Commercial activity.This phrase is increasingly found in our daily lives. In generations that have emerged in Russia during the period of capitalism, enterprising people are increasingly appearing, ready to give up the guardianship of the state and wage labor in favor of the employer. Commercial activity is an occupation that becomes more prestigious every year. And the notion of "businessman" has long been synonymous with a reputable man. At the same time, entrepreneurship is fraught with many difficulties and pitfalls.
Types of commercial activity
There are the following types:
- Industrial entrepreneurship. The basis of this business is the production and marketing of goods that are in demand in the market.
- Advisory entrepreneurship - an exampleSuch activities are lawyers, psychologists, various private schools, for example, foreign languages, private tutors and so on. That is, people selling their experience and knowledge.
- Insurance business, which sometimesisolated in a separate view. This activity is connected, of course, with guarantees of insurance payments, for which the client makes periodic stipulated contributions to the fund of the guarantor company.
- Mediation entrepreneurship, where the merchant acts as a link between the two interested parties, providing both services necessary for the transaction.
- Commercial entrepreneurship.The most common form in commodity-money transactions. For example, in Russia this sector accounts for 41% of all small business transactions. The simplest example is the purchase of bulk consignments from the manufacturer and its retail sale to the end user.
Perspectives of entrepreneurship
In the case of the persistence of successful operations,own business is able to bring very high returns to its creator. In such cases, commercial activity is an unequivocal success and financial freedom. History knows many examples. For a long time, the United States was especially diligent in generating them.