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Business Activities
Term | Definition |
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Angel investor | someone who provides startup money to a new business |
asset | anything of value that a bsiness or individual owns |
bond | a peice of paper(whether real or virtual) that says a governing body or corporation will borrow and investor's moeny at a particular interest rate for a particular peirod of time |
business | an organized effort to produce and /or distribute goods and services |
credit | the arrangement by which businesses and individuals can purchase now and pay later |
credit rating | the score assigned to a borrower based on previous loans |
database | a virtual storage unit for information |
debt | money businesses or individuals owe to others |
equity | assests minus liabilites; also known as stockholders'(or shareholders') equity, book value, and net worth |
executives | top- level employees |
expenses | the money that a business spends |
financial analysis | the process of planning, maintaining, monitoring, controling, and reporting the use of financial records. |
financial records | documents containing information related to the amounts of money going into and out of a business |
financing | funding a business activity of 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 fulfill |
human resources | people who work to producd goods and services |
human resources management | the process of planning staffing, leading and organizing the employess of the business |
income | the money received by resource owners and producrs for supplying goods and services to consumers |
information management | the process of accessing, processing maintaining, evaluating, and disseminating business knowledge, facts, or data |
interest | the reward or cost of lending or borrowing moeny, 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 job duties and employee must perform |
loan | a sum of money lent to a business or individual for a specific time period that is repayable with intrest |
manager | an indivdual whose job involes planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling for a business |
manufacturing | changing the shapes or forms of materials so that they will be useful to consumers |
marketing | the process of creating, communicating, dlivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large |
merger | two indivdual businesses that combine to form one oranization |
mission | a brief summary of what a business owner wants a business to be doing |
nonprofit business | a business or organization whose intent is to make enough money to support its mission |
offshoring | producing goods in foreign countries |
operations | the day-to-dayactivities required for continued business functioning |
orientation | job preparation or induction training in which new employees are acquainted with their surrounding, recive general information about the the company and its policies, and are given specific information about their jobs |
outscourcing | acquiring assistace from outside organizations/consultants to perform primary business activities |
overhead | business expenses for things such as payroll, rent, and utilites |
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 to accomplish business goals |
quality control | ensuring the degree of excellence of a good or service |
recruiting | seeking out and attracting qualified potential employees |
resource | any item that is used to accomplish another activity, such as producing/ providing goods and services |
revenues | sales or gross income |
strategic management | the process of planning, controlling, nd organizing and organization or department |
strategic position | how a businesss measures up in relation to other businesses in the industry; can involve the image or impression of a buiness or organization |
strategies | plans of action for achieving goals and ovjectives |
supervisor | an employee who oversees other employees |
tactics | specific actions that will be used to carry out strategies |
technology | scientific application to business objejecties or the methods used to attain those objectives |
venture capital | invested money used for a new business opportunities |
virtual services | services provided through a medium of communication( such as the internet), rather that in person |
vision | a summary of what a business owner wants a business to become |