Management |
Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a non-profit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. |
Agile management |
Agile management is the application of the principles of Agile software development to various management processes, particularly project management. Following the appearance of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development in 2001, Agile techniques started to spread into other areas of activity. |
Restaurant management |
Restaurant management is the profession of managing a restaurant. Associate, bachelor, and graduate degree programs are offered in restaurant management by community colleges, junior colleges, and some universities in the United States. |
Investment banking |
Investment banking denotes certain activities of a financial services company or a corporate division that consist in advisory-based financial transactions on behalf of individuals, corporations, and governments. Traditionally associated with corporate finance, such a bank might assist in raising financial capital by underwriting or acting as the client's agent in the issuance of debt or equity securities. |
Banking Industry Architecture Network |
The Banking Industry Architecture Network e.V. (BIAN) is an independent, member owned, not-for-profit association to establish and promote a common architectural framework for enabling banking interoperability. It was established in 2008. |
Banking in India |
Modern banking in India originated in the mid of 18th century. Among the first banks were the Bank of Hindustan, which was established in 1770 and liquidated in 1829–32; and the General Bank of India, established in 1786 but failed in 1791.The largest and the oldest bank which is still in existence is the State Bank of India (SBI). |
Big Four (banking) |
The Big Four (or Big 4) is the colloquial name given to the four main banks in several countries where the banking industry is dominated by just four institutions and where the phrase has thus gained relevance. Some countries include more or less institutions in such rankings, leading to other names such as Big Three, Big Five, or Big Six. |
Banking in the United Kingdom |
Banking in the United Kingdom can be considered to have started in the Kingdom of England in the 17th century. The first activity in what later came to be known as banking was by goldsmiths who, after the dissolution of English monasteries by Henry VIII, began to accumulate significant stocks of gold. |
Planned community |
A planned community, planned city, planned town, or planned settlement is any community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed on previously undeveloped land. This contrasts with settlements that evolve in a more ad hoc and organic fashion. |
Gated community |
In its modern form, a gated community (or walled community) is a form of residential community or housing estate containing strictly controlled entrances for pedestrians, bicycles, and automobiles, and often characterized by a closed perimeter of walls and fences. Similar walls and gates have separated quarters of some cities for centuries. |
Climax community |
In scientific ecology, climax community or climatic climax community is a historic term for a community of plants, animals, and fungi which, through the process of ecological succession in the development of vegetation in an area over time, have reached a steady state. This equilibrium was thought to occur because the climax community is composed of species best adapted to average conditions in that area. |
Wikipedia community |
The Wikipedia community is the volunteer community that creates and maintains the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Editors may be known as Wikipedians, a word which was added to the Oxford Dictionary in August 2012. |
The Simpsons |
The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical depiction of American life, epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. |
Internet |
In finance and economics, interest is payment from a borrower or deposit-taking financial institution to a lender or depositor of an amount above repayment of the principal sum (that is, the amount borrowed), at a particular rate. It is distinct from a fee which the borrower may pay the lender or some third party. |
Mortgage loan |
A mortgage loan or simply mortgage (), in civil law jurisdicions known also as a hypothec loan, is a loan used either by purchasers of real property to raise funds to buy real estate, or by existing property owners to raise funds for any purpose while putting a lien on the property being mortgaged. The loan is "secured" on the borrower's property through a process known as mortgage origination. |
Interest |
In finance and economics, interest is payment from a borrower or deposit-taking financial institution to a lender or depositor of an amount above repayment of the principal sum (that is, the amount borrowed), at a particular rate. It is distinct from a fee which the borrower may pay the lender or some third party. |
Interest rate |
An interest rate is the amount of interest due per period, as a proportion of the amount lent, deposited, or borrowed (called the principal sum). The total interest on an amount lent or borrowed depends on the principal sum, the interest rate, the compounding frequency, and the length of time over which it is lent, deposited, or borrowed. |
Net interest margin |
Net interest margin (NIM) is a measure of the difference between the interest income generated by banks or other financial institutions and the amount of interest paid out to their lenders (for example, deposits), relative to the amount of their (interest-earning) assets. It is similar to the gross margin (or gross profit margin) of non-financial companies. |
Farmers' suicides in India |
