Chap1 Glossary (See related pages) | | | Central bank | The financial institution that manages the government's finances, controls the availability of money and credit in the economy, and serves as the bank to commercial banks. | | | | European Central Bank (ECB) | The central authority, located in Frankfurt, Germany, which oversees monetary policy in the common currency area. | | | | Federal Reserve System | The central bank responsible for monetary policy
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The stock market is the most active financial market in the U.S., which includes more than 5000 securities companies, trade associations, the stock exchange, investment banks and other institutions. The stock market can be divided into two level. The primary market including corporation, government agency, and investment bank sells securities to initial buyers, in other words called securities issue. The secondary market resell securities which have been previously issued in primary market. Secondary
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Deardorff's Glossary of International Economics - A - Above the line |In balance of payments[->0] accounting, this refers to those transactions that are included in calculating the balance of payments surplus[->1] or deficit. Transactions below the line, typically official reserve transactions[->2] and sometimes short term capital flows[->3], are not included. | Absolute advantage |The ability to produce a good at lower cost, in terms of real resources, than another country. In a Ricardian model[->4]
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How market-driven is your company? A significant change has taken place in the domestic and international markets environments due to the increasing pace of economic commercialization. Therefore, it is imperative that company or organizations must put all effort in their products design and quality to satisfy the customer because in today’s global marketplace the client has turned out to be the primary role within current business correspondence. Technological advancement globalization has made
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Prepare a glossary for the terms below: Financial market - A financial market is a market in which people trade financial securities, commodities, and other fungible items of value at low transaction costs and at prices that reflect supply and demand. Securities include stocks and bonds, and commodities include precious metals or agricultural goods. Financial instruments - Financial instruments are tradable assets of any kind. They can be cash, evidence of an ownership interest in an entity, or
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satisfy specific needs of customers, and supplying them at prices that will yield profits. Competition in the today's business marketplace often demands that organizations merge with each other to remain competitive and increase revenue, profits and market share. Others may be looking to consolidate their operations to achieve economies of scale and standardization of processes. Mergers and acquisitions occur when a company buys, sells, or combines with another company within the same country or across
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developments. They also inspire competitors to invent new products in order to regain market share. Intellectual property rights (IPR) can be used to protect the technology, brand name, design and creativity behind the concept. It gives the creator sole ownership of the concept, in a similar way to owning physical property like a house or car. Owners can control the use of their intellectual property to gain financial reward. The UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) helps owners and entrepreneurs
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Civil Aviation Organization * Glossary CHARTERING A VESSEL * Definition of chartered ship * Definition of affreightment * The Charter Party * Broker commissions * Know 3 of 5 case studies – the issue / the decision / the reasoning behind the decision: Granit S.A. -v- Benship Ehsa v Pohnpei Port Authority Auto Holdings Ltd v Silk & Boyd Ltd Ports Authority v Bounty Bay Moses v MV Sea Chase * List the 4 freight markets * BIMCO * Types of charters
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Approach 14 Managing Multi-channels 15 Ethical and Social Issues 15 Sales Professionalism 15 E-Selling 16 Linking Sales and Distribution Management 16 Distribution Channels 18 Maximising Customer Service 18 Sales Operations Planning 19 Summary 20 Glossary of Key Terms 21 Conceptual Questions 22 Objective Type Questions 23 Application Questions 24 Reference Notes 24 Case 1.1: PI Foods Ltd.—Managing Sales and Distribution 2. Personal Selling: Preparation and Process Introduction: The Psychology in Selling
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