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Index
3M, 20 planning and managing, 599–601 obsolescence, 392, 429
7-Eleven stores, 83 purposes, 598–599 United Parcel Service (UPS), 431
360-degree feedback, 620 recruiting applicants, 624–625 Authority, 337–338
standards, 222 Autocratic leadership, 308–309
A timing, 600 Automatic teller machine (ATM),
Abacus Direct, 173 truth in advertising, 601 457–458
A.C. Nielsen Company, 601 Advertising agencies, 599 Avoidance strategy, 253
Accor, 83 AdWords, 222
Accountability, 338–339 Affiliation need, 361–362 B
Accountants, 412 Affinity credit cards, 478 Baby boom, 30
Accounting, 590 Aging of accounts, 486 Baby bust, 30–31
Accounting departments, 371, 389 Air freight centers, 521 Balance of payments, 96
Accounting equation, 401 Airplane, 520, 573–574 Balance of trade, 96–98
Accounting records, 388. See also Alcohol use, 314 Balance sheet, 117, 122–123, 141,
Financial records Amazon.com, 111, 217, 219, 401–404, 421
Accounting software, 193, 222, 223, 228, 540, 552 assets, 401–402
388–389 American Diabetes Association, financial data, 402–403
Accounts payable, 390, 403, 411 251 liabilities, 401–402, 421
Accounts receivable, 390, 410, American Dietetic Association, 251 merchandise inventory, 402
427, 485–486 American Express, 453, 474, 478 Balance-of-payments deficit, 96–97
Acer, 83 American General, 452 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
Achievement motivation American Management (BBVA), 460
(McClelland), 361–362 Association, 240 Bank credit cards, 478
Achievement need, 361–362 American Marketing Association, Bankers, 412
ACT, 685 538 Banking e-commerce, 460
Actuaries, 492 American Society for Quality Banking services, 454, 456–457,
Adidas, 43, 83 (ASQ), 522 460
Administered channel, 569 American Telephone & Telegraph Bankruptcy, 166
Administrative assistants, 204 (AT&T), 163, 255 Banks, 5, 437
Administrative services, 272 American Teleservices Association, bank charter, 447
ADP, 389 570 business credit card, 432–433
Advertising, 540, 545 Americans with Disabilities Act charter, 447
banner ad, 223 (ADA), 629 commercial banks, 448–449
bartering, 222 Ameritrade, 222 credit unions, 449–450
budget, 599 AOL, 196 failures, 450
business offline, 229 Apple Computer, Inc., 7, 118, 167, financial information, 436
cease-and-desist order, 601 223 financial services, 451
corrective advertising, 601 Application software, 192. See also line of credit, 432, 456
creative designs, 222 Software merchant account provider, 474
e-commerce, 225 Applied research, 515 promissory note, 433
evaluation, 600–601 Argentina, 85 regulating, 450–451
Internet, 595 Assessed valuation, 178 risks, 450
media, 598–599 Assets, 390–392, 401–403 savings institutions, 449
online businesses, 229 current, 410 short-term debt capital, 432–433
paying fines, 601 depreciation, 391–392, 429 teaming with telecoms, 460
placements, 222 lien on, 436 types, 448–450
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