Category: G

When a larger market share is won at the expense of short term earnings. There are four strategies taht are diversificatin, product development, market penetration, and market developmen.

A BANK LINE granted to a customer that is used by the lending institution for internal management purposes and is not specifically communicated to the customer. Since the client pays no COMMITMENT

Rabble-rouser; derogatory name for an intentional problem-causing investor at a stockholder meeting.

Money lost by wagering. Legal gambling operations such as slot machines, horse races or lottery allows a person to submit a tax filing declaration of gambling losses, but these cannot exceed winnings.

Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago, Russia, Qatar, Nigeria, Libya, Iran, Equatorial Guinea, Egypt, Bolivia and Algeria formed a group in 2001 that controlled 70% of the world’s gas production.

A country’s potential gross domestic product versus its actual, realized gross measured over a specified time period. Actual GDP is perennially less than Potential GDP. This difference is stated as a measure

In cases of negligence, to set standard care by taking into account variables in a set way of doing things .

Surpluses or shortages are mitigated by buyers and sellers as decision makers on demand and supply requirements in all market situation.

Applicable to both domestic and imported foods, this is a claim for a substance added to or contained in food, as being safe and exempt from food additive tolerance requirements. This is

Strategic planning to improve competitive performance, usable by any firm in any market or industry. Differentiation strategy, focus strategy, and low cost strategy are three fundamental marketing strategies not mutually exclusive.

Boring, sampling, and testing the soil strata below ground. Investigation analysis to establish compressibility, strength, and other characteristics of the strata. This is done as input to a construction project, preparing a

Equivalent to: 1.34 million horsepower or one thousand megawatts or one billion (10^9) watts. Supply enough power to a medium size city. A unit of electric power.

Prohibited commercial banks from investment speculation. Speculation caused the collapse of many banks during the Great Depression. Became US law in 1933. Today, banks own brokerage firms and mutual funds and act

To provide satellite ranging, a system of 21 US satellites orbit earth twice a day at an altitude of 10,900 miles. Accurate to within a yard if supplemented by a ground-based transmitter.

Brief definitions related to a specific topic alphabetically arranged for reference. Known also as controlled vocabulary.

A good’s or service’s price in today’s market.

A part of the compensation package offered, such as large bonuses or company stock options, seeks to keep executives in their current positions when their company is acquired.

Measuring goodwill value over total asset value. Quantifies an intangible for monitoring. As in the saying of too much of a good thing can be bad, too much goodwill can financially impair

Students applying to business schools take this standardized exam. Before applying to a university’s MBA program, 2000 or so schools expect or recommend students to take this exam. Like SATs, this test

Representing or depicting an item as an image visually.