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• sometimes called consultants
• brought in for individual projects
• often these jobs replace ones that were previously done in-house by permanent staff

• to identify job requirements

• the acivity of discretely approaching employees of one company and asking them if they want to work for another

• a small group of job candidates who have gone through to the final interview stage (shortlist)
  • decide on a shortlist of strong candidates and hold follow-up interviews
• review applications and CVs. This initial screening process is called longlisting
  • interview a number of candidates

• receive a fixed percentage of every sale you make
• for staff in the sales area

• whole range of other benefits such as
  • sick-leave and holiday pay, retriment plans, health insurance, child care and elder care, training, company car, laptop, mobile deivce, subsidized canteen, the chance to travel, etc.
  • also called perks

• increase the stability of the system to reduce downtime
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• transforming data into a code to protect its confidentiality
• level of security

• platform, which is designed and improved by users, owned by no-one
• becoming more common

• refers to the part of e-business related to buying and selling.
• retailers set up an electronic storefront and shoppers place items thex want to buy in an electronic cart
• when the shopper is ready, they go to the chekout where their payment is processed

• = mobile-commerce
• shopping and payments from your phone, person-to-person payments, advertising based on your location

• for sales staff: contact management, quote management, customer preferences and buying habits, etc.
• for customer services staff: order fulfilment, complaints, returns, etc.

• main vendors are SAP and Oracle
• manage all the stages in the company's internal supply chain
• using sales data the software can forecast demand, order materials, schedule production, project financial results, etc.

• main vendors are SAP and Oracle
• manage all the stages in the company's internal supply chain
• using sales data the software can forecast demand, order materials, schedule production, project financial results, etc.

• software supports decision making, identifies patterns and trends, etc.
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• construction and manufacturing
• manufacturing (transformation of raw materials into finished goods)
  • capital goods (equipment and machinery used to produce other goods)
  • durable goods (car, washing maschines)
  • non-durable goods (food, clothing)

• banking
• entertainment
• tourism

• business is owned by one person who is self-employes
• unlimited liability - personally responsible for any debts
• freelancer

Selbständiger / Einzelunternehmen

• two or more people run the business
• lawyers, architects and auditing firms

• legal distinction between the company and the owners
• company is responsible for any debts
• quite small, many family-run businesses
• private company because shares cannot be sold to members of the public
• UK: Ltd = limited

• company is owned by shareholders
  • large financial institutions
  • other companies
  • members of the public
• dividends
• capital gain or loss when sell the shares
• large companies
• run by managers under the supervision of a Board
• UK: PLC, US: Inc or Corp

• larg financial institutions
• other companies
• members of the public
• dividends
• gain or loss when they sell the stock

• business owner allows other people (fachnisees) to set up in business using the company's brand name, products and reputation
• franchisee has varying degrees of control over how products are marketed or sold
• McDonalds

• Goods that are not basic to people's lives
• Automobiles and components, Houshold durables, Consumer electronics, ...

• efforts of the government to keep the economy stable by increasing or decreasing
  • taxes and
  • government spending
• high tax rates slow the economy because they take money out of the private sector and ut it into the hands of government
• but high taxes also mean that more money is available to spend on education, health, defence, highways and social programms

• an international company uses a low-cost manufactur in another country, and then sells the products under its own brand name in other markets. also called "contract manufacturing". this has been done by many firms in the IT area (for software development as well as hardware) and in the autobomile industry
• outsourcing come or all of their manufactuging
• service jobs are also being outsourcing

• politicians will try to protect the job security and social benefits of people who already have a job
• support of high taxes ind order to pay for social programmes and other government spending
• protect national business and jobs with measures such as tarrifs (taxes) and quotas (limits) on imports

• limits on ipmorts to protect national business and jobs
• limits on the quantity of goods

• =bureaucracy
• make it easier to start a new business
• less fomal