Farmer suicides in India refers to the national catastrophe of farmers committing suicide since the 1970s, due to their inability to repay loans mostly taken from private landlords and banks.\nThe National Crime Records Bureau of India reported that a total of 296,438 Indian farmers had committed suicide since 1995. |
Refinancing risk |
Refinancing risk, in banking and finance, is the possibility that a borrower cannot refinance by borrowing to repay existing debt. Many types of commercial lending incorporate balloon payments at the point of final maturity. |
FEC v. Ted Cruz for Senate |
Federal Election Commission v. Ted Cruz for Senate, 596 U.S. ___ (2022), was a case related to the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. |
Income-contingent repayment |
Income-contingent repayment is an arrangement for the repayment of a loan where the regular (e.g. monthly) amount to be paid by the borrower depends on his or her income. |
Loan agreement |
A loan agreement is a contract between a borrower and a lender which regulates the mutual promises made by each party. There are many types of loan agreements, including "facilities agreements," "revolvers," "term loans," "working capital loans." Loan agreements are documented via a compilation of the various mutual promises made by the involved parties. |
Compound interest |
Compound interest is the addition of interest to the principal sum of a loan or deposit, or in other words, interest on principal plus interest. It is the result of reinvesting interest, or adding it to the loaned capital rather than paying it out, or requiring payment from borrower, so that interest in the next period is then earned on the principal sum plus previously accumulated interest. |
Gross income |
For households and individuals, gross income is the sum of all wages, salaries, profits, interest payments, rents, and other forms of earnings, before any deductions or taxes. It is opposed to net income, defined as the gross income minus taxes and other deductions (e.g., mandatory pension contributions). |
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization |
A company's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (commonly abbreviated EBITDA, pronounced , , or ) is a measure of a company's profitability of the operating business only, thus before any effects of indebtedness, state-mandated payments, and costs required to maintain its asset base. It is derived by subtracting from revenues all costs of the operating business (e.g. |
Local flexibility markets |
Still in the stage of development, local flexibility markets for electricity will enable distributed energy resources (short DER, e.g. storage operators, demand response actors, electric vehicles, end users, (renewable) power plants) to provide their flexibility in electricity demand or production/feed-in for the system operator or another counterparty at a local level. |
Mass market |
The term "mass market" refers to a market for goods produced on a large scale for a significant number of end consumers. The mass market differs from the niche market in that the former focuses on consumers with a wide variety of backgrounds with no identifiable preferences and expectations in a large market segment. |
Competition |
Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, individuals, economic and social groups, etc. |
Competitor analysis |
Competitive analysis in marketing and strategic management is an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and potential competitors. This analysis provides both an offensive and defensive strategic context to identify opportunities and threats. |
List of female fitness and figure competitors |
This is a list of female fitness and figure competitors.\n\n\n== A ==\nJelena Abbou\n\n\n== B ==\nLauren Beckham\nAlexandra Béres\nSharon Bruneau\n\n\n== C ==\nNatalie Montgomery-Carroll\nJen Cassetty\nKim Chizevsky\nSusie Curry\n\n\n== D ==\nDebbie Dobbins\nNicole Duncan\n\n\n== E ==\nJamie Eason\nAlexis Ellis\n\n\n== F ==\nAmy Fadhli\nJaime Franklin\n\n\n== G ==\nAdela García \nConnie Garner\nElaine Goodlad\nTracey Greenwood\nOksana Grishina\n\n\n== H ==\nMallory Haldeman\nVanda Hădărean\nJen Hendershott\nSoleivi Hernandez\nApril Hunter\n\n\n== I ==\n\n\n== J ==\nTsianina Joelson\n\n\n== K ==\nAdria Montgomery-Klein\nAshley Kaltwasser\n\n\n== L ==\nLauren Lillo\nMary Elizabeth Lado\nTammie Leady\nJennifer Nicole Lee\nAmber Littlejohn\nJulie Lohre\nJenny Lynn\n\n\n== M ==\nTimea Majorová\nLinda Maxwell\nDavana Medina\nJodi Leigh Miller\nChisato Mishima\n\n\n== N ==\nKim Nielsen\n\n\n== O ==\n\n\n== P ==\nVicky Pratt\nElena Panova\nChristine Pomponio-Pate\nCathy Priest\n\n\n== Q ==\n\n\n== R ==\nMaite Richert\nCharlene Rink\nKelly Ryan\n\n\n== S ==\nErin Stern\nCarol Semple-Marzetta\nKrisztina Sereny\nTrish Stratus (Patricia Anne Stratigias)\n\n\n== T ==\nKristi Tauti\nJennifer Thomas\n\n\n== U ==\n\n\n== V ==\nLisa Marie Varon\n\n\n== W ==\nLatisha Wilder\nTorrie Wilson\nLyen Wong\nJenny Worth\nNicole Wilkins\n\n\n== Y ==\n\n\n== Z ==\nMarietta Žigalová\nMalika Zitouni\n\n\n== See also ==\nList of female bodybuilders\n\n\n== References ==\nThere has been a rise in the number of women wanting to compete as fitness models. |
List of Dancing with the Stars (American TV series) competitors |
Dancing with the Stars is an American reality television show in which celebrity contestants and professional dance partners compete to be the best dancers, as determined by the show's judges and public voting. The series first broadcast in 2005, and thirty complete seasons have aired on ABC. During each season, competitors are progressively eliminated on the basis of public voting and scores received from the judges until only a few contestants remain. |
Regulation |
Regulation is the management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trends. In systems theory, these types of rules exist in various fields of biology and society, but the term has slightly different meanings according to context. |