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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Business | The activity of providing goods and services to the customer for profit |
| Profits | |
| The amount left when a business subtracts its expenses from its revenue | |
| For- Profit | The primary reason for the business to exist |
| Non-Profit | The primary reason for the business to exist is something other than profit |
| Sole Proprietorship | A legal form of business with only one onwer |
| Partnership | Two or more owners in a business |
| Corporation | A legal form of business ownership that is determined by the shares held by the owner. |
| Management | The business function of planning, organizing, directing, and controlling business resource's. |
| Marketing | The business function that focuses on the exchanged process between the business and its customers. |
| Accounting | The business function that tracks the flow of payment in and out of a business |
| Production | The business function that designs and manages the process that manufacturs the businesses products |
| Information technology | The business function that manages all the technology use to run the business and collets information for desison making. |
| HIPPA | Health insurance portability and accounting act of 1996 |
| Hippa | A federal law that mandates insurance portability and sets up procedure for electronic data exchange |
| Market economy | Sellers compete for customers. |
| Oilopoly | Only a few sellers |
| Monopoly | With one seller that sets whatever price. |
| Demand | The amount of good the seller is willing to purchase at a given price |
| Economic Indicator's | Keys measurements that provide information about the health of the economy. |
| Interest | The amount stated as a percentage paid to borrow money |
| Inflation | An increase in price level |
| Unemployment | Lack of jobs in the economy for those willing and able to work |
| Business cyle | Regular cycles in declined growth in a economy over a period of time. |
| Joint Commission | National organization that evaluates and accredit health care organizations |
| Antitrust | An area of federal laws that prohibits monopolization. |
| SWOT analysis | A method used by business that analyse the external environment |