Business
Outsourcing departments to other countries is called _____________ .
Off-shoring
With what phenomenon is Tim Berners-Lee associated?
The WWW
You spread the risk by doing this to your investment portfolio.
Diversifying
What is the equation for profit?
Revenue - Cost
Name the entrepreneur behind the company called Virgin.
Richard Branson
A contingency plan is another name for a ___________ .
Back-up
Define "The Cloud".
A system of remote data storage managed by a third party.
What is the periodic return on a share called?
Dividend
What happens if the demand for a product exceeds its supply?
The price goes up.
A Luddite does not trust what?
Technological change.
CEO stands for ________ _________ _________ .
Chief Executive Officer
Who is credited with inventing the first computer? It was called the Analytical Engine.
Charles Babbage
What is the name of the financial product that you invest in for your retirement?
Pension
What is a country's GNP?
Gross National Product - income in a financial year from all business including international trade.
What is NASDAQ?
Nasdaq is a global electronic marketplace for buying and selling securities, as well as the benchmark index for U.S. technology stocks.
The main money making part of your company is called your _____ __________ .
Core business
When you print you are producing a _____ ______ of your work.
Hard copy
You have to pay this on a loan.
Interest
What is monetarism?
The regulation of the economy through control of the money supply.
A certain charismatic quality that somebody has which makes them special.
If your company cannot trade and is made bankrupt it is described as this.
Insolvent
What do USB, URL, and HTML stand for?
Universal Serial Bus, Uniform Resource Locator, Hypertext Mark-up Language
What does Ltd stand for?
Limited Liability
What does it mean if a company's marginal cost is equal to its marginal revenue?
It is maximising profit.
Which pop group has for years rivalled Volvo in respect of it's contribution to it's country's economy?
Abba