Business Essentials
Without strong fundamental elements like structure and plan, a business will never move from concept to successful real-world organization.
Business essentials include all of the elements that contribute to the success or failure of a business. Learn about business plans, models, and the fundamentals that are key to success.
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The Stunn🤪ing Earnings𝕴 of the Biggest Movie Franchises—See How They Compare
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Carbon Capture and Storage: What It Is an🃏d How It Works
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Carbon Markets: What They Are and How They Work
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Anonymous (Internet Group)
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Proxy Season: What Investors Need to Know
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Organized Retail Crime (ORC): How It Works, Consequences, and How to Combꦦat It
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How ꦬBlack Inventors Contributed to Industrialization
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International Workers' Day (Labor Day): Meaning, History
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The 10 Biggest Strikes in U.S. History
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Absolute vs.ꦇ 🌞Comparative Advantage: What’s the Difference?
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What Is Agency Theory?
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Commission: Definition and Examples, Vs. Fees
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Economies of 𝄹Scale: What Are 🌳They and How Are They Used?
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Expense: Def💝inition, Types, and How It Is Recorded
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Greenfield Investment Definition
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Int🅺er✤est Rates: Types and What They Mean to Borrowers
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Intermediate Good: Definition and Examples
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Liability: Definition, Type🌊s, Example, and Assets vs. Liabilities
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Limited Liability Definitꦡion: How It Works in Corporations and Businesses
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Perfect Competition: Examples and How It Works
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Transaction: Definition, Accounting, and Examples
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CIF vs. FOB: What's the Difference?
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ཧThe Difference Between Re𝔉venue and Cost in Gross Margin
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Affiliate: Definition in Corporate,♈ Securi💛ties, and Markets
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Code of Ethics: Understanding Its Types and Uses
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Core Competencies in Business: Finding a Competiꦑtive Advantage
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Corporate C𒆙ulture Defi♑nition, Characteristics, and Importance
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What Is Customer Service, and What Mak꧑es It Excellent?
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🐻Ex Works (EXW): Definition, Pros and Cons, Plus More Incoterms
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Feasibility Study: What It✱ Iꦏs, Benefits, and Examples
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4 Ps of Mark💟eti𝓰ng: What They Are & How to Use Them Successfully
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Internal Contꦰrols: Definitꦐion, Types, and Importance
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Lead Time: Definition, How It Works, and Example
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Management by Objectiv🍌es (MBO): L🎃earn Its 5 Steps, Pros and Cons
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Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP): Definition and How Is Determined
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Market Share: What It Is and Formula
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Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) Explained, With 🌄Pros and Cons
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Opportunit🉐y Cost: Definition, Formula, and Examples
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Ou𓆉tsourcing: How✱ It Works in Business, With Examples
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Payment-in-Ki♈nd (PIK): What It Is, How It Wor⛦ks, Pros and Cons
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What Is Price Disc𒆙rimination, and How Does It Work?
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Quasi Contract
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What Is Research and Development (R&D)?
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RFP: What a🦹 Reque𒁃st for Proposal Is, Requirements, and a Sample
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Social Responsibility in Business: Mean📖ing, Types, Examples, and Criticism
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Standardization
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What Is Total Quality Management (TQM), and Why Is I𝐆t Important?
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Value-Adꦆded Product: What It Means in Industry and Marketing
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ꦫValue Chain: Definition, 𝕴Model, Analysis, and Example
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Value Proposition: How to Write It With Examples
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How Can🦋 I Obtaiꦜn a Telex Release for a Bill of Lading?
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Should a Company Issue Debt or Equity?
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Present Valuᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚe (PV) vs. Net Present Value (NPV): What’s the Difference?
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How Do Modern Corporations Deal Wi𒉰th Agencyꦏ Problems?
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Bro🎶wnfield Investment: Definition, Ad🔴vantages, Vs. Greenfield
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Credit Enhancement: Definition, Benefit🐎꧑s, Techniques
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Incoterms: Definition, Examples, Rules, Pr൲os & Co🐼ns
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Operating Lease: How It♔ Works an⭕d Differs From a Finance Lease
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Proxy Fight: Definition,♏ Ca꧑uses, What Happens, and Example
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Enterprise Risk Management (ERM): What🌟 It Is and How Iᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚt Works
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Identifying and Managing Business Risks
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What Is a FIG at an Investment Bank?
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What Are Articles of Association?
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What Is Attrition in Business? Meaning, Types, and Benefit💮s
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What Is a Bala♕nced Scorecard (BSC)? Examples and Uses