BMCC OpenLab | Ivanna Balarezo | Activity https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/members/ivanna/activity/ Activity feed for Ivanna Balarezo. Tue, 26 May 2026 05:57:00 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 9b08363bb117cfb9ed9fe002fba2eae8 Ivanna Balarezo wrote a new blog post Retention in the group BUS 104-A050 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Fall 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/bus-104-a050-intro-to-business-professor-buckler-fall-2022/?p=2014 Mon, 24 Oct 2022 01:11:08 -0400 If I were in Harper’s shoes I would feel happy at first because I would think they trust me enough in order to take more responsibilities but later on I would probably feel like they do not care about how much s […]

]]> 0 d3aa5bc1f453fb65a833eb2e26ed720c Ivanna Balarezo replied to the topic Are Leaders Born or Made? in the forum BUS 104-A050 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Fall 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/groups/bus-104-a050-intro-to-business-professor-buckler-fall-2022/forum/topic/are-leaders-born-or-made-2/#post-14854 Mon, 17 Oct 2022 03:11:47 -0400 Hi Xue! I love how you talk about our innate abilities. You have a brought view of how leadership works, you took into account how we need to develop our abilities, lean and practice these traits often in order to become a leader. Is true that being born with some characteristic will not be sufficient by themselves to fulfill the role of a leader.…[Read more]

]]> 0 f663faf7c38d7ed0482b7445b79d2df7 Ivanna Balarezo replied to the topic Are Leaders Born or Made? in the forum BUS 104-A050 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Fall 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/groups/bus-104-a050-intro-to-business-professor-buckler-fall-2022/forum/topic/are-leaders-born-or-made-2/#post-14852 Mon, 17 Oct 2022 03:04:02 -0400 Hey Fatima! Your perception of leadership is very interesting. You say leadership is learned and shaped by environment and background and not something you are born with. All these remarkable people did took initiative about plans and goals they had, in spite of all the problems they faced. However, I would like to read some more information about…[Read more]

]]> 0 cc040bdebb727645db769df7f251d267 Ivanna Balarezo wrote a new blog post The Founder in the group BUS 104-A050 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Fall 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/bus-104-a050-intro-to-business-professor-buckler-fall-2022/?p=1949 Sat, 15 Oct 2022 03:42:48 -0400 1.What makes Ray Kroc and the brothers different from each other?

I believe that what makes Ray Kroc different from the brothers is the aversion to take chances on ideas or plans that he sees are worth it and […]

]]> 0 874aa58dbe470fafe8cf8f6f538a8af3 Ivanna Balarezo replied to the topic Are Leaders Born or Made? in the forum BUS 104-A050 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Fall 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/groups/bus-104-a050-intro-to-business-professor-buckler-fall-2022/forum/topic/are-leaders-born-or-made-2/?view=all#post-14824 Sat, 15 Oct 2022 03:34:40 -0400 After finishing reading the biographies of three different people I could not immediately think of any similarities between their backgrounds or paths in life. The differences came first for me. Alexandria was in the political world, Frederick in the business world and James in the sports world. And I noticed that each of them had accomplished…[Read more]

]]> 0 2dc6f17734b0a15b0fc417d90409af28 Ivanna Balarezo replied to the topic Are Leaders Born or Made? in the forum BUS 104-A050 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Fall 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/groups/bus-104-a050-intro-to-business-professor-buckler-fall-2022/forum/topic/are-leaders-born-or-made-2/?view=all#post-14775 Wed, 12 Oct 2022 00:20:02 -0400 After finishing reading the biographies of three different people I could not immediately think of any similarities between their backgrounds or paths in life. The differences came first for me. Alexandria was in the political world, Frederick in the business world and James in the sports world. And I noticed that each of them had accomplished…[Read more]

]]> 0 215a7f5c1b871ec17feb03be33a949bd Ivanna Balarezo wrote a new blog post Is Uniqlo being ethical? in the group BUS 104-A050 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Fall 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/bus-104-a050-intro-to-business-professor-buckler-fall-2022/?p=1856 Sun, 02 Oct 2022 06:03:52 -0400 I chose the brand Uniqlo for this weeks’ assignment because it is my favorite clothing brand and I thought it was a good opportunity to learn more about Uniqlo’s’ ethical behavior as a company and what goals the […]

]]> 0 5357feee2dce1dd7544109f0276f112e Ivanna Balarezo replied to the topic Outsourcing & Offshoring in the forum BUS 104-A050 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Fall 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/groups/bus-104-a050-intro-to-business-professor-buckler-fall-2022/forum/topic/outsourcing-offshoring-5/#post-14662 Sun, 25 Sep 2022 21:09:12 -0400 Outsourcing does in fact lower prices of production but we also must remember what happens when there is too much demand for something in the market. Given that more and more companies are looking to outsource, a possible outcome could be that the cost of outsourcing will be higher than producing in the companies own country. And of course, like…[Read more]

]]> 0 fd9ece7183c3eb65c238d784558f4c00 Ivanna Balarezo replied to the topic Outsourcing & Offshoring in the forum BUS 104-A050 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Fall 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/groups/bus-104-a050-intro-to-business-professor-buckler-fall-2022/forum/topic/outsourcing-offshoring-5/#post-14661 Sun, 25 Sep 2022 21:02:53 -0400 Hey Oumou, it’s true that most companies keep the profits made by lowering costs of production but like you said, some actually do lower the sales prices so customers can get the same product at a lower price. But that is also when all of the quality products regulations come, since it’s cheaper to produce, companies may overlook “di…[Read more]

]]> 0 913c7841806a9fc4bff6c7f09728cb9a Ivanna Balarezo replied to the topic Outsourcing & Offshoring in the forum BUS 104-A050 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Fall 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/groups/bus-104-a050-intro-to-business-professor-buckler-fall-2022/forum/topic/outsourcing-offshoring-5/#post-14655 Sun, 25 Sep 2022 19:43:08 -0400 The consumer: Does the consumer benefit? Are prices lowered by outsourcing? Why or why not?

Now that we live in a globalized economy, companies have more and more options regarding developing and producing goods and outsourcing has been really popular and used for the past few decades. In the article “Why It’s important to Outsource right now…[Read more]

]]> 0 ba0263d415cfe6ef5a6c810b87666bd0 Ivanna Balarezo replied to the topic Supply & Demand in Your Life in the forum BUS 104-A050 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Fall 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/groups/bus-104-a050-intro-to-business-professor-buckler-fall-2022/forum/topic/supply-demand-in-your-life-5/#post-14537 Sat, 17 Sep 2022 18:33:20 -0400 Considering all the setbacks the economy has faced these last few years. I completely understand your family’s position towards oil. Before COVID, no one thought that a pandemic would happened nor had bad negative economics expectations. So, among others, oil was a safe option to invest in. But now, passed the pandemic phase, which decreased the…[Read more]

]]> 0 48fceecaf9f69f4194bc97dfd27b8533 Ivanna Balarezo replied to the topic Supply & Demand in Your Life in the forum BUS 104-A050 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Fall 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/groups/bus-104-a050-intro-to-business-professor-buckler-fall-2022/forum/topic/supply-demand-in-your-life-5/#post-14536 Sat, 17 Sep 2022 18:19:25 -0400 Hey Fatima, I find surprising the fact that the costs of production are rising at 8.9% compared to the year before. But again, makes sense since after the pandemic many businesses reopen their doors and the demand in the economy was suddenly much bigger than supply. I also read that you mention the increases in prices for basic market baskets…[Read more]

]]> 0 c3953abf507359a6f93bebf90183f4c5 Ivanna Balarezo replied to the topic Supply & Demand in Your Life in the forum BUS 104-A050 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Fall 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/groups/bus-104-a050-intro-to-business-professor-buckler-fall-2022/forum/topic/supply-demand-in-your-life-5/#post-14530 Sat, 17 Sep 2022 00:14:20 -0400 The article I chose was published by the NY Times and the name is “$15 French Fries and $18 Sandwiches: Inflation Hits New York” written by Nicole Hong. (Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/08/nyregion/inflation-nyc.html?searchResultPosition=4)

When I read the title of this article and saw “$15 French Fries” I was dumbfounded and a little…[Read more]

]]> 0 613d825e2ee57827e9b5d90f658d0e42 Ivanna Balarezo replied to the topic What is a Business? in the forum BUS 104-A050 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Fall 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/groups/bus-104-a050-intro-to-business-professor-buckler-fall-2022/forum/topic/what-is-a-business-5/#post-14446 Sun, 11 Sep 2022 19:47:26 -0400 Hi Fatima, as I was reading your post, I saw your posture towards business, you said “Businesses have shaped this world more than anything ever did”. And that is so interesting because you were able to tell how important business is in our lives even if we are not aware of it. The prices of the things we buy and sell are set by the market, and the…[Read more]

]]> 0 47a7f43a740885f884c6e984f00cbcea Ivanna Balarezo replied to the topic What is a Business? in the forum BUS 104-A050 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Fall 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/groups/bus-104-a050-intro-to-business-professor-buckler-fall-2022/forum/topic/what-is-a-business-5/#post-14445 Sun, 11 Sep 2022 19:46:42 -0400 Hello Hailey, I really like how you explained the four categories of resources for production. You chose very well the method and it is understandable for readers when you give an example, in this case it was a restaurant and it is an efficient way of explaining it.  Also, when you said that businesses provide good and services in exchange for…[Read more]

]]> 0 f37bce42471da8ee25e11a0b38268c0e Ivanna Balarezo replied to the topic What is a Business? in the forum BUS 104-A050 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Fall 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/groups/bus-104-a050-intro-to-business-professor-buckler-fall-2022/forum/topic/what-is-a-business-5/#post-14441 Sun, 11 Sep 2022 19:00:53 -0400 If I think about all the businesses I have interacted with in the last 24 hours, not many come to my mind at first. But, if I really pay attention to it, I see business all around me.  I am going to start with what we learned is a business. We could say a business is a practice that involves factors, which I will explain later, with the purpose…[Read more]

]]> 0 bfa4bd7c3d07387896ca805b405604b7 Ivanna Balarezo joined the group BUS 104-A050 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Fall 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/activity/p/111536/ Wed, 07 Sep 2022 17:18:10 -0400 0 02e5af74e08104813f57170029be9d86 Ivanna Balarezo wrote a new blog post Ivanna Balarezo in the group BUS 104-A050 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Fall 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/bus-104-a050-intro-to-business-professor-buckler-fall-2022/?p=1766 Tue, 06 Sep 2022 23:45:27 -0400 My major is Business Management and I would like to continue my studies and get a Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality Management. I really like watching anime and listening to music. My BMCC email is: i […]

]]> 0 0cf54dc920a37e42608e15ca4e4fbf2a Ivanna Balarezo became a registered member https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/activity/p/111395/ Tue, 06 Sep 2022 22:44:19 -0400 0