Business Definition

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Business Facts

A business (also called a company, enterprise or firm) is a legally recognized organization designed to provide goods and/or services to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, most being privately owned and formed to earn profit that will increase the wealth of its owners and grow the business itself. The owners and operators of a business have as one of their main objectives the receipt or generation of a financial return in exchange for work and acceptance of risk. Notable exceptions include cooperative enterprises and state-owned enterprises. Businesses can also be formed not-for-profit or be state-owned.

The etymology of "business" relates to the state of being busy either as an individual or society as a whole, doing commercially viable and profitable work. The term "business" has at least three usages, depending on the scope — the singular usage (above) to mean a particular company or corporation, the generalized usage to refer to a particular market sector, such as "the music business" and compound forms such as agribusiness, or the broadest meaning to include all activity by the community of suppliers of goods and services. However, the exact definition of business, like much else in the philosophy of business, is a matter of debate.

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Mark Anderson of Andertoons Cartoons takes a humorous look at the world of deal making in this small . business. cartoon depiction for Small . Business. Trends.

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Reporting through to the Project Manager, you will be responsible for the development, integration and co-ordination of . business. requirements and processes to ensure successful delivery of overall project objectives. ...

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Agencies New Delhi, Jan 9 - Nordic carrier Finnair Saturday said its . business. class passengers grew 16 percent in December last year, despite a scheduled reduction in flights. '. Business. class passenger numbers fell in 2009 by a couple ...

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Fri Jan 8 04:20:26 2010

Business Answers
Is a Business Statistics course the same as a Regular Statistics course?
Q. Hi. Is a business statistics course considered equivalent as a regular statistics course in college? In other words, if a student wants to earn a bachelor's degree in business and the school that he is enrolled in requires him to take a business statistics course, would he meet that requirement if he took a regular math statistics course and not a business statistics course? Have a nice day.
Asked by recalcitrant99 - Thu Nov 20 22:46:34 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Depending on the course, statistics (as offered by the math or statistics department) will be purely procedural. They will go into great detail about WHY you perform a procedure a certain way and, generally, will discuss theorums and formulas in detail, sometimes even proving them. There will be little or no practical application and no discussion of experimental methodolgy. On the other hand, in a business stats course the time not wasted on in-depth detail about statistical procedures will be spent on methodology and application. Although it will greatly depend on your college and department, some departments will waive a requirement if you have fulfilled a similar one. Usually, they will only make this exception with transferred… [cont.]
Answered by Henry B. - Fri Nov 21 16:16:28 2008

What percentage of a business do you typically have to give to an investor funding a business idea?
Q. I'm going to be starting a business and I have a person that is willing to handle all of the development costs etc. Since it is an online business, the start up costs are pretty low for a business, under $10,000 definitely, probably under $5,000. In this type of situation, what portion of the company is given to the investor?
Asked by ShadowASL - Thu Apr 26 12:03:04 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. In a TYPICAL venture deal (yours is not, of course, since it's so small), it would be pretty common to give seed round investors 20-30% of the equity. Another way to look at it is that private equity investors expect to get 15x-20x their investment if the company is very successful. If your company (assuming success) might have a market cap of $1MM, then 20x on a $5M investment would only be 10%. It's usually a negotiating process in any case.
Answered by SDD - Thu Apr 26 12:26:25 2007

What business courses should i take in college to be successful after college?
Q. I will be going to college soon and after college I would like to have a career in business. I thought about marketing but I have always struggled with math. Is there any business courses, like marketing, that does not have to have so many math courses?
Asked by jknstina45 - Wed Apr 29 15:50:50 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. You may be in trouble... Marketing is the least math-oriented of the major business disciplines. Most of the others, finance, etc, involve much more math and much higher degree math. Come on, how much math is involved in marketing? I think you can do it. Don't be afraid of math, you have to go for it.
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Fri Jan 8 04:20:26 2010

Business Quotes

Business is the "art" of making money by selling things or services people want for more than their cost. - Patrick Dixon

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  • However successful a man may be in his own business, if he turns from that and engages ill a business which he don't understand, he is like Samson when shorn of his locks his strength has departed, and he becomes like other men.
    • P. T. Barnum, ‘Beware of ‘‘Outside Operations’’’, The Art of Money Getting
  • What I must understand is why someone will continue to get out of bed in the morning once they have all the money they could want. Do they love the business, or do they love the money?
    • Warren Buffett, ‘The Warren Buffett You Don’t Know’, Business Week article, July 5th 1999