Category: K

An article taken apart, folded, or telescoped to reduce its shipping size by at least one third (33 1/3 percent) of its assembled bulk or size. Such articles, be they bicycles, fans,

Russian economist Nikolai Dmitrijewitsch Kondratieff (1892-1938) propose this cycle. The usual boom-bust cycles characteristic of a capitalist economy plays out over a period of about 60 years of major capital goods expansion

Learning material presented in small units of personalized instruction. Behavioral psychologist Fred Keller, developed this approach, which bears his name. Instructors only facilitate, grade as pass or fail, administer no punishment at

Customer service and satisfaction, competitive advantage, and strategic success are essential business workflows In management’s view.

Shopping by a potential investor for an investment brokerage firm described creatively.

Event-driven benefit payoff tied to something occurring like a specific change in an asset’s price. Contrast to knock-out option.

At least 80 percent virgin wood pulp is in this strong brown unbleached paper.

Irish physicist William Thomson (1824-1907),honored as 1st Baron Kelvin (Lord William Kelvin), developed this scale. Temperature scale beginning at absolute zero (273.15

Keyboard or keypad driven computerized data entry. Prior to PCs, to issue commands or store data in the era of mini or mainframe computers, key punching was actual punching of holes in

Pre-launch gathering of stakeholders and prime movers of a program or project. Agenda is strategy, direction, roles, goals, and objectives.

Event-driven benefit payoff tied to something not occurring like a specific change in an asset’s price. Contrast to knock-in option.

Industrialized countries excluding the US agree to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. Negotiated in 1997 in Kyoto, Japan.

Also referred to as a HR-10 plan. A plan that allows those who are self-employed to set up a retirement plan and have access to tax benefits comparative to the benefits offered

Business analysts evaluate a firm’s financial position and income using these financial performance measures. They are reliably indicate management competence, specifically when compared to previous periods or against a competitor’s ratios. Net

Parents usually dip into retirement monies to offset extra bills when an adult child returns home unable to live because the expense is too great.

Expressed in kilograms of force as a ratio of applied force. Penetration depth is measured in millimeters. Material hardness test of impact depth, not area. A pointed rhombohedral diamond is a highly

In the US self-employed individuals and employees with no pension plan can set up this self-contributory saving or pension plan. New York Congressman Eugene J. Keogh proposed it. Individuals set aside a

Security scheme requiring unifying parts so that a decryption key can be used. Separated parts occur by dividing a code number or decryption algorithm into two or more parts so that no

Cancelling an investment transaction prior to the system receiving its posting.

A copyright, patent, other documentation that generates income as intellectual capital. See, e.g., How to Get a Copyright: A Step-By-Step Guide