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Business Definitions
People in Business
Term | Definition |
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Stakeholder | Someone who is affected by how a business is run. eg. supplier |
Entrepreneur | An individual/group who take risk of establishing and running their own business. eg. Caroline Keeling |
Investor | Person/group who provide entrepreneur with capital used to finance purchase of assets and establish business. |
Equity Finance | Money given by investor to entrepreneur for business. The investor receives share in business in return and gets annual dividend. |
Debt Capital | Money an investor lends to an entrepreneur for business. Loan paid back with interest. |
Employer | Individuals who employ people to work for them for wages/salaries. eg. Intel |
Employee | Someone who works for an employer producing goods and services. eg. workers |
Producer | Manufacturers and suppliers of goods and services. eg. Dell |
Consumer | Users and buyers of goods and services. |
Service Provider | Businesses that offer helpful supports to an entrepreneur. eg. banks allow entrepreneurs to lodge money. |
Interest groups | Organisations which represent a common viewpoint and goals of a particular group. eg. IBEC(Irish Business Employer's Confederation. |
Intrapreneur | employees who give their employers ideas and suggestions to make the business more successful. |
Manager | runs business and makes sure it achieves objectives. Must use business' resources in best possible way to do this. |
Supplier | group or individual who provides goods and services to others. |
Law of Contract | Legally binding agreement between two parties. |
Agreement | When both parties are happy with the terms of a contract. |
Offer | When one party proposes a contract to another. Must be clear, complete and can be communicated orally, in writing or through conduct. |
Acceptance | Offer is accepted by all parties, with no conditions relating to original offer. |
Consideration | How something of value passes between both parties. eg. sweets for money. |
Invitation to treat | Invitation to entice a customer into a shop and an indication that the seller would like to receive offers for it. eg. sign in a shop. (invitation to treat is not an offer) |
Intention to Contract | Both parties must mean for the agreement to be a legally binding contract. They understand legal characteristics of agreement. |
Capacity to Contract | Both parties must be able to legally create a contract. ie. must be of age, sane, not drunk. |