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Companies and Industrie
Companies and Industrie
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to compete
im Wettbewerb stehen, konkurrieren
(with or against sb) to try to be more successful or better than sb who is trying to do the same as you; adjective: competitive; noun: competition / comppetitor (Konkurrent)
to report to sb
jemandem Bericht erstatten, unterstellt sein
if you "report to sb", that person is your boss
blue-chip company
börsennotiertes Unternehmen
a listed company which is thought to be a safe investment and which is likely to make a profit
branch
Niederlassung, Filiale
a local office/shop belonging to a large organisation
capital goods
Kapitalgüter
equipment and machinery used to produce other goods
chain of command
Befehlskette
the line of authority and responsibility in a company
authority
Autorität
responsibility
Verantwortung
cooperative
die Kooperative oder die Genossenschaft
a business which is owned and run by the people involved, with the profits shared by them
Corp./Inc.
corporation/incorporated
a company with legal status (amtlich eingetragen), usually listed on the stock market
corporate group
Unternehmensgruppe
a collection of parent and subsidiary companies
department
Abteilung, Dienststelle
a section of a large organisation (e.G. the HR department)
division
Abteilung
a large and important unit of an organisation (e.g. the sales division)
durable goods
langlebige Güter
goods such as cars, washing-machines ect.
family business
Familienbetrieb
a business which is owned and run by a family
hierarchy
Hierarchie, Rangordnung
a system in which people are organised into different levels of importance; adj: hierarchical
listed company
a company whose shares can be traded on the stock market
Ltd
"limited", roughly the same as "GmbH". Shares are not traded on the stock market
NGO
nicht-staatliche Organisationen
non-govemmental organisation, usually pursuing a wider social aim
non-durable goods
Verbrauchsgüter
food, clothing etc.
plc
Aktiengesellschaft
"public limited company": a company whose shares can be traded on the stock market
product range
Produktauswahl
all the products produced by a particular company
particular
besonders, speziell
sales point
Verkaufsstelle
place where a product is sold (also: point of sale)
sole trader
someone who is self-employed (i.e. the business is owned by only one person)
SME or SMB
KMU
small and medium enterprise
staff position
Stabsstelle
an assistant (e.g. to the Marketing Director) who has no line authority
start-up
neues Unternehmen
a new business or project
subsidiary
Tochtergesellschaft
a company which is owned or controlled by another company
superior
Vorgesetzter
She’s my immediate superior: the person immediately above me, my line manager
subordinate
Unterstellte
a person who has less authority and power than you: he is one of my subordinates; adjective: subordinate
(de)centralized
(de)zentral
if the control of an organisation lies with (does not lie with) one group of people in one place
to run the risk of
Gefahr laufen
(das Risiko von ... eingehen). Example: If we source our raw materials unethically, we will run the risk of losing customers
fierce / intense / stiff competition
starker Wettbewerb, ein hart umkämpfter Markt
competitive advantage
Wettbewerbsvorteil
