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Aim

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Overall goal the business wants to achieve

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Asset

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Valuable item owned by a business, or money owed to the business

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Autonomy

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Where a worker is given the freedom to make their own decisions in their job

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Batch Production

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A method of production where a firm makes one batch of identical items at a time

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Business Enterprise

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Process of identifying new business opportunities and taking advantage of them

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Centralised Organisation

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All major decisions are made by one person or a few senior managers at the top of the organisational structure

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Commission

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Money paid to sales staff for every item they sell on top of their basic salary

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Decentralised Organisation

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The authority to make most decisions is shared between people at different layers of the organisational structure

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Design Mix

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Function,Cost,Aesthetics

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Differentiation

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Making products distinctive in the market

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Dividend

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A payment a shareholder gets if the company makes a profit

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E-Commerce

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Buying and selling products on the internet

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Entrepreneur

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Someone who takes on the risks of enterprise activity

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Extension Strategy

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An action intended to extend the life of a product

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External Growth

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A company grows by merging with or taking over another firm

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Flow Production

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Method of production in which all products are identical and are made as quickly as possible

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Franchise

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Where a company lets another firm sell its products or use its trademarks in return for a fee or percentage of the profits

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Fringe Benefit

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Any reward for an employee that is not part of their regular income

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Globalisation

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Process by which businesses and countries around the world become more connected

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Gross Profit

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Profit left over once the cost of sales has been taken away from the total revenue

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Incorporated

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A business that has its own legal identity

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Insolvency

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When a firm is unable to pay off its debts

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Internal Growth

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When a company grows by expanding its own activities

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Job Enrichment

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When a worker is given greater responsibility in their job

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Job Production
Method of Production in which each product has a unique design based on the customers specification
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Just in Time (JIT)
A method used in production or stock management in which stock levels are kept at a bare minimum- products are made just in time for delivery to customers
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Limited Liability
Where the owners of the business are not legally responsible for all the debts a business has
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Loan
Long term source of finance that must be paid back later
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Logistics
Getting goods or services from 1 part of the supply chain to another
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Margin of Safety
Gap between current level of output and the break even level of output
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Market Map
A diagram showing some of the features of a market
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Marketing Mix
Place,Products,Price,Promotion
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Multinational
A single business that operates in multiple countries
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Net Profit
Profit left over when all costs are taken into account
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Niche Market
Small and specialised group of potential buyers
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Objective
A measurable step that a business will set in order to work towards an aim
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Obsolete
When a product is no longer used usually because it has been outdated and replaced by something else
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Overdraft
When more money is taken out of a bank account than has been paid into it
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Partnership
A business ownership structure in which a small number of people own an unincorporated company
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Pressure Group
An organisation that tries to influence what people think about a certain subject
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Primary Research
Market Research that involves getting information from customers or potential customers
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Private Limited Company
A business ownership structure that is incorporated and has shares, but the shares can only be sold with the agreement of all the shareholders
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Procurement
Act of finding and buying things that a business needs from outside of the business
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Product Life Cycle
Different stages a product goes through over time
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Public Limited Company
A business ownership structure that is incorporated and has shares that can be bought and sold by anyone
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Qualitative Information
Information involving people’s feelings or opinions
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Quantitative Information
Information that can be measured or reduced to a number
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Remuneration
Payment to an employee for the work they have done for the employer
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Retailer
Business that sells products to consumers
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Retained Profit
Profit put back into the business
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Secondary Research
Market Research that involves looking at data from outside the business
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Segmentation
When people within a market are divided into different groups
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Share Capital
Money gained from issuing shares in the company
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Sole Trader
A business ownership structure where one person owns an unincorporated company
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Stakeholder
Any individual or group affected by a business
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Stock Market
A market where shares of public limited companies can be bought and sold
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Takeover
When an existing business expands by buying more than half the shares of another firm
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Tariff
A tax on goods that are being exported or imported
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Trade Bloc
A group of countries that has few or no trade barriers between them
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Trade Credit
When a business gives firms time to pay for certain purchases
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Unincorporated
A business that doesn’t have its own legal identity
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Unique Selling Point
Feature that makes a product different to it’s competitors
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Unlimited Liability
Where owners of a business are legally responsible for all debts a business has
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Venture Capital
Money raised through selling share to individuals or businesses who specialise in giving finance to new or expanding small firms
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Zero Hour Contract
The employer doesn’t have to offer the employee any work at all and the employee doesn’t have to accept any work offered to them

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