The 30 Day MBA (51 page)

INDEX

Abramovich, Roman
(i)

Academy of Management
(i)

Acas (Advisory and Conciliation Service)
(i)

Accountancy Age
(i)

accountants
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)

accounting

    frequent
(i)

    conventions
(i)

    creative
(i)

    principle
(i)

    records
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

    standards
(i)

Accounting Standards Board
(i)

adopters, early
(i)
,
(ii)

advertising

    analysis
(i)

    budgets
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

    effectiveness
(i)

    media
(i)

    message
(i)

    results
(i)

    strategies
(i)

AIDA (Attention, Interest, Desire, Action) formula
(i)

AIM (Alternative Investment Market)
(i)

ALDI
(i)

Aliber, Robert Z
(i)

Alibris
(i)
,
(ii)

Altman Z-Score
(i)

alumni
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Amazon
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
see also
Bezos, Jeff

American Accounting Association
(i)

American Economic Association
(i)

American Economic Review
(i)

American Nickel Company
(i)

Amoco
(i)

Amsterdam Bourse
(i)

Amstrad
(i)

Andrews University
(i)

Annual Reports Service
(i)

Ansoff's Growth Matrix
(i)

Antioch University
(i)

AOL
(i)

Apple
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
,
(xiii)

appraisals
(i)
,
(ii)

Arkwright, Richard
(i)

Arthur D Little Inc
(i)

Asda
(i)

Ashridge
(i)

Asset Based Finance Association
(i)

assets

    current
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)

    financial
(i)
,
(ii)

    illiquid
(i)

    intangible cultural
(i)

    liquid
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

    long-term
(i)

    short-term
(i)

Aston
(i)

acquisitions
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
,
(xiii)
see also
mergers

AT&T
(i)

attractiveness
(i)
,
(ii)

Audi
(i)
,
(ii)

audit reports
(i)

auditors
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)

Austin, Nancy
(i)

average collection period
(i)

Avon Cosmetics
(i)

BAA (British Airports Authority)
(i)

Babson
(i)

Bain & Company
(i)

Balance of payments
(i)

balance sheet
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)

balanced score card
(i)

bank

    accounts
(i)
,
(ii)

    base Rate
(i)

    borrowings
(i)
,
(ii)

    interest
(i)

    managers
(i)

    overdraft
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Bank of China
(i)

Bank of England
(i)
,
(ii)

bankers
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)

Bankruptcy Acts
(i)

Barnes & Noble
(i)

Bastiat, Frederic
(i)

BCG (Boston Consulting Group)
(i)
,
(ii)

Bear Stearns
(i)

behaviour
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
,
(xiii)

behavioural styles
(i)

Belbin, Meredith
(i)

benchmark
(i)

benefits
(i)

Benetton
(i)

BEP (break-even point)
(i)
,
(ii)

Beretta
(i)

Berkshire Hathaway
(i)

Bernanke, Ben
(i)

Berners-Lee, Tim
(i)

Bertil Ohlin
(i)

Best Social Accounts
(i)

beta factor
(i)

Bethlehem Steel Corporation
(i)

Bezos, Jeff
(i)
see also
Amazon

Bicket, John
(i)

bid, hostile
(i)

Big Mac Index (BMI)
(i)

Bill of Exchange
(i)

bills, commercial
(i)

Birch, David
(i)
,
(ii)

Blaise Pascal
(i)

Blake, Robert R
(i)

blogs
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

BMW
(i)

BNP Paribas Hedge Fund Centre
(i)

board
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)

Bocconi
(i)
,
(ii)

Body Shop
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

Boeing
(i)

Bologna Accord
(i)

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
(i)

bondholders
(i)

bonds
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)

bonus
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

bookkeeping
(i)
,
(ii)
see also
double entry bookkeeping

boom
(i)
,
(ii)
see also
business cycles

Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
(i)
,
(ii)

Booth, University of Chicago
(i)
,
(ii)

Borders
(i)

Boston Matrix
(i)

Bowman, Cliff
(i)

Box-Jenkins
(i)

BP
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Bradshaw, Della
(i)

brainstorming
(i)

brainworkers
(i)

brand

    appeal
(i)

    leadership
(i)

    loyalty
(i)

    names
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

    recognition
(i)

Brandeis University
(i)

brands
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
see also
copyright, logos, patents
and
trademarks

BrandZ
(i)
,
(ii)

Branson, Sir Richard
(i)

Break-Even Analysis
(i)

BRIC countries
(i)

Briggs, Katharine
(i)

Brin, Sergey
(i)
,
(ii)
see also
Google

British Airports Authority (BAA)
(i)

British Airways
(i)
,
(ii)

British Associations
(i)

British Business Angels Association
(i)

British Library
(i)

British Psychological Society
(i)

British Venture Capital Association
(i)

broken window fallacy
(i)

broker, honest
(i)

Brown

    Gordon
(i)

    Robert
(i)

Brunel University
(i)

bubble
(i)
,
(ii)

budget

    balanced
(i)

    corporate
(i)

    fixed
(i)

    flexed
(i)

    holder
(i)
see also
forecasting

Buffet, Warren
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Burger King
(i)
,
(ii)

business

    angels
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

    contacts
(i)

    culture
(i)

    cycles
(i)
,
(ii)

    family
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

    growing
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

    gurus
(i)

    historians
(i)

    immoral
(i)

    incubators
(i)

    mature
(i)

    model
(i)
,
(ii)

    name
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

    plans
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)

    start-up
(i)

business school

    armoury
(i)

    curriculum
(i)

    rankings
(i)

    teaching
(i)
,
(ii)

    graduates
(i)

    brief history of
(i)

buyer

    behaviour
(i)

    concentration
(i)

    power
(i)

buzzwords
(i)
,
(ii)

CAAM (China Association of Automobile Manufacturers)
(i)

Cable & Wireless
(i)

Cadbury
(i)

candidates

    ideal
(i)
,
(ii)

    likely
(i)

    preferred
(i)

    unsuccessful
(i)

capital

    budgeting
(i)

    cost of
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

    intensity
(i)

    structures
(i)
,
(ii)

    weighted average cost of
(i)
,
(ii)

CAPM (Capital asset pricing model)
(i)

carbon offset schemes
(i)

Cardiff Business School
(i)
,
(ii)

Cardiff Metropolitan University
(i)

Career

    expectations
(i)

    goals
(i)

    perspective
(i)

    progression
(i)
,
(ii)

Carnegie Mellon University
(i)

Carrefour
(i)

Case Western Reserve University
(i)

cash

    cow
(i)

    deficit
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

    equivalents 26

    insufficient
(i)

cash box placing
(i)

cash-flow statement
(i)
,
(ii)
see also
Discounted Cash Flow

Cass Business School
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
see also
City University

censorship
(i)

Centre for Business History
(i)

Centre for Corporate Governance
(i)

Centre for Growth and Business Cycle Research
(i)

Centre for International Business History (CIBH)
(i)

CEOs
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

CERN
(i)

chairman
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Chambers of Commerce
(i)

change

    champions
(i)

    climate
(i)

    handling
(i)

    manager
(i)

    radical
(i)

channels
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)

Chartered Institute of Patents and Attorneys
(i)