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Featuring more than 800 entries, the two-volume ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN BUSINESS, Revised Edition is an up-to-date, easy-to-use guide to the nuts and bolts of business jargon. Difficult ideas are explained in straightforward language to help non-specialists, students, and general readers understand the complex and sometimes confusing concepts and terms that are used in business. Five general areas of business are covered: accounting, banking, finance, marketing, and management. This encyclopedia focuses on the terms, concepts, and associations that one is most likely to encounter in business, making it a great place to start learning about how businesses operate and what the primary and different features of specific business-related functions or ideas mean.

Encyclopedia of American Business

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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN BUSINESS REV 2V

Duration

Duration Unit Of Measure

Transaction Type

Front Cover.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
List of Entries.
Introduction.
Introduction to the Second Edition.
List of Contributors.
1: Accounting Oversight Board.
2: Accounts Payable, Trade Credit.
3: Accounts Receivable.
4: Accrual Basis, Cash Basis.
5: Achievement Motivation.
6: Activity-Based Costing.
7: Adaptability Screening.
8: Adjusting Entry, Trial Balance, Adjusted Trial Balance.
9: Administrative Law.
10: Adoption Process.
11: Advertising.
12: Affluent Society.
13: Affluenza.
14: Agency Theory.
15: Agricultural Support Programs.
16: Aid to Families with Dependent Children.
17: American Bankers Association.
18: American Bar Association.
19: American Customer Satisfaction Index.
20: American Depository Receipts.
21: American Dream.
22: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO).
23: American Industrial Revolution.
24: American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
25: American Medical Association.
26: American Society for Quality.
27: American Stock Exchange.
28: Americans with Disabilities Act.
29: Amortization.
30: Amortized Loan.
31: Annual Report.
32: Annuity.
33: Antitrust Law.
34: Arbitrage.
35: Arbitration.
36: Assembly Line.
37: Assembly Plants.
38: Assessment Center.
39: Assets.
40: Attention, Interest, Desire, Action Concept.
41: Attitude, Interests, Opinions Statements.
42: Auditing.
43: Automatic Stabilizers.
44: Auto Pact.
45: Bad Debts, Aging of Accounts.
46: Bait-and-Switch.
47: Balance of Payments.
48: Balance Sheet.
49: Baldrige Award.
50: Banking System.
51: Bank of International Settlements.
52: Bank of the United States.
53: Barriers to Entry.
54: Barter.
55: Beggar-thy-Neighbor Policy.
56: Benchmarking.
57: Beta Coefficient, Capital Asset Pricing Model.
58: Better Business Bureau.
59: Big Mac Index.
60: Bill of Lading.
61: Black Monday, Tuesday, Thursday.
62: Blind Trust.
63: Blue-Chip Stocks.
64: Blue-Collar.
65: Blue Laws.
66: Board of Directors.
67: Bonds.
68: Book Value.
69: Border Environmental Cooperation Commission.
70: Boycotts.
71: Bracero Program.
72: Brady Bonds.
73: Brain Drain.
74: Brands, Brand Names.
75: Break-Even Analysis.
76: Bretton Woods.
77: Bribery.
78: Buddhist Economics.
79: Budget, Personal.
80: Budgeting, Capital Budgeting.
81: Bureau of Economic Analysis.
82: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
83: Bureau of Land Management.
84: Business and the U.S. Constitution.
85: Business Cycles.
86: Business Ethics.
87: Business Failure.
88: Business Forecasting.
89: Business Language.
90: Business Logistics.
91: Business Plan.
92: Business Roundtable.
93: Business Taxes.
94: Business Valuation.
95: Buy American Act and Campaigns.
96: Buy-Grid Model.
97: Buying-Center Concept.
98: Bylaws.
99: Cafeteria Plans.
100: Callable Bond.
101: Capital.
102: Capital Expenditure, Revenue Expenditure.
103: Capital Gain, Capital Loss.
104: Capitalism.
