Term of the day
HICP flash
An early estimate of the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) - based on partial data released about a fortnight before the final complete version.
Professor of the week
Claude Revel
Claude Revel is professor of economic intelligence at Skema.
Basics of business
- book valueThe book value of an asset is its value on a company's balance sheet. This may be different to its market value. The usual method for fixed...
- economic indicators
- endowment
- executive compensation
- FDIC-style resolution
- global mindset
- loonie
- market conditions
- proxy access
- rating agencies
- reverse innovation
- return on funds employed
- risk management
- strategic innovation
- too big to fail
- trust fund
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Business glossary
- business ecosystemIncreasingly, businesses operate in a broader network of related businesses offering particular products or services. This is known as a...
- business model
- classical economics
- corporate governance
- corporate responsibility
- elasticity of demand
- flexible working
- generation Y
- green technology
- hidden needs
- market capitalisation
- moral hazard
- price/earnings ratio
- return on equity
- social media
- sustainable enterprise
- trade secret
- value investing
- venture capital
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World Economic Forum
- Basel CommitteeMade up of central bankers and regulators from 27 countries it lays down global rules for bank governance. Regulators around the world look...
- commodity
- Davos
- globalisation
- protectionism
- trade agreement
- World Bank
- World Economic Forum
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