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Encyclopedia of small business

Kevin Hillstrom 1963- Laurie Collier Hillstrom 1965-

Detroit, MI Gale Group c2002

Localização: EACH - Esc. Artes, Ciências e Humanidades    (r658.022 H655 2.ed. v.2 ) e outros locais(Acessar)

  • Título:
    Encyclopedia of small business
  • Autor: Kevin Hillstrom 1963-
  • Laurie Collier Hillstrom 1965-
  • Assuntos: Small business -- Management -- Encyclopedias; Small business -- Finance -- Encyclopedias; ADMINISTRAÇÃO DE PEQUENAS E MÉDIAS EMPRESAS; ENCICLOPÉDIAS; FINANÇAS DAS MICROEMPRESAS
  • Notas: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • Descrição: Absenteeism -- Accelerated Cost Recovery System (ACRS) -- Accounting -- Accounting Methods -- Accounts Payable -- Accounts Receivable -- Activity-Based Costing -- Advertising Agencies -- Advertising Budget -- Advertising, Evaluation of Results -- 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, External -- Audits, Internal -- 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 -- Bonds -- Bookkeeping -- Boundaryless -- Brainstorming -- Brand Equity -- Brands and Brand Names -- Break-Even Analysis -- Budget Deficit -- Budget Surplus -- Budgets and Budgeting -- 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 Literature -- Business Name -- Business Plan -- Business Planning -- Business Proposals -- Business Travel -- Business-to-Business Marketing -- Buying an Existing Business -- C Corporation -- Cannibalization -- Capital -- Capital Gain/Loss -- Capital Structure -- Career and Family -- Career Planning and Changing -- Cash Conversion Cycle -- Cash Flow Statement -- Cash Management -- Casual Business Attire -- 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 -- Collateral -- Collegiate Entrepreneurial Organizations -- Communication Systems -- Community Development Corporations -- Community Relations -- Comp Time -- Competitive Analysis -- Competitive Bids -- Comprehensive Environmental Response Cleanup and Liability Act (CERCLA) -- Computer Applications -- Computer Crimes -- Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) -- 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 Control and Reduction -- Cost Sharing -- Cost-Benefit Analysis -- Costs -- Coupons -- Credit -- Credit Bureaus -- Credit Card Financing -- Credit Evaluation and Approval -- Credit History -- Crisis Management. -- Cross-Cultural/International Communication -- Cross-Functional Teams -- Cross-Training -- Customer Retention -- Customer Service -- Data Encryption -- Database Administration -- 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 -- Discount Sales -- Discounted Cash Flow -- 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 -- 8(A) Program -- 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 -- 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-Groupthink -- Exporting -- Facility Layout and Design -- Facility Management -- Factoring -- Family Limited Partnership -- Family and
    Medical Leave Act -- Family-Owned Businesses -- Feasibility Study -- Federal Trade Commission (FTC) -- Fica Taxes -- Fiduciary Duty -- Finance Companies -- Finance and Financial Management -- 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 -- 401(K) Plans -- Franchising -- Free-Lance Employment/Independent Contractors -- Gender Discrimination -- 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 Offices -- Home-Based Business -- Hoteling -- HTML -- Hubzone Empowerment Contracting Program -- Human Resource Management. -- Human Resource Management and the Law -- Human Resource Policies -- 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 -- International Marketing -- Internet Domain Names -- Internet Payment Systems -- Internet Security -- Internet Service Providers (ISPS) -- Internships -- Interpersonal Communication -- Intranet -- Intrapreneurship -- Inventions and Patents -- Inventory -- Inventory Control Systems -- Investor-ISO -- 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 -- Labor Unions and Small Business -- Layoffs and Downsizing -- Learning Curves -- Leasing Property -- Legal Services -- Letter of Intent -- Leveraged Buyouts -- Liabilities -- Licensing -- Licensing Agreements -- 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 Information Systems (MIS) -- Management by Objectives -- Manager Recruitment -- Managing Organizational Change -- Manufacturers® Agents -- Market Analysis -- Market Questionnaires -- Market Research -- Market Segmentation -- Market Share -- Marketing -- 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 Relations Board (NLRB) -- National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) -- Negotiation -- Nepotism -- Net Income -- Net Worth -- Networking -- New Economy -- Newsgroups -- Non-Competition Agreements -- Nonprofit Organizations -- Nonprofit Organizations, and Human Resources Management -- Nonprofit Organizations, and Taxes -- 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 -- Organization Chart -- Organization Theory -- Organizational Behavior -- Organizational Development -- Organizational Growth -- Organizational Life Cycle -- Organizational Structure -- Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) -- Outsourcing -- Overhead
    Expense -- Overtime -- Packaging -- Partnership -- Partnership Agreement -- 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 -- Pro Forma Statements -- Probationary Employment Periods -- Product Costing -- Product Development -- Product Liability -- Product Life Cycle -- Product Positioning -- Productivity -- Professional Corporations -- Profit Center -- Profit Impact of Market Strategies (PIMS) -- Profit Margin -- Profit Sharing -- 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 Management -- Risk and Return -- Robotics -- Royalties -- Royalty Financing -- Rural Businesses -- S Corporation -- Sales Commissions -- Sales Contracts -- Sales Force -- Sales Forecasts -- Sales Management -- Sales Promotion -- Scalability -- Search Engines -- Seasonal Businesses -- Sec Disclosure Laws and Regulations -- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). -- Seed Money -- Self-Assessment -- Self-Employment -- Self-Employment Contributions Act (SECA) 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 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 Business-Dominated Industries -- 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) -- Trade Shows -- Trademarks -- 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 -- Wor
    Designed to provide entrepreneurs with how-to information that they can apply to their own business. Contains 600 detailed articles and overviews of all the key information needs of small business owners, including financing, financial planning, business plan creation, market analysis, sales strategy, tax planning, and human resource issues
  • Editor: Detroit, MI Gale Group
  • Data de criação/publicação: c2002
  • Formato: 2 v. 29 cm.
  • Idioma: Inglês

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