to other competitors) is increasingly smaller (shorter product cycles).

For COTEC foundation for technological innovation, technology management includes all activities that enable an organization to make the best use of science and technology generated both externally and internally.

A collection of systematic methods of process management application of knowledge, extend the range of human activities and produce goods and services to gain competitive advantage in organizations.

From there lies an organization that has incorporated technology management in their culture, allows the activities of it are incorporated in the value chain and are carried out systematically by means of basic processes that carry out functions of technology management.

The processes under study of technology management in social processes are complex, multidimensional, inseparable from its context and the totality of social processes, and therefore statements involve historical dimensions and characteristics, economic and sociological. It is technology management as an area of ??knowledge and transdisciplinary field of knowledge, which combines and relates this knowledge parceled, through its restructuring and re-contextualization, to build a better vision that incorporates all of characteristics of the process.

The process of technology management, as well as the process of technological development and use of the technology itself can only be the domain of knowledge, skills and abilities associated with these processes. Knowledge, skills and abilities that constitute the technological capabilities, which are those that enable and support all activities involved in technological development, but also everything that an organization or company does in its value chain.

They are part of the technological resources, along with all the facilities and other intangibles such as intellectual property, databases and knowledge. These are capabilities that support the features of products and services, processes and production methods, materials used, methods of organization and management and administrative processes, and with which they operate, improve, transform, replace and create production systems and products.

It becomes much more important this function of technology management from the recognition that technological resources are essential elements that enable companies and countries to participate in a stable and growing markets.

The GT is an important factor of competitiveness for all that she represents for the organization at the level of the particular company is not sufficient to achieve full competitiveness, since the latter is systemic, and it is no secret that international markets not only competing companies.

Results-based management, also known as management by objectives or management by results is a management approach that seeks to increase the effectiveness and impact of the policies of the organization through greater accountability of officials for the results of its management.

It is a dynamic system that integrates the needs of the company to achieve its profit and growth objectives with the need for help managing their own development. It is a challenging and balanced style of business management. It is characterized by flexible resource adequacy, management and structure of responsibilities, a precise set of strategic outcomes, as defined and disclosed in advance of performing a set period of time.

By implementing this management, it tends to provide the administration, both public and private a set of methodologies and techniques to achieve consistency and coherence between the strategic objectives and plans of each of the agencies or entities productive sectors.

Managing for results in measuring the results. This simple evidence, it seems so obvious, yet is complex to analyze the operational management products to be measured (often intangible services) to analyze strategic management is necessary to measure the results that these products generate and for whom and for policy analysis is necessary to know the effects and impacts on society are achieved. For all that is necessary to build and implement indicators valid and legitimate, because the indicators are the shared vision of how to achieve the goals.

The results should be achieved within a productivity environment in which the effectiveness and efficiency combine to ensure a highly productive organization with the rational use of resources, generating new revenues to ensure organizational sustainability and added value for the customer / user, entrepreneurs, members of the organization and the country. Read the rest of this entry »

Many small and medium businesses listen to Internet applications, websites, social networks and so much more but are not clear as they can make money online and how we can use all these tools.

This means that many businesses still have no web presence or those who already have their website very quickly abandon it by not knowing exactly how to take advantage of your website being relegated to a sort of extension of your ad in the yellow pages of a phone.

Internet technology is, however, much more than simply putting a website of our company and if we properly use the technology sooner we can get the maximum benefit and thus make more money or not because they believe that large companies spend million dollars in it.

It is vital to achieve these goals creating a technology plan for our business idea to be clear about the objectives that will have this plan since the internet can help us from “within” the internal organization and “outward” to connect with our customers and sell our products and services online.

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On a world where uncertainty prevails, economies and markets in flux, the activity of the current employer must be increasingly based on systematic and appropriate instruments of management control.

That is, it requires real activity dynamic analysis of changes in the macro environment and micro business environment, the efficiency is to reduce the likelihood of casualty in the process of planning and organization of the company, which, in terms general, are due to the increased level of risk in this area.

This leads us to act with the full conviction that entrepreneurial intuition alone is not a sufficient condition to create a strong and stable company in the long term.

This course is intended as a guide for employers and managers who shoulder the responsibility of running a business, either at the stage of gestation and commissioning, and in the current phase of operation, using an instrument such as the Business Plan.

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According to Albert Einstein, linear time as we perceive does not exist. Is the human being who by necessity has divided his history into periods such as centuries, years, months, days, etc.,

Hence, that each New Year is just an illusion? However, this illusion or subdivision that is always an opportunity to set a starting point that marks the beginning of a new purpose or goal.

Whether or not Einstein is right, for the true entrepreneur, every moment of your life is an opportunity to start a project.
No matter if half of the year, month, or whether it is day or night, the entrepreneurial spark is like the law of relativity, has no space or time fixed, it all depends where you look.

However, we must not squander the momentum of the New Year 2011, if that’s part of our tradition, for that reason we present to you the following tips entrepreneurs:

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This paper shows a set of practical tools and concepts in an orderly and sequential allow individuals or institutions interested in creating or forming business service centers for SMEs, able to collect concrete experiences and facilitate the process of implementing these organizations.

The document is divided into two parts, the first part presents five chapters that allow readers to learn about topics relating to general definitions about the importance of business plans in the second chapter touches the importance of strategic planning at the heart base and to develop operational planning and short term.

In the third chapter introduces the concepts of business development services, the importance of the perception that corporate customers have about the usefulness of these in their respective businesses.

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