Level 1
How do you say CEO in French?
PDG
What does the turnover of a company refer to? (translate or explain)
Its total sales (le chiffre d'affaires)
What does cost-effectiveness mean?
rentabilité
The Gini Index
What does the acronym GDP stand for? (don't translate, say what it means in English)
Gross Domestic Product
How do you say "imprimante" in English?
Printer
To go to work in the morning and to go back home in the evening means to... (a verb)
commute
A person who owns a share of a company is called a...
shareholder / stockholder
What is the name of the British healthcare system ?
NHS
Which African country has the highest nominal GDP ?
Nigeria
How do you say "embaucher" in English?
To hire
What does the O mean in the SWOT acronym ?
Opportunities
How do you call a company that is present in at least one more country than its home country?
an MNC (Multi-National Corporation)
What does a company do when it "downsizes" ?
It reduces its number of employees
What is the real name of Obamacare ?
The Affordable Care Act
During a job interview, you can speak about your strengths and your...
... weaknesses
The group of people who supervise the activities of a company (le C.A.)
the board of directors
The fact of externalizing part of a company's activity to another company is called...
Outsourcing
The practice of extracting shale oil by injecting high pressure water in the soil is called...
Fracking
What is the name of the Nobel Prize winning book by Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee ?
Poor Economics
How do you call an office where all workers are in the same room?
An open space OR an open plan
What word refers at the same time to the employees, the suppliers, the customers, the shareholders and the investors in a company?
Stakeholders
How do you call a high-speed Internet connection?
Broadband
How do you call the idea that favouring the rich will benefit everybody in society, even the poorest?
Which companies compose the "Accounting Big Four"?
PwC, Deloitte, KPMG, Ernst & Young