Accounting Principles: A Business Perspective uses annual reports of real companies to illustrate many of the accounting concepts in use in business today. Gaining an understanding of accounting terminology and concepts, however, is not enough to ensure your success. You also need to be able to find information on the Internet, analyze various business situations, work effectively as a member of a team, and communicate your ideas clearly. This text was developed to help you develop these skills.

Law has different meanings as well as different functions. Philosophers have considered issues of justice and law for centuries, and several different approaches, or schools of legal thought, have emerged. In this chapter, we will look at those different meanings and approaches and will consider how social and political dynamics interact with the ideas that animate the various schools of legal thought. We will also look at typical sources of “positive law” in the United States and how some of those sources have priority over others, and we will set out some basic differences between the US legal system and other legal systems.

This class covers the analysis and modeling of stochastic processes. Topics include measure theoretic probability, martingales, filtration, and stopping theorems, elements of large deviations theory, Brownian motion and reflected Brownian motion, stochastic integration and Ito calculus and functional limit theorems. In addition, the class will go over some applications to finance theory, insurance, queueing and inventory models.

This course draws on a wide range of perspectives to explore the roots of long term competitive advantage in unusually successful firms. Using a combination of cases, simulations, readings and, most importantly, lively discussion, the course will explore the ways in which long term advantage is built from first mover advantage, increasing returns, and unique organizational competencies. We will focus particularly on the ways in which the actions of senior management build competitive advantage over time, and on the strategic implications of understanding the roots of a firm's success.

This course provides a deep understanding of engineering systems at a level intended for research on complex engineering systems. It provides a review and extension of what is known about system architecture and complexity from a theoretical point of view while examining the origins of and recent developments in the field. The class considers how and where the theory has been applied, and uses key analytical methods proposed. Students examine the level of observational (qualitative and quantitative) understanding necessary for successful use of the theoretical framework for a specific engineering system. Case studies apply the theory and principles to engineering systems.

This half-semester course introduces and surveys a selection of cutting-edge topics in the field of real estate finance and investments. The course follows an informal ‰ŰĎseminar‰Ű format to the maximum degree possible, with students expected to take considerable initiative. Lectures and discussions led by the instructors will be supplemented by several guest speakers from the real estate investment industry, who will present perspectives on current trends and important developments in the industry.

" In analyzing fiscal issues, conventional public finance approaches focus mainly on taxation and public spending. Policymakers and practitioners rarely explore solutions by examining the fundamental problem: the failure of interested parties to act collectively to internalize the positive externalities generated by public goods. Public finance is merely one of many possible institutional arrangements for assigning the rights and responsibilities to public goods consumption. This system is currently under stress because of the financial crisis. The first part of the class will focus on collective action and its connection with local public finance. The second part will explore alternative institutional arrangements for mediating collective action problems associated with the provision of local public goods. The objective of the seminar is to broaden the discussion of local public finance by incorporating collective action problems into the discourse. This inclusion aims at exploring alternative institutional arrangements for financing local public services in the face of severe economic downturn. Applications of emerging ideas to the provision of public health, education, and natural resource conservation will be discussed."

Overview of airline management decision processes, with a focus on economic issues and their relationship to operations planning models and decision support tools. Application of economic models of demand, pricing, costs, and supply to airline markets and networks. Examination of industry practice and emerging methods for fleet planning, route network design, scheduling, pricing and revenue management, with emphasis on the interactions between the components of airline management and profit objectives in competitive environments. Students participate in a competitive airline management simulation game as part of the subject requirements.

Thia American Consumer Culture course features resources for teaching and learning from the early 1900's mass market through to the boom of internet shopping.

Analytic Techniques for Public Management and Policy was written with the hope that the techniques of psychometrics, econometrics, and the ever-increasing quality of quantitative research in the social sciences can be used effectively to engage in evidence-based research. The ultimate goal is to encourage public management and policy researchers to inform more effective governance.

This course presents real-world examples in which quantitative methods provide a significant competitive edge that has led to a first order impact on some of today's most important companies. We outline the competitive landscape and present the key quantitative methods that created the edge (data-mining, dynamic optimization, simulation), and discuss their impact.

This course covers the key quantitative methods of finance: financial econometrics and statistical inference for financial applications; dynamic optimization; Monte Carlo simulation; stochastic (ItĺŞ) calculus. These techniques, along with their computer implementation, are covered in depth. Application areas include portfolio management, risk management, derivatives, and proprietary trading.

