Business Vocab 2 Flashcards

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Commision

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A payment to a salesperson for each sales made

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2
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Competitive pricing

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Making pricing decisions based on the price set by the competitors

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3
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Computer aided design (CAD)

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Use of computer programmmes to create two or three dimensional

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4
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Computer aided manufacturing (CAM)

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Use of computer to control machienary

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5
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Consumer goods

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The physical and tengible goods sold to consumers

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6
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Consumer services

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Non-tengible products sold to consumers that are not intended for resale

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7
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Contribution cost pricing

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Setting prices based on the variable costs of making a product in order to make contribution towards fixed costs and profit

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8
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Contribution per unit

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The price of product less than the variable cost of producing it

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9
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Cooperative

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A jointly owned business operated by members for their mutual benefits

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10
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Core competence

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An important business capability that gives a firm competitive advantage

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11
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Corporate objectives

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Well defined and realistic goals that are set for the whole company

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12
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Corporate planning

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The process used by companies to set long term plans to meet certain objectives

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13
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Cost of sales

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The direct cost of the goods that were sold during the financial year

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14
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Crowd funding

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Use of small amounts of capital from a large number of individuals

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15
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Current assets

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Assets that are cash are going to be turned into cash

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16
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Current liabilities

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Debts that are usually have to paid within one year

17
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Current ratio

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Compares current assets with current liabilities

18
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Debentures

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Long term bonds issued by companies to raise debt finance often with fixed rate of interest

19
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Deflation

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A fall in avarage price level of goods and services

20
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Delphi method

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A long range of qualitative forecasting teqnique that obtains forecast from a panel of experts

21
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Demand

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Willing to buy at a gven piece in a spesific time period

22
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Demerger

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Seperating one business unit from another

23
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Democratic management

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Encourages active participation of workers in decision taking

24
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Depreciation

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Decline in the estimated value of a non current assset over time

25
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Dismissal

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Being dismissed by incompetence or breach of dicipline

26
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Divercification

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Process of selling different unrelated goods or services in new markets

27
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Dividend

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The share of the company profits paid to shareholders