Topics A-Z

• 401 (K) Plans
• 8 (A) Program
• Absenteeism
• Accounting
• Accounting Methods
• Accounts Payable
• Accounts Receivable
• Activity-based Costing
• Advertising Agencies
• Advertising Budget
• Advertising Media — Audio
• Advertising Media — Infomercials
• Advertising Media — Print
• Advertising Media — Video
• Advertising Strategy
• Advertising, Evaluation Of Results
• 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
• Balance Sheet
• Bankruptcy
• Banks And Banking
• Banner Advertisements
• Bar Coding
• Barriers To Market Entry
• Bartering
• Benchmarking
• Best Practices
• Better Business Bureaus (BBB)
• Biometrics
• Blue Chip
• Board Of Directors
• 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 Name
• Business Plan
• Business Planning
• Business Proposals
• Business Travel
• Business-to- Consumer
• Business-to-business
• Business-to-business Marketing
• Buying An Existing Business
• 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 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
• Comp Time
• Competitive Analysis
• Competitive Bids
• Comprehensive Environmental Response Cleanup And Liability Act (CERCLA)
• Computer Applications
• Computer-aided Design (CAD) And Computer-aided Manufacturing (CAM)
• Computers And Computer Systems
• Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
• Construction
• Constructive Discharge
• Consultants
• 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-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
• Database Administration
• Day Trading
• Debt Collection
• Debt Financing
• Decision Making
• Decision Support Systems
• Delegation
• Delivery Services
• Demographics
• Depreciation
• Desktop Publishing
• Difficult Customers
• 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
• Economies Of Scale
• Economies Of Scope
• Electronic Bulletin Boards
• Electronic Data Interchange
• Electronic Mail
• Electronic Tax Filing
• Emerging Markets
• Employee Benefits
• Employee Compensation
• Employee Hiring
• 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
• 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
• Exporting — Financing And Pricing
• 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 Planners
• Financial Ratios
• Financial Statements
• Firewalls
• Fiscal Year
• Fixed And Variable Expenses
• Flexible Benefit Plans
• Flexible Work Arrangements
• Flow Charts
• Focus Groups
• Forecasting
• Fortune 500
• Franchising
• Global Business
• Globalization
• Goodwill
• Government Procurement
• Graphical User Interface
• Green Marketing
• Green Production
• Grievance Procedures
• Groupthink
• Groupware
• Health Promotion Programs
• High-tech Business
• Home-based Business
• Hoteling
• Html
• Hubzone Empowerment Contracting Program
• Human Resource Management
• Human Resource Policies
• Human Resources Management And The Law
• Incorporation
• Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs)
• Industrial Safety
• Industry Analysis
• Industry Life Cycle
• Information Brokers
• Initial Public Offerings
• Innovation
• Insurance Pooling
• Intercultural Communication
• Interest Rates
• Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
• 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 Presentations
• Investor Relations And Reporting
• Irs Audits
• Iso 9000
• Job Sharing
• Job Shop
• Joint Ventures
• Labor Unions
• Labor Unions And Small Business
• Layoffs, Downsizing, And Outsourcing
• 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
• Mail-order Business
• Management By Objectives
• Management Information Systems (MIS)
• Manager Recruitment
• Managing Organizational Change
• Manufacturers’ Agents
• Market Analysis
• Market Questionnaires
• Market Research
• Market Segmentation
• 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
• Money Market Instruments
• Multicultural Work Force
• Multilevel Marketing
• Multiple Employer Trust
• Multitasking
• Myers-briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
• Mystery Shopping
• 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 And Blogs
• Non-competition Agreements
• Nonprofit Organizations
• Nonprofit Organizations, And Taxes
• Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans
• Nontraditional Financing Sources
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
• North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
• Office Automation
• Office Romance
• Office Security
• 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
• Part-time Business
• Part-time Employees
• Partnership
• Partnership Agreement
• 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
• Present Value
• Press Kits
• Press Releases
• Price/Earnings (P/E) Ratio
• Pricing
• Private Labeling
• Privatization
• Pro Forma Statements
• 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
• Public Relations
• Purchasing
• Quality Control
• Rebates
• Reciprocal Marketing
• Record Retention
• Recruiting
• Reengineering
• Refinancing
• Regulation D
• Regulatory Flexibility Act
• Relocation
• Remanufacturing
• Renovation
• Request For Proposal
• Resumes
• Retail Trade
• Retirement Planning
• Return On Assets (ROA)
• Return On Investment (ROI)
• Return Policies
• 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
• Search Engines
• Seasonal Businesses
• Sec Disclosure Laws And Regulations
• Seed Money
• Self-assessment
• Self-employment
• Self-employment Contributions Act (SECA)
• Selling A Business
• Seniority
• Service Businesses
• Sexual Harassment
• Shared Services
• Shoplifting
• Sick Leave And Personal Days
• Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) Plans
• Site Selection
• Small Business
• Small Business Administration
• Small Business Consortia
• Small Business Development Centers (SBDC)
• Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program
• Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program
• Small Business- Dominated Industries
• Small Business/Large Business Relationships
• Small Claims Court
• Smoke Free Environment
• Sole Proprietorship
• Spam
• Span Of Control
• Standard Mileage Rate
• Strategy
• Subcontracting
• Substance Abuse
• Succession Plans
• Supplier Relations
• Sustainable Growth
• Syndicated Loans
• Tariffs
• Tax Deductible Business Expenses
• Tax Preparation Software
• Tax Returns
• 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
• U.S. Chamber Of Commerce
• U.S. Department Of Commerce
• U.S. Small Business Administration Guaranteed Loans
• Underwriters Laboratories (UL)
• Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
• Value-added Tax
• Variable Pay
• Variance
• Venture Capital
• Venture Capital Networks
• Virtual Private Networks
• Virus
• Web Site Design
• Wholesaling
• Wide Area Networks (WANS)
• Work For Hire
• Workers’ Compensation
• Workplace Anger
• Workplace Safety
• Workplace Violence
• Workstation
• Written Communication
• Young Entrepreneurs’ Organization (YEO)
• Zoning Ordinances