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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Business wholly owned by its employees with the emphasis on group decision making.






2. Setting a relatively low intitial price for a new product in order to win market share.






3. The fraudulent use of someone's identity in order to steal money or get other benefits.






4. Information officially declared secret - such as classified documents or material that are available only to particular people.






5. A short statement describing the main objectives and aims of a business.






6. A statisitical measure of how well a company is doing in a certain area.






7. The relationship between technology and the legal right to privacy in the collection and sharing of data about oneself.






8. When you allow someone to start a specific business by using your products in exchange for a part of his profits.






9. A process of verifying all information about a company including but not limited to financials - management - market share and risks.






10. The efforts to make a product seem different from rival products or even unique.






11. Bills to be paid as part of the normal course of business.






12. Surveillance tools installed on a computer without the users' consent.






13. A place for the reception - delivery - consolidation - distribution and storage of goods and cargo.






14. The system of technology - people - organizations etc involved in moving services or products from supplier to customer.






15. The complete range of a company's offerings including products and services.






16. The state of remaining unknown to most other people.






17. Useable or acceptable.






18. Monitoring of public places using video cameras.






19. Part of the Bill of Rights which provides people with the right to be secure in their persons - houses - papers etc.






20. Cargo ships not specialised in one type of cargo unlike a full containership.






21. Unfair treatment of a person or group based on prejudice.






22. Insurance covering loss or damage of goods at sea.






23. The crime of deceiving someone to get money or good illegally.






24. Raised flat area beside a train track for entering or exiting a train.






25. The expected behaviour or standard for something.






26. A notice to a buyer that shipment has gone forward which contains details of packing - routing etc.






27. Transporting something using different means of transport - e.g. first on a truck and then on a ship.






28. The right to privacy and control of your information on the internet.






29. An agreement that regulates the rights and obligations of shareholders.






30. Cargo which is booked but does not arrive in time to be loaded onto a vessel.






31. Ships fitted with tanks to carry liquid or gas cargoes.






32. When all members of a group agree to support a decision even if they don't agree with it.






33. The ability to develop new ideas.






34. The total value of all the outstanding shares of a publicly-traded company.






35. The right to have your sexual orientation and practices remain secret.






36. A financial statement showing sales - cost of sales - gross margin - operating expenses etc.






37. A delivery which is currently between its source and destination.






38. Earnings which are reinvested in the company rather than paid out as dividends.






39. Someone who invests in a business partnership without taking part in business affairs. Usually sleeping partners have limited liability.






40. Events which are beyond the control of a carrier like war - earthquakes or floods.






41. The time it takes between the arrival of a vessel or aircraft and its departure.






42. The total value of the money invested into a company by its shareholders.






43. A rectangluar piece of luggage for carrying clothes.






44. A place where parts of the ownership of companies are bought and sold - or the organization of people whose job is to do the buying and selling.






45. The right to have your political view kept secret.






46. A formal framework for identifying an organization's growth opportunities - strengths - weaknesses - opportunities and threats.






47. A person who is on the managing board of a business.






48. Earnings Before Interest and Taxes.






49. The categorization of potential customers into groups based on common characteristics.






50. An invasion of someone's private life without due cause.







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