Oliver Weimann – författare

Diploma Thesis from the year 2001 in the subject Business economics - Offline Marketing and Online Marketing, grade: very good, University of Wolverhampton (Wolverhampton Business School), language: English, abstract: This project should enable companies to understand the Internet and the possibilities, it offers to strategic marketing communication planning. Therefore it should finally outline in which way the services can be included in an Internet strategy and how it can be integrated in the company marketing strategy. A short summary about the usage of the Internet and its services in marketing introduce this piece of work. The next chapter outlines the differences to classical media and delivers starting points for marketing communication. The main part should enable companies to develop a specific Internet marketing strategy to evaluate the opportunities and restrictions in praxis. A differentiation, not only between dot.coms and old economy companies, but also between big multinationals and SME's (Small and Medium Enterprises), was necessary because of different objectives, interventions, and not least of all, marketing budgets. This work concentrates on the point of view of the marketer. Therefore technical aspects are only explained, if they are needed to understand the services and contexts. Included is Appendix I, which gives an overview of the Internet and its services, and Appendix II, which deals with marketing. Finally, an overview of newly developed services and further development of the Internet will conclude this report. This will give a complete overview of Internet opportunities nowadays. That being said, it has to be taken into account that this report will probably be useful for not more then one to one and a half-years. This depends mainly on further developments of the Internet, which cannot be seen as a static system, but as a highly changing system with extremely short innovation cycles. To establish higher value, the discovered sources will enable further research for up-to-date information if this publication is no longer considered applicable to the topic.

Seminar paper from the year 2001 in the subject Leadership and Human Resources - Miscellaneous, grade: A 15 - deu, University of Wolverhampton (Business), course: Business Enterprises and Competences, language: English, abstract: Entrepreneurial behaviour can be seen in various areas like sports, music, solidarity, etc. just to mention a few. In this context we have to focus on the business style entrepreneur to enable the comparison with the manager. But what exactly does an entrepreneur and which characteristics he fits? Thereby even experts despair at the question what exactly makes an entrepreneur successful und which lacks leave him fail. "e;Entrepreneurship is an extremely topical subject. The concept of entrepreneurship is useful, however, only if it is careful defined. It is sometimes suggested that entrepreneurship is to be found mainly in high-technology industries or in owner-managed firms,"e; but if we look in history entrepreneurs can be found in every branch. Moreover it would point out that an entrepreneurs is not just another manager, but a business owner. Otherwise it would lack concrete information about the differences between these two kinds of business leaders. "e;I am often asked what it is to be an 'entrepreneur' and there is no simple answer. It is clear that successful entrepreneurs are vital for a healthy and competitive economy. If you look around you, most of the largest companies have their foundations in one or two individuals who have the determination to turn a vision into reality."e; (Richard Branson, 1995)Even one of the greatest entrepreneurs of the last century does not have a concrete definition or explanation about entrepreneurship. Therefore we need to evaluate firstly which components influence persons to be entrepreneurs or managers. "e;Certainly, internationally we can see that many of today's dominant corporations, have been spawned by individuals with vision and, importantly, the commitment to turn that vision into a reality. What they have in common is that they saw an opportunity, commercialised it, and in the process created wealth and jobs that, hopefully, benefit the rest of the society. Such entrepreneurs are people who have the courage and self-belief to turn their own dreams into realities. Furthermore, they permeate all levels of society and every walk of life."e;