Business Vocabulary

Of course we all get ..... with endless leaflets through the door telling us of bargains at the local supermarket.

Established customers are seldom asked whether they are interested in more or new products or services; they are all too often taken for ......

A second Board discussion, in February 2000, considered plans to strengthen IMF external communications, including recommendations that they develop a strategy comprising a clearer message, ..... focus and improved coordination of the IMF's public output, and more proactive external communications.

Examples of ..... leaders are the executives of Enron, who stowed away millions of dollars until they were finally caught.

China's record-breaking performance in raising more than US$46bn is all the more stunning given that, just two years ago, the challenge of cleaning up balance sheets and non-performing loan portfolios was ..... next to impossible by the international investment community.

In ....., a major historical turning point was Michael S. Scott Morton's (1967) dissertation field research at Harvard University; Morton's study involved building, implementing and then testing an interactive, model-driven management decision system.

However, these entities are highly interdependent when it comes to improving performance of the supply chain in terms of objectives such as on-time delivery, quality ....., and cost minimization.

Outsourcing has thus becomes a way of moving banks' ..... resources away from trivial operations to value-added services, such as business strategy and execution, new opportunity identification and pricing, business results and interpretation, and M&A planning.

A book-..... security is one that is not available to purchasers in physical form; such a security may be held either as a computer listing on the records of a central holder (as is the case with certain U.S. Government securities) or in the form of a single, global certificate.

A ..... is an advancement for an employee, awarded for positive work performance and/or increased qualifications or experience.