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Benchmarking
Benchmarking Benchmarking is the process through which a company measures its products, services, and practices against its competitors, or those companies recognized as leaders in its industry. Benchmarking is a management tool for determining whether the company is performing particular functions... Read more |
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Business-to-Business
BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS (B2B) E-COMMERCE Internet-based business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce is conducted through industry-sponsored marketplaces and through private exchanges set up by large companies for their suppliers and customers. Of course, companies also sell to business customers through... Read more |
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Fair-Trade Laws
FAIR-TRADE LAWS FAIR-TRADE LAWS. Fair-trade laws protect businesses and governments from companies or countries attempting to dump goods into a marketplace at low prices or with unfair subsidies. Initially, fair trade was primarily a domestic issue; after World War II, fair-trade laws developed... Read more |
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Cnet Networks Inc
CNET NETWORKS INC. CNET Networks Inc. is a leading provider of technology and e-commerce news and information across several media, including the Internet, television, radio, and print. Its target audiences include both consumers and businesses, and the company has created online marketplaces for... Read more |
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Environmental economics
Ecological Economics Conventional and ecological economics Ecological goods and services Use of renewable resources by humans Ecologically sustainable systems Resources Conventional and ecological economics Economics is a social science that examines the allocation of scarce resources... Read more |
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Price-Fixing
PRICE-FIXING The organized setting of what the public will be charged for certain products or services agreed to by competitors in the marketplace in violation of the sherman anti-trust act (15 U.S.C.A. § 1 et seq.). Horizontal price-fixing involves agreements to set prices made among one... Read more |
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Municipal Ownership
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP refers to city government's control and operation of property, services, and systems. In the late 1800s and early 1900s the term took on special meaning, however, as reformers, eager for better and more affordable services, encouraged the expansion of... Read more |
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Allocation
ALLOCATE In economics, the idea of allocation is directly related to the ideas of demand and scarcity. Generally speaking, consumers' demands usually exceed the resources that society has available to satisfy those demands. Moreover, western economists largely agree that while people's desires are,... Read more |
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Patent and Trademark Office
Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) is responsible for administering all laws relating to trademarks and patents in the United States. It has thus been an important agency for several generations of entrepreneurs and small business owners, as well as for larger... Read more |
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Structural Unemployment
STRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT Structural unemployment is a type of unemployment that occurs to workers who are displaced by a change in marketplace needs. When the computer industry began its rapid rise, many workers were caught at a disadvantage. They did not learn the skills or did not already have... Read more |
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