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BE. 3.01
EC-071
Term | Definition |
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Angel Investor | Someone who provides startup money to a new business |
Asset | Anything of value that a business or individual owns |
Bond | A piece of paper(whether real or virtual) that says a governing body or corporation will barrow an investor's money at particular interest rate for a particular period of time |
Business | An organized effort to produce and/or distribute goods and services |
Credit | The arrangement by which business and individuals can purchase now and pay later |
Credit Rating | The score assigned to borrower based on previous loans |
database | A virtual storage unit for information |
Debt | Money businesses or individuals owe to others |
Equity | Assets minus liabilities; also known as stockholders'(or shareholders') equity, book value, and net worth |
Executives | Top- level employees |
Expenses | The money that businesses spend |
Financial Analysis | The process of planning, maintaining, monitoring, controlling, and reporting the use of financial resources |
Financial Records | Documents containing information related to the amount of money going in and out of a business |
Financing | Funding a business activity or project through debt, equity, or venture capital |
For-profit business | A business whose overall purpose is to earn a profit |
Goal | An objective or want that you plan to fulfil |
Human Resources | People who work to produce goods and services |
Human Resources Management | The process of planning, staffing, leading, and organizing, the employees of the business |
Income | The money received by resource owners and by producers for supplying goods and services to consumers |
Information Management | The process of accessing, processing, maintaining , evaluating, and disseminating business knowledge, facts, or data |
Intrest | The reward or cost of lending or barrowing money, usually figured as a percentage of the amount |
Inventory Management | The process of supervising and controlling the number of finished products a company has in stock |
Job description | The official statement of jobs duties an employee must perform |
Loan | A sum of money lent to a business or an induvial for a specific time period that is repayable with interest |
Manager | Individual whose job involves planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling for a business |
Manufacturing | Changing the shapes or form of materials so that they will be useful to consumers |
Marketing | The process of creating , communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients ,partners , and society's at large |
Merger | Two individual businesses combine to form one organization |
Mission | A brief summary of what a business owner wants a business to be doing |
Non-profit Business | Business or organization whose intent is to make enough money to support its mission |
Offshoring | Producing goods in foreign countries |
Operations | The day-to-day activities required for continued business functioning |
Outsourcing | Acquiring assistance form outside organization/ consultations to perform primary business activities |
Orientations | Job preparation or induction training in which new employee are acquainted with their surroundings, receive general information about the company and its policies, and are given specific information about their jobs |
Overhead | Business expenses for things such as payroll, rent, and utilities |
Production | The process or activity of producing goods and services |
Profit | Monetary reward a business owner receives for taking the risk involved in investing in a business |
Purchasing | The process of acquiring the goods and services necessary to keep production going and accomplish business goals |
Quality Control | Ensuring the degree of excellence of goods or service |
Recruiting | Seeking out and attracting qualified potential employee |
Resources | Any item that used to accomplish another activity , such as producing/providing goods and services |
Revenues | Sales or gross income |
Strategic Management | The process of planning, controlling, and organizing an organization or department |
Strategic Position | How a business measures up relation to other business in the industry; can involve the image or impression of a business or organization |
Strategies | Plans of action for achieving goals and objectives |
Supervisor | An employee who overseas other employees |
Technology | Scientific applications to business objectives or the methods used to attain those objectives |
Tactics | Scientific actions that will be used to carry out strategies |
Venture Capital | Invested money used for new business opportunities |
Virtual Services | Services provided through a medium of communication(such as the internet), rather then in person |
Vison | A summery of what a business owner wants to become |