Encyclopedia Table of Contents
- 401(K) Plans
- 8(A) Program
- Absenteeism
- Accelerated Cost Recovery System (ACRS)
- Accounting
- Accounting Methods
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Activity-Based Costing
- Advertising Agencies
- Advertising Budget
- Advertising
- Advertising Media—Audio
- Advertising Media—Infomercials
- Advertising Media—Internet
- Advertising Media—Print
- Advertising Media—Video
- Advertising Strategy
- Affirmative Action
- Age Discrimination
- Age Discrimination in Employment Act
- AIDS in the Workplace
- Alien Employees
- Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Amortization
- "Angel" Investors
- Annual Percentage Rate (APR)
- Annual Reports
- Annuities
- Application Service Providers
- Apprenticeship Programs
- Articles of Incorporation
- Assembly Line Methods
- Assets
- Assumptions
- Audits
- Audits
- Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV)
- Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS)
- Automation
- Automobile Leasing
- Baby Bonds
- Balance Sheet
- Bankruptcy
- Banks and Banking
- Banner Advertisements
- Bar Coding
- Barriers to Market Entry
- Bartering
- Benchmarking
- Best Practices
- Better Business Bureaus (BBBs)
- Biometrics
- Blue Chip
- Board of Directors
- Bonds
- Bookkeeping
- Boundaryless
- Brainstorming
- Brand Equity
- Brands and Brand Names
- Break-Even Analysis
- Budget Deficit
- Budgets and Budgeting
- Budget Surplus
- Business Appraisers
- Business Associations
- Business Brokers
- Business Cycles
- Business Education
- Business Ethics
- Business Expansion
- Business Failure and Dissolution
- Business Hours
- Business Incubators
- Business Information Sources
- Business Insurance
- Business Interruption Insurance
- Business Name
- Business Plan
- Business Planning
- Business Proposals
- Business-to-Business
- Business-to-Business Marketing
- Business-to-Consumer
- Business Travel
- Buying an Existing Business
- Capital Gain/Loss
- Capital
- Capital Structure
- Career and Family
- Career Planning and Changing
- Cash Conversion Cycle
- Cash Flow Statement
- Cash Management
- Casual Business Attire
- C Corporation
- Census Data
- Certified Lenders
- Certified Public Accountants
- Chambers of Commerce
- Charitable Giving
- Child Care
- Children'S Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
- Choosing a Small Business
- Clean Air Act
- Clean Water Act
- Closely Held Corporations
- Clusters
- Code of Ethics
- Collateral
- Collegiate Entrepreneurial Organizations
- Communication Systems
- Community Development Corporations
- Community Relations
- Competitive Analysis
- Competitive Bids
- Comprehensive Environmental Response Cleanup and Liability Act (CERCLA)
- Comp Time
- Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM)
- Computer Applications
- Computer Crimes
- Computers and Computer Systems
- Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
- Construction
- Constructive Discharge
- Consultants
- Consulting
- Consumer Advocacy
- Consumer Price Index (CPI)
- Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
- Contracts
- Cooperative Advertising
- Cooperatives
- Copyright
- Corporate Culture
- Corporate Image
- Corporate Logo
- Corporate Sponsorship
- Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Cost Control and Reduction
- Cost Sharing
- Costs
- Coupons
- Credit Bureaus
- Credit Card Financing
- Credit Evaluation and Approval
- Credit History
- Credit
- Crisis Management
- Cross-Cultural/International Communication
- Cross-Functional Teams
- Cross-Training
- Customer Retention
- Customer Service
- Database Administration
- Data Encryption
- Day Trading
- Debt Collection
- Debt Financing
- Decision Making
- Decision Support Systems
- Delegation
- Delivery Services
- Demographics
- Depreciation
- Desktop Publishing
- Difficult Customers
- Difficult Employees
- Direct Mail
- Direct Marketing
- Direct Public Offerings
- Disability Insurance
- Disabled Customers
- Disaster Assistance Loans
- Disaster Planning
- Discounted Cash Flow
- Discount Sales
- Discretionary Income
- Distribution Channels
- Distributorships and Dealerships
- Diversification
- Dividends
- Dot-Coms
- Double Taxation
- Downloading Issues
- Drug Testing
- Due Diligence
- Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)
- Economies of Scale
- Economies of Scope
- Elasticity
- Eldercare
- Electronic Bulletin Boards
- Electronic Data Interchange
- Electronic Mail
- Electronic Tax Filing
- Emerging Markets
- Employee Assistance Programs
- Employee Benefits
- Employee Compensation
- Employee Hiring
- Employee Leasing Programs
- Employee Manuals
- Employee Motivation
- Employee Performance Appraisals
- Employee Privacy
