...Niels Laasholdt Steen Sloth Gitte Størup Marianne Poulsen BUSINESS ECONOMICS – AN INTRODUCTORY CASEBOOK FOR THE COMMERCIAL UPPER-SECONDARY COURSE (HHX) 1 BUSINESS ECONOMICS – an introductory casebook for the commercial upper-secondary course (HHX) © 2005 the authors and Systime A/S Copying from this book is only permitted subject to agreement between Copy-Dan and the Danish Ministry of Education. External editing: Knud Erik Bang Cover: Valentin Design Typeface: Adobe Garamond Pro 11/14 Graphical layout and production: Valentin Design 1st edition, 1st impression ISBN 87-616-1304-5 Skt. Pauls Gade 25 DK-8000 Århus C Tlf. (+45) 70 12 11 00 www.systime.dk Table of contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1. Companies and their context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1.1 The national economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1.2 Business economics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1.3 Private finances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1.4 The content of this textbook . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 What is a company? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 Types of company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3.1 Production companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3.2 Trading companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3.3 Service companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 Company functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4.1 Functions in a trading company . ....
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...Complex Systems in Education CSE ESSAYS COURSE Complex Course on Writing English and American Essays for Advanced Students English Language Programs Division Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Writing 2 United States Information Agency, Washington, D. C. 1999 2 3 How to Use this Complex Course Частные уроки Английского Языка 387-1231 MIND Speaks to MIND – Selected American Essays 4 Preface Some years ago, a visitor to our office, a professor of English at a large foreign university, asked if the English Language Programs Division had published a book of American essays for foreign students – especially students at the advanced level. Having to respond in the negative, I was, nonetheless, “intrigued” by the idea of a collection of essays that would form a source of stimulating ideas or thoughts that could be thoroughly examined in the EFL classroom, discussed and debated in free conversation, and perhaps, ultimately, lead to a significant growth in the exchange of information between cultures – via the printed page. From this rationale, then, there issues an explanation for the title, Mind Speaks to Mind, which itself is an “exchange of information” between the editor and Edward Hoagland in his essay, “On Essays”! And, readers are encouraged to study this essay first as a type of guideline concerning the nature/purpose of the essay. It is found on page 26. For ease of reference, the essays are presented in alphabetical order according...
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