A
ACNielsen International Research
agriculture see farming and agriculture
airline industry
apprenticeship
Australia
automotive industry
electric cars
B
banking
bonus culture
British banks affected by crisis
cheque clearing cycle
good practice obligations
loans
regulation
see also investment traders; mortgage
industry; and individual corporate names
bankruptcy
Barrett, Matt
Bartercard
Bennett, Hugh
Biggins, John
Black Swan, The
bonus culture
British Airways
British Bankers’ Association (BBA)
Brown, Derren
buy-to-let sector
C
Camelot, lottery organiser
capital increase
competitive strategy and
erosion through debt
funding and
productive labour
see also savings
capitalism, fusion with communism
see also free market economy
cartels
Carter, Jimmy
cash flow
Centre of Economic and Business research
cheque clearing cycle
child labour
child reproduction policy, China
China
churches
Cialdini, Robert
Ciao Surveys
Coca-Cola
collaboration
Collateralized Debt Obligation
(CDO)
communism
Competition Commission
competitive strategy
competitive advantage
computers
Conrad, Kent
consumerism
copper
costing and pricing
Credit Action
credit cards
credit crunch see financial crisis (2007/09)
creditors
Crime and Trauma Scene Decontamination (CTS Decon)
Cruickshank, Don
Cutting Edge, TV programme
D
Daimler Benz
debt
advisors
bankruptcy
credit card
creditors
effect upon capital
factoring and Invoice Discounting
United Kingdom’s national
United States of America’s national
Debt Relief Orders
decision making
Deep Blue computers
Defence Contract Audit Agency (DCAA)
deflation
Deming, W. Edward
Detroit (1929)
Diners Club
diversity of employment
division of labour, 3
niche markets and
Dream Downpayment Act (2003)
Durkheim, Emile
dust bowl, US
E
eBay
economies of scale
Economist, The
education
churches’ influence on
of women
progress and
Einstein, Albert
energy business
Enron
environmental issues
evolutionary psychology
exchange and barter
exploitation
foresight and responsibility
exports
F
factoring
Factory Act (1833)
family expenditure
family policy in China
farming and agriculture
as stereotypically superior trade
industrial
Financial Armageddon
financial crisis (2007/09)
British banks affected by
collapse of trust
subprime lenders
see also housing market; loans market
financial efficiency
Financial Services Authority (FSA)
financial warfare
fixed capital
Fooled by Randomness
Ford, Henry
Free Agent Nation
free agents
multiple streams of income
free market economy
effects of
see also capitalism
Fryer, Dr David
funding
G
gambling
Gardner, Dr. Howard
globalisation
Gore, Al
Grameen Bank
Great Game of Business, management strategy
greed
H
Halliburton
Home Equity Loans (HEL)
Honda
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (HCOGR)
housing market
buy-to-let sector
over-trading
property sector seminars
renting
see also financial crisis (2007–09)
human nature/behaviour
difference of talents
ego
greed
I
Instinctive Drive, personality profile
intelligence
intuition
one-child policy, China, and
prohibition and
unemployment and mental health
income, multiple streams of
Individual Voluntary Agreement (IVA)
industry see manufacturing; productivity, theory of
inflation
Influence Science and Practice
innovation
Insolvency Service
Instinctive Drive, personality profile
insurance
intelligence
interest
excessive rates of
on mortgages
UK base rates (2008)
intuition
invention and technology
computers
fire engine story
laser
investment traders
over-complication
‘shorting stock’
see also banking
Invoice Discounting
Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers,
TV documentary
Iraq war
J
Japan
K
‘Kaizen’ strategy, Japan
Kasparov, Garry
King, Mervyn
L
Law, Gerard
Lay, Kenneth
Liverpool Victoria
loan sharks
loans market
credit card borrowing
doorstep lending
loan consolidation companies
microloans
see also financial crisis (2007/09)
Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP)
London Inter Bank Offered Rates (LIBOR)
lotteries
M
Maiman, Theodore
management theory
manipulation
manufacturing
production and quality control
UK output figures
war and
marketing
guarantees
illusion of scarcity
see also markets
markets
creation
demand and specialisation
expansion
globalisation
manipulation of
niche
see also marketing; supply and demand
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
microfinance
Mississippi Bubble (1720)
money
access to funds
cash flow
effects of inflation on
origins
monopolies
price fixing
mortgage industry
Home Equity Loans
tax relief
see also banking
N
National Lottery (UK)
Nationwide Building Society
New Orleans, (2005)
niche markets
Northern Rock
O