Explores how organizations can use system dynamics to achieve important goals. Student teams work with client managers to tackle the clients' most pressing issues. Students discuss experiences with their clients, and learn modeling and consulting skills they need to be effective. Focus on gaining practical insight from the system dynamics process. Projects are sponsored by diverse organizations from a range of industries and sizes from start-ups to the Fortune 500.

Develops facility with concepts, language, and analytical tools of economics. Covers microeconomics, macroeconomics, and international trade and payments. Emphasizes integration of theory, data, and judgment in the analysis of corporate decisions and public policy, and in the assessment of changing US and international business environments. Restricted to Sloan Fellows. The fact of scarcity forces individuals, firms, and societies to choose among alternative uses -- or allocations -- of its limited resources. Accordingly, the first part of this summer course seeks to understand how economists model the choice process of individual consumers and firms, and how markets work to coordinate these choices. It also examines how well markets perform this function using the economist's criterion of market efficiency. Overall, this course focuses on microeconomics, with some topics from macroeconomics and international trade. It emphasizes the integration of theory, data, and judgment in the analysis of corporate decisions and public policy, and in the assessment of changing U.S. and international business environments.

An introduction to bargaining and negotiation in public, business, and legal settings. Combines a "hands-on" skill-building orientation with a look at pertinent social theory. Strategy, communications, ethics, and institutional influences are examined as they influence the ability of actors to analyze problems, negotiate agreements, and resolve disputes in social, organizational, and political circumstances characterized by interdependent interests.

This is the textbook for the Prince George's Community College course BMK 2510: Introduction to Marketing.

This course covers the basic marketing principles found in the American business system. The student explores the concepts of market research, market segmentation, target marketing, consumer and industrial buying behavior, product development, channel strategy, promotional strategies, pricing issues, international marketing, and related topics

Course Outcomes include:

1. Relate the elements of the marketing mix, also known as the 4 P’s.

2. Distinguish the steps needed to create a strategic relationship between the marketing mix and the demographic/ psychographic make-up of the target market.

3. Examine the components of market segmentation and the various methods of segmentation.

4. Interrelate the various steps of the consumer buying process.

5. Analyze the components of Internet Marketing as they relate to traditional marketing practices.

This is the textbook for the Prince George's Community College Course, BMK-2710: Salesmanship.

The course covers the basic principles of personal selling as found in the American business system. The student learns the terms, concepts, and frameworks used by practicing professional salespeople to create win-win partnerships between buyer and seller. The student learns the interpersonal skills used in developing relationship strategies.

Within this book you’ll have a chance to meet the pros, the people who have achieved success in their careers in sales. At the beginning of each chapter you’ll have the opportunity to go on a video ride-along, a chance to hear from sales professionals and learn firsthand what it’s like to be in sales. You’ll go on video ride-alongs with some of the best in the business and hear about their personal selling experiences and tips of the trade.

This is the textbook for the Prince George's Community College course BMK-2730: Retail Business Management.

The course covers the basic retailing principles as found in the American business system. The student will learn the types of retail businesses, retail buying, selling, advertising and merchandising. The course will also examine the implications of the evolution of e-retailing as it affects how consumers make purchase decisions.

Course Outcomes
1. Distinguish among the various types of retail establishments and cyber-stores.
2. Interrelate the six stages of the consumer buying process.
3. Examine how marketing strategy relates specifically to retailing.
4. Assess the scope, organization, and operation of retail businesses.
5. Relate the components of buying, selling, advertising, and merchandising in retailing.

This text address the basic characteristics of the business enterprise, its organization and role in a free society. It is used in the Prince George's Community College course BMT-1010: Introduction to Business, a gateway course into the basics of business enterprise, its organization and its role in a free society. Emphasis is placed on business environments, marketing, and the use of technology in business. Students explore economic systems and conditions, the global environment, and components of business, such as corporate and social responsibility. Students are introduced to various components of human resources management such as structure, leadership, motivation, and teaming. Students learn about financial management in terms of assets, liabilities, and equity.

This OpenStax textbook is used in the Prince George's Community College course BMT 1420: Organizational Management. It aligns to introductory courses in Organizational Behavior. The text presents the theory, concepts, and applications with particular emphasis on the impact that individuals and groups can have on organizational performance and culture. An array of recurring features engages students in entrepreneurial thinking, managing change, using tools/technology, and responsible management.

It has been adapted from the OpenStax Textbook, Organizational Behavior available at https://openstax.org/details/books/organizational-behavior.