- Employee References
- Employee Registration Procedures
- Employee Reinstatement
- Employee Retention
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
- Employee Reward and Recognition Systems
- Employee Rights
- Employee Screening Programs
- Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)
- Employee Strikes
- Employee Suggestion Systems
- Employee Termination
- Employee Theft
- Employer Identification Number (EIN)
- Employment Applications
- Employment Contracts
- Employment Interviews
- Employment of Minors
- Employment Practices Liability Insurance
- Empowerment Zones
- Endorsements and Testimonials
- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
- Entrepreneurial Couples
- Entrepreneurial Networks
- Entrepreneurship
- Environmental Audit
- Environmental Law and Business
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Equipment Leasing
- Equity Financing
- Ergonomics
- Estate Tax
- European Union (EU)
- Expense Accounts
- Export-Import Bank
- Exporting—Financing and Pricing
- Exporting
- Facility Layout and Design
- Facility Management
- Factoring
- Family and Medical Leave Act
- Family Limited Partnership
- Family-Owned Businesses
- Feasibility Study
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Fica Taxes
- Fiduciary Duty
- Finance and Financial Management
- Finance Companies
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Planners
- Financial Ratios
- Financial Statements
- Firewalls
- Fiscal Year
- Fixed and Variable Expenses
- Flexible Benefit Plans
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Flexible Work Arrangements
- Flow Charts
- Focus Groups
- Forecasting
- Fortune 500
- Franchising
- Free-Lance Employment/Independent Contractors
- Gender Discriminations
- Global Business
- Globalization
- Goodwill
- Government Procurement
- Graphical User Interface
- Green Marketing
- Green Production
- Grievance Procedures
- Groupthink
- Groupware
- Health Insurance Options
- Health Maintenance Organizations and Preferred Provider Organizations
- Health Promotion Programs
- High-Tech Business
- Home-Based Business
- Home Offices
- Hoteling
- HTML
- Hubzone Empowerment Contracting Program
- Human Resource Management
- Human Resource Policies
- Human Resources Management and the Law
- Income Statements
- Incorporation
- Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs)
- Industrial Safety
- Industry Analysis
- Industry Life Cycle
- Information Brokers
- Initial Public Offerings
- Innovation
- Insurance Pooling
- Intellectual Property
- Intercultural Communication
- Interest Rates
- Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
- International Exchange Rate
- Internet Domain Names
- Internet Payment Systems
- Internet Security
- Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
- Internships
- Interpersonal Communication
- Intranet
- Intrapreneurship
- Inventions and Patents
- Inventory Control Systems
- Inventory
- Investor Presentations
- Investor Relations and Reporting
- IRS Audits
- ISO 9000
- Job Description
- Job Sharing
- Job Shop
- Joint Ventures
- Keogh Plan
- Labor Surplus Area
- Labor Unions and Small Business
- Labor Unions
- Layoffs
- Learning Curves
- Leasing Property
- Legal Services
- Letter of Intent
- Leveraged Buyouts
- Liabilities
- Licensing Agreements
- Licensing
- Life Insurance
- Limited Liability Company
- Liquidation and Liquidation Values
- Loan Proposals
- Loans
- Local Area Networks (LANs)
- Loss Leader Pricing
- Mailing Lists
- Mail-Order Business
- Management by Objectives
- Management Information Systems (MIS)
- Manager Recruitment
- Managing Organizational Change
- Manufacturers' Agents
- Market Analysis
- Marketing
- Market Questionnaires
- Market Research
- Market Segmentation
- Market Share
- Markup
- Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Meetings
- Mentoring
- Merchandise Displays
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
- Mezzanine Financing
- Minimum Wage
- Minority Business Development Agency
- Minority-Owned Businesses
- Mission Statement
- Mobile Office
- Modem
- Money Market Instruments
- Multicultural Work Force
- Multilevel Marketing
- Multiple Employer Trust
- Multitasking
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
- Mystery Shopping
- National Association of Small Business Investment Companies (NASBIC)
- National Association of Women Business Owners
- National Business Incubation Association (NBIA)
- National Labor Relation Board (NLRB)
- National Venture Capital Association (NVCA)
- Negotiation
- Nepotism
- Net Income
- Networking
- Net Worth
- New Economy
- Newsgroups and Blogs
- Non-Competition Agreements
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans
- Nontraditional Financing Sources
- Nonverbal Communication
- North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
- North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- Office Automation
- Office Romance
- Office Security
- Office Supplies
- Online Auctions
- Operations Management
- Opportunity Cost
- Optimal Firm Size
- Oral Communication
- Organizational Behavior
- Organizational Development
- Organizational Growth
- Organizational Life Cycle
- Organizational Structure
- Organization Chart
- Organization Theory
- Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)
- Outsourcing
- Overhead Expense
- Overtime
- Packaging
- Partnership Agreement
- Partnership
- Part-Time Business
- Part-Time Employees
- Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)
- Payroll Taxes
- Penetration Pricing
- Pension Plans
- Per Diem Allowances
- Personal Selling
- Physical Distribution
- Point-of-Sale Systems
- Portability of Benefits
- Postal Costs
- Pregnancy in the Workplace
- Present Value
- Press Kits
- Press Releases
- Price/Earnings (P/E) Ratio
- Pricing
- Private Labeling
- Private Placement of Securities
- Privatization
- Probationary Employment Periods
- Product Costing
- Product Development
- Productivity
- Product Liability
- Product Life Cycle
- Product Positioning
- Professional Corporations
- Profit Center
- Profit Impact of Market Strategies (PIMS)
- Profit Margin
- Profit Sharing
- Pro Forma Statements
- Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)
- Promissory Notes
- Proprietary Information
- Prototype
- Proxy Statements
- Public Relations
- Purchasing
- Quality Circles
- Quality Control
- Racial Discrimination
- Rebates
- Reciprocal Marketing
- Record Retention
- Recruiting
- Recycling
- Reengineering
- Refinancing
- Regulation D
- Regulatory Flexibility Act
- Relocation
- Remanufacturing
- Renovation
- Request for Proposal
- Research and Development
- Résumés
- Retail Trade
- Retirement Planning
- Return on Assets (ROA)
- Return on Investment (ROI)
- Return Policies
- Revenue Streams
- Right-to-Know (RTK) Laws
- Risk and Return
- Risk Management
- Robotics
- Royalties
- Royalty Financing
- Rural Businesses
- Sales Commissions
- Sales Contracts
- Sales Force
- Sales Forecasts
- Sales Management
- Sales Promotion
- Sarbanes-Oxley
- Scalability
- S Corporations
- Search Engines
- Seasonal Businesses
- SEC Disclosure Laws and Regulations
- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
- Seed Money
- Self-Assessment
- Self-Employment Contributions Act (SECA)
- Self-Employment
- Selling A Business
- Seniority
- Service Businesses
- Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)
- Sexual Harassment
- Shared Services
- Shoplifting
- Sick Leave and Personal Days
- Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) Plans
- Site Selection
- Small Business Administration
- Small Business Consortia
- Small Business Development Centers (SBDC)
- Small Business-Dominated Industries
- Small Business
- Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program
- Small Business Investment Companies (SBIC)
- Small Business Job Protection Act
- Small Business/Large Business Relationships
- Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program
- Small Claims Court
- Smoke Free Environment
- Sole Proprietorship
- Spam
- Span of Control
- Standard Mileage Rate
- Stocks
- Strategy
- Subcontracting
- Substance Abuse
- Succession Plans
- Supplier Relations
- Supply and Demand
- Sustainable Growth
- Syndicated Loans
- Target Markets
- Tariffs
- Tax Deductible Business Expenses
- Tax Planning
- Tax Preparation Software
- Tax Returns
- Tax Withholding
- Telecommuting
- Telemarketing
- Temporary Employment Services
- Testing Laboratories
- Toll-Free Telephone Numbers
- Total Preventive Maintenance
- Total Quality Management (TQM)
- Trademarks
- Trade Shows
- Training and Development
- Transaction Processing
- Transportation
- Transportation of Exports
- Tuition Assistance Programs
- Undercapitalization
- Underwriters Laboratories (UL)
- Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- U.S. Department of Commerce
- U.S. Small Business Administration Guaranteed Loans
- Valuation
- Value-Added Tax
- Variable Pay
- Variance
- Venture Capital
- Venture Capital Networks
- Vertical Marketing System
- Virtual Private Networks
- Virus
- Warranties
- Web Site Design
- Wholesaling
- Wide Area Networks (WANs)
- Women Entrepreneurs
- Workers' Compensation
- Work for Hire
- Workplace Anger
- Workplace Safety
- Workplace Violence
- Workstation
- Written Communication
- Young Entrepreneurs' Organization (YEO)
- Zoning Ordinances
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