105: Carbon Tax.
106: Carry Trade.
107: Capital Markets, Money Markets.
108: Cartel.
109: Cash-Flow Analysis.
110: Cash Management.
111: Cause Marketing, Cause-Related Marketing (CRM).
112: Caveat Emptor.
113: Cease and Desist (C&#x0026;D).
114: Center for Science in the Public Interest.
115: Centrally Planned Economy.
116: Certified Public Accountant.
117: Ceteris Paribus.
118: Chain-of-Command Principle.
119: Chamber of Commerce.
120: Chicago Board of Trade.
121: Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
122: Chief Executive Officer.
123: Chief Financial Officer.
124: Children&#x2019;s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
125: Churning.
126: Circuit Breakers.
127: Circular Flow Model.
128: Civil Aeronautics Board.
129: Civilian Conservation Corps.
130: Civil Procedure.
131: Civil Rights Acts.
132: Class-Action Lawsuits.
133: Classical Economics.
134: Clayton Antitrust Act.
135: Clean Air Acts.
136: Clean Water Act.
137: Closed-End Fund (CEF).
138: Closely Held Corporation.
139: Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies.
140: Coase Theorem.
141: Code of Ethics.
142: Collection Agencies.
143: Collective Bargaining.
144: Collusion.
145: Commerce Business Daily.
146: Commerce Clause.
147: Commercial Law.
148: Commercial Paper.
149: Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).
150: Commodity Credit Corporation.
151: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
152: Commodity Markets.
153: Common Law.
154: Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Treasury Stock.
155: Comparable Worth.
156: Comparative Advantage.
157: Compensation and Benefits.
158: Competition.
159: Competitive Advantage.
160: Compounding, Future Value.
161: Comptroller of the Currency.
162: Computer-Aided Design, Engineering, and Manufacturing.
163: Conference Board.
164: Conflict of Interest.
165: Conglomerate.
166: Consent Decree.
167: Consignment.
168: Conspicuous Consumption.
169: Consumer Advocacy.
170: Consumer Bankruptcy.
171: Consumer Behavior.
172: Consumer Buying Process.
173: Consumer Credit Counseling Service.
174: Consumer Credit Protection Act.
175: Consumer Economics.
176: Consumer Price Index.
177: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
178: Consumer Protection.
179: Consumers Union.
180: Consumption.
181: Consumption Tax.
182: Contestable Market Theory.
183: Contingency Fee.
184: Contingency Theory.
185: Contract.
186: Contract Theory.
187: Cookies.
188: Cooperative.
189: Copy.
190: Copyright, Fair Use.
191: Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency.
192: Corporate Culture.
1: Labor/Employee Relations.
2: Labor Force.
3: Labor Markets.
4: Laissez-Faire.
5: Landrum-Griffin Act.
6: Layoff.
7: Leadership.
8: Leasing.
9: Lemon Laws.
10: Letter of Credit.
11: Leverage.
12: Leveraged Buyout.
13: Liability.
14: Licensing.
15: Lien.
16: Life Cycle.
17: Lilly Ledbetter Act.
18: Limited Liability Company.
19: Limited Liability Partnership.
20: Loans.
21: Local Option Sales Tax.
22: Lorenz Curve.
23: Loss Leader.
24: Macroeconomics.
25: Madison Avenue.
26: Magistrate&#x2019;s Court.
27: Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act.
28: Mail Surveys.
29: Make-or-Buy Decisions.
30: Malthusian Trap.
31: Management.
32: Management Gurus.
33: Managerial Accounting.
34: Manufacturers&#x2019; Representatives.
35: Maquiladoras.
36: Marginal Analysis.
37: Market Concentration.
38: Market Failure.
39: Marketing Communications.
40: Marketing Concept.
41: Marketing-Information Systems.
42: Marketing Strategy.
43: Market Intelligence.
44: Market Research.
45: Market Segmentation.
46: Market-Share, Market-Growth Matrix.
47: Market Structure.
48: Market Value.
49: Mark-to-Market Accounting.
50: Marshall Plan.
51: Maslow&#x2019;s Hierarchy of Needs.
52: Mass Customization.
53: Mass Merchandising.
54: Master of Business Administration.
55: Matrix Management.
56: Mercantilism.
57: Mergers and Acquisitions.
58: Metropolitan Statistical Area.
59: Microeconomics.
