Unit 8 - Doing Business Online

I will be investigating three businesses from three different sectors private, public and charity.

From the private sector I will be investigating The Carphone Warehouse PLC. The Carphone Warehouse is Europe’s largest largest independent mobile phone retailer, with over 1,700 stores across Europe. They are based in the United Kingdom. The company was founded in 1989 with only £6,000.

The business is in the private sector because it operates to make profits, and the company trades shares on the stock market. The website address is . The website invites online transactions.

The core business activity are mobile phones and music accessory, others include home phone line and broadband service.

From the public sector I will be investigating the BBC. The BBC was founded in 1922 and is the largest public broadcasting corporation in the world. The BBC is in the public sector because the company operates from tax payer’s money, the business aims are not to make profit but to provide a service for the public. The website address is . The website complements offline services, as they offer information about several offline activities such as television and radio broadcasts. However the BBC has a dedicated shopping website () which offers BBC products.

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This website invites online transactions as products can be brought online. The company broadcasts television and radio programmes this is the core business activities, they have several television and radio channels across terrestrial and digital TV. The company also sells products such BBC audio and video from their programmes.

From the charity sector I will be investigating OXFAM; OXFAM is a charity that helps the poor and deprived people. Oxfam International was founded in 1995 and is based in Oxford. The core business activity is to provide food and drink to the poor; they do this through charity ...

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