Business Terminology and Concepts Reference

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Business Terminology Reference

Marketing and Sales Concepts

  • Marketing
  • Services
  • Utility
  • Form Utility
  • Place Utility
  • Time Utility
  • Possession Utility
  • Information Utility
  • Market
  • Consumer vs. Customer
  • Market Share
  • SWOT Analysis
  • Sales Forecasts
  • Marketing Plan
  • Performance Standard
  • Target Market
  • Market Segmentation
  • Demographics
  • Geographics
  • Psychographics
  • Disposable Income
  • Discretionary Income
  • Mass Marketing

Economic Principles

Core Economic Terms

  • Economic
  • Goods
  • Resources (Corrected from 'reasources')
  • Factors of Production
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Scarcity
  • Traditional Economy
  • Market Economy
  • Command Economy
  • Capitalism
  • Socialism
  • Communism
  • Supply
  • Demand
  • Domestic Business
  • Global Business
  • Imports
  • Exports
  • Balance of Trade
  • Free Trade
  • Tariff
  • Quota
  • Embargo
  • International Trade
  • Trade Deficit
  • Protectionism

Intellectual Property and Competition

Competition and Business Risk

  • Patent
  • Trademark
  • Copyright
  • Nonprice Competition
  • Price Competition
  • Business Risk
  • Monopoly
  • Private Enterprise
  • Profit

Regulatory and Government Agencies

Key Regulatory Bodies

  • Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
  • Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
  • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
  • Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
  • Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
  • Better Business Bureau (BBB)

Management and Organization

Organizational Structure and Functions

  • Management
  • Vertical Organization
  • Top Management
  • Middle Management
  • Supervisory Level Management
  • Horizontal Organization
  • Empowerment
  • Planning
  • Organizing
  • Controlling
  • Mission Statement
  • Exit Interview

Logistics and Distribution

Transportation and Channels

  • Common Carriers (Corrected from 'commom carriers')
  • Contract Carriers
  • Private Carriers
  • Exempt Carriers
  • Freight Forwarders
  • Ton-Mile
  • Carload
  • Storage
  • Private Warehouse
  • Public Warehouse
  • Distribution Center
  • Bonded Warehouse
  • Channels of Distribution
  • Channels
  • Intermediaries
  • Rack Jobbers
  • Drop Shippers
  • Brick-and-Mortar Retailers
  • E-tailing
  • Wholesalers
  • Retailers
  • Agents
  • Direct Distribution
  • Indirect Distribution

Business Finance and Ethics

Financial Metrics and Conduct

  • Infrastructure
  • Finance
  • Accounting
  • Return on Investment (ROI)
  • Break-Even Point
  • Whistleblowing
  • Ethics
  • Price Gouging

Communication and Pricing Strategies

Marketing Communication and Pricing

  • Competition
  • Ad Council
  • Communication
  • Feedback
  • Barriers
  • Setting
  • Distractions
  • Emotional Barriers
  • Jargon
  • Persuade
  • Enumeration
  • Generalization
  • Negotiation
  • Exclusive Distribution
  • Selective Distribution
  • Intensive Distribution
  • One-Price Policy
  • Flexible-Price Policy
  • Market Position
  • Price Fixing
  • Price Discrimination
  • Unit Pricing
  • Loss Leader
  • Markup
  • Demand Elasticity
  • Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility

Business Sectors

  • For-Profit Business
  • Nonprofit Business
  • Private Sector
  • Public Sector

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