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Understanding the Business Environment
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 8 Sequences
- Introductive Level
Course details
Syllabus
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of business.
- Define capitalism and explain the basics of how free markets work
- Discuss the forces that affect trading in global markets.
- Define corporate social responsibility and its impact upon various stakeholders.
- Discuss the importance of small business in the American economy.
Prerequisite
Instructors
Debora Sepich
EdD MBA
Doane University
Platform
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