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SUBJECT INDEX I-15

Salary, 201–202 ethnic and immigrant, 138–139 Steel industry, 62
Sales branches, 359 explanation of, 128–129 Stock options
Sales offices, 359 for family businesses, 149–150 aligning financial interests and, 106–107,
Sales promotion globalization and, 132, 133 444–445
explanation of, 341–342, 345–346 going public vs. staying private and, employee, 204–205
types of, 346–349 150–151 explanation of, 144
Samples, 347 government support of, 134–135 Stock organizations, 507
Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 110–111, 119–121, 390, hiring employees and, 147–148 Stock price, 144
430, 460 in home, 132 Stocks
Savings and loan associations, 504 importance of, 129 classes of, 100
Scheduling, 580, 581 initial production and sales for, 142 common, 100, 144, 444, 543
Scientific management, 231, 235, 562 invention and innovation in, 130–132 growth, 542
S corporations, 98, 144–145 job opportunities in, 132 income, 542
Screening, new product, 319 risk control in, 151–153 rate of return on, 462
Search engine, 617–618 seed money for, 141–142 restricted, 107
Seasonal demand, 573 women in, 137–138 retirement and investment in, 508
Seasoned issues, 456 Small business organizations value, 542–543
SEC Act of 1934, 111 corporations as, 143–145 Storage, 365–366
Secondary drives, 230 franchises as, 145–147 Stored value cards, 490
Secondary market, 481 partnerships as, 143 Stores, 360–361
Secondary storage, 593 sole proprietorships as, 142–143 Straight rebuy, 282
Secured creditors, 454 Small-order problem, 365 Strategic alliances, 80, 296
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 397 Social class structure, 281 Strategic goals, 165
Securities firms, 502 Social security, 508, 509, 546 Strategic planning, 167–168
Security issues, 367, 426, 632 Societal responsibility model of business gov- Strategic risk, 482
Selection, employee, 200–201 ernance, 116–117 Strategies, business plan, 139–140
Self-actualization, 236 Sociological factors, of consumer markets, Strategy formulation, 165–166
Self-concept, 280 280–281 Strategy implementation, 166–167
Self-managing teams, 252 Software Structured interviews, 200
Selling agents, 359 digital wallet, 631 Subcontract, 573
Seniority, 202 enterprise resource planning systems Subcultures, 280
Sensitivity analysis, 602 vendors, 621–623 Subjective evaluation methods, 206–207
Separation of ownership and control, 103 explanation of, 595 Subsidiaries, international, 85
September 11 terrorist attacks, 220, 367 for management information systems, Succession planning, 168–169
Servant leadership, 255 595–597 Summit of the Americas, 75
Servers, 618 for personal financial planning, 532–533 Supercomputers, 594
Service industry careers, 87 telecommunications, 599–600 Supermarkets, 360
Services Sole proprietorships Suppliers, 114, 577
demand for, 25–27 explanation of, 97, 142–143 Supply, 11–12
operations management and, 559–560 woman-operated, 138 Supply chain management
operations management careers in, 584 Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur), careers in, 634–635
production of, 19–20 75 economic impact of, 627
Service system, 557 Soviet Union. See Former Soviet Union coun- example of, 629
Setup costs, 577 tries explanation of, 370, 625–626
Shareholder model of business governance Span of control, 178–179 global, 630
explanation of, 102–103 Specialization of labor, 6 strategies for, 627–628
separation of ownership and control and Specialty stores, 361 Supply chains, 37
potential conflicts of interest and, Sponsoring, 348 Supply curve, 12
103–112 Stable currency, 53 Supravoting shares, 100
Shareholder proposal process, 108–109 Staff authority, 179 Surplus, 12
Shareholders Stakeholder companies, 22–24 Survival objectives, 329
rights of, 144 Stakeholder model of business governance Sustainable competitive advantage (SCA), 295
stakeholder model of business governance business and local communities and, Sweepstakes, 348
and, 116 112–114 System analysts, 609–610
Shareholder wealth, 22 creditors and, 114 Systematic risk, 465
Share of wallet, 292 customers and, 115 Systems analysis, 604
Sherman Antitrust Act, 287 distributors and, 114–115 Systems controls, 608
Shortage, 12 employees and, 115–116 Systems design, 604–605
Short-swing profits liability, 111–112 explanation of, 112 System software, 595
Silicon Valley, 3–4 shareholders and, 116 System specifications, 605
Simulated test markets, 324 suppliers and, 114 System testing, 605
Single market, 68 Standardization strategy, 314
Single-premium life insurance, 536 Standard of deferred payment, 487
Situational leadership model, 256 Star Alliance system, 80 Tactical plans, 166–167
Six sigma initiatives, 182–183 Star network, 599 Taft-Hartley Act, 212, 213
Skill-based pay, 203 Stated interest rate, 447 Takeover bids, 103–104
Skills inventories, 198 State enterprises, 17, 18, 24 Tangibles, of service, 582
Skunk works, 323 Statement of cash flows, 414–415 Target group, 27
Small businesses. See also Entrepreneurs Statement of financial position. See Balance Tariffs, 15, 62
business plans for, 139–142 sheet Tax Court, 547
careers in, 154 Statement of retained earnings, 411 Taxes
causes of failure in, 153, 154 Statements of Financial Accounting corporate, 98, 144
creating value for, 142 Standards (SFAS), 381 responsibility to pay, 548
creative destruction and, 129–130 Statements on Auditing Standards, 396, 398 role of, 53–54
ethical issues in, 148–149 State regulations, 217–218 Tax planning, personal, 547

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