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  2. Corporate jargon - Wikipedia

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    Corporate jargon (variously known as corporate speak, corporate lingo, business speak, business jargon, management speak, workplace jargon, corpospeak, corporatese, or commercialese) is the jargon often used in large corporations, bureaucracies, and similar workplaces. [1][2] The language register of the term is generally being presented in a ...

  3. List of business terms - Wikipedia

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    The foundations of an idea, which helps another related scheme or proposal. Unique selling proposition (USP) Any aspect of an object that differentiates it from similar objects. Win-win solution. Providing a product or service which makes everyone happy, particularly both buyer and seller.

  4. Jargon - Wikipedia

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    Jargon or technical language is the specialized terminology associated with a particular field or area of activity. [1] Jargon is normally employed in a particular communicative context and may not be well understood outside that context. The context is usually a particular occupation (that is, a certain trade, profession, vernacular or ...

  5. List of business and finance abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    COB – Close of Business. COC – Cost of Credit [2] or Cost of Capital [3] COD – Cost of Debt [4] or Cash on Delivery. COE – Center of Excellence or Cost of Equity [5] COGS – Cost of Goods Sold. Corp. – Corporation. COO – Chief Operating Officer. CPA – Certified Public Accountant. CPI – Consumer Price Index.

  6. Straw man proposal - Wikipedia

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    A straw-man (or straw-dog) proposal is a brainstormed simple draft proposal intended to generate discussion of its disadvantages and to spur the generation of new and better proposals. [1] The term is considered American business jargon, [2] but it is also encountered in engineering office culture. Often, a straw man document will be prepared ...

  7. Glossary of economics - Wikipedia

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    Also called resource cost advantage. The ability of a party (whether an individual, firm, or country) to produce a greater quantity of a good, product, or service than competitors using the same amount of resources. absorption The total demand for all final marketed goods and services by all economic agents resident in an economy, regardless of the origin of the goods and services themselves ...

  8. Glossary of mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers - Wikipedia

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    Merger. An amicable involvement of two or more companies to form one unit, and to increase overall efficiency. The shareholders of merged companies are offered equivalent holdings in the new company, and old employees are generally retained. Takeovers, which are quite another matter, generate a lot more heat.

  9. Glossary of project management - Wikipedia

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    Project cost management A method of managing a project in real-time from the estimating stage to project control; through the use of technology cost, schedule and productivity is monitored. Project management : The complete set of tasks, techniques, tools applied during project execution'.