Virtual Business Office
The development of Internet technology and its impact, both on e-commerce and e-business in general, have been impressive during the last years. Notwithstanding, this phenomena has not been fully capitalized as a source to facilitate the entrance and increase the attraction of international investors and businesses in Albania.
There are therefore considerable opportunities, also for local businesses as well as for international and even local entrepreneurs to take advantage of a virtual business office to be located in Tirana and to find in a cost effectively way partners and collaborators to sustain their activities and operations.
Objective
The present idea concerns the operation of a Virtual Business Office, located in Marin Barleti University, and gathering virtually different services and business in a manner that all together can guarantee a full set of services and products which are not directly the core ones for the “companies’ activity” but can contribute to the overall success.
The main objective of the Virtual Business Office is to become an on-line accommodation, supportive andadvisor partner for international businesses, and operational supportive services for those ones already consolidated in our country, and both are going to get:
- Efficacy
- Synergy
- Timing
- Expertise
- Cost reduction
A second objective is the development of the virtual network and infrastructure thanks to addressing the personalized needs of each enterprise that will ask for the virtual office’s services.
A third objective, aiming at the facilitation of the introduction into the market, is the on- line promotion and communication which is designed to start with the reservation of a corner to each of the companies that will serve at the same time for the “on-line accommodation” for their “headquarter”.
Activities
EDIC, the Enterprises Development and Innovation Center, located at Marin Barleti University will promote the implementation of the overall Virtual Office. On one side EDIC, relying on the expertise of its staff and with the support of several practitioners of marketing and management, which are as well part of the academic staff of the university Marin Barleti, will design and offer the full range of services and products provided by the Virtual Business Office. On the other side, EDIC in cooperation with the Information Technology department of the University and by exploiting their technical support, will design and build up the entire virtual infrastructure which will virtually host all the members companies and directories with all what will be provided by the office.
Regarding the services offered to the companies the main ones are listed below:
Consultancy services: The Virtual Business Office staff will focus on this crucial aspects, through its consultancies services, in the areas of studies, market researches, branding and promotion, campaigns and advertisement, business models. The support of the Virtual business Office, based on its mission of becoming a business partner, will continue by following step by step its clients needs in “continuously staff learning” by providing updated and personalized staff training.
Business Services: Financial and Bank services, Insurances, accounting, audition, notary, legal studio, customs assistance, taxing, projects management, funds management, local representation.
Supporting: Reception, secretary’s office, post office, fast print, photocopy, telephones, ADSL, internet, software and dedicated programs, network engineer, web, mail, PO Boxes, translation, edition, staff training, demonstrations, staff recruitment, language courses, IT, part-time employment for students of MBU, supporting staff of MBU, real estate and transfer agencies, travel agencies, 24 hour information, wireless internet, access point.
Organization
EDIC, the Enterprise Development and Innovation Center, will be in charge of the whole activities. The department of Information Technology of University Marin Barleti will be instead in charge of the creation of the on-line infrastructure. The coordinator of the office will guarantee the synchronization of three major actors that will be the players of this virtual business market: EDIC, Marin Barleti University and the potential organizations that are show an interest and communicate with the office.