60: Micro Lending.
61: Middle Managers.
62: Minimum Wage.
63: Mission Statement.
64: Mixed Economy.
65: Model Business Corporation Act.
66: Modern Portfolio Theory.
67: Monetary Policy.
68: Money.
69: Money Supply.
70: Monopolistic Competition.
71: Monopoly.
72: Montreal Protocol.
73: Moody&#x2019;s Ratings.
74: Moral Hazard.
75: Moral Suasion.
76: Mortgage.
77: Most-Favored-Nation Clause.
78: Motivation Theory.
79: Multilevel Marketing.
80: Multinational Corporation.
81: Multiple Listing Service (MLS).
82: Mutual Funds.
83: Mutual Interdependence.
84: Nader&#x2019;s Raiders.
85: National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System.
86: National Bureau of Economic Research.
87: National Income Accounting.
88: National Industrial Recovery Act.
89: National Labor Relations Board.
90: National Mediation Board.
91: Negligence.
92: Negotiable Instruments.
93: Nepotism.
94: New-Product Development.
95: New York Clearing House Association.
96: New York Mercantile Exchange.
97: New York Stock Exchange.
98: Nominal versus Real.
99: Nontariff Barriers.
100: Normal Goods/Inferior Goods.
101: Norris-LaGuardia Act.
102: North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation.
103: North American Development Bank.
104: North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
105: North American Industry Classification System.
106: Observation.
107: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
108: Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.
109: Office of Government Ethics.
110: Office of Management and Budget.
111: Oligopoly.
112: Ombudsmen.
113: Open-Market Operations.
114: Open Skies.
115: Opinion Leader.
116: Opportunity Cost.
117: Options, Option Contracts.
118: Organizational Commitment.
119: Organizational Learning.
120: Organizational Theory.
121: Organization Behavior.
122: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
123: Organization of American States.
124: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
125: Outplacement.
126: Outsourcing.
127: Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
128: Owner&#x2019;s Equity.
129: Packaging.
130: Parallel Markets.
131: Parity.
132: Partnership.
133: Patent.
134: PATRIOT Act, USA.
135: Payroll Taxes.
136: Penny Stock.
137: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
138: Perfect Competition.
139: Performance Appraisal.
140: Personal Finance.
141: Personal-Interview Surveys.
142: Personal Property.
143: Personal Selling.
144: Peso Crisis.
145: Peter Principle.
146: Phillips Curve.
147: Poison-Pill Strategies.
148: Political Action Committee.
149: Pollution Rights.
150: Ponzi Scheme.
151: Positioning.
152: Poverty Line.
153: Predatory Lending.
154: Price Ceilings, Price Controls.
155: Price Discrimination.
156: Price Fixing.
157: Price Floors, Price Supports.
158: Price Indexes.
159: Pricing Strategies.
160: Primary Markets, Secondary Markets.
161: Privacy.
162: Privatization.
163: Problem Solving.
164: Process Theories.
165: Producer Price Index.
166: Producers.
167: Product.
168: Production.
169: Production-Possibilities Curve.
170: Product Liability.
171: Product Life Cycle.
172: Product-Market Growth Matrix.
173: Product Placement.
174: Product Proliferation.
175: Profit.
176: Profit Maximization.
177: Profit Sharing, Gain Sharing.
178: Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT).
179: Program Trading.
180: Project Management.
181: Promissory Note.
182: Property Rights.
183: Property Taxes.
184: Proprietary Information.
185: Proprietorship.
186: Prospectus.
187: Proxy.
188: Public Administration.
189: Public Choice Theory.
190: Public Debt and Deficit.
191: Public Relations.
192: Public Service Announcements.
193: Public Utilities.
194: Puffery.
195: Purchasing.
196: Purchasing Power Parity Theory (PPP).
197: Push and Pull Strategies.
198: Pyramid of Corporate Responsibility.
199: Quality Control.
200: Questionnaires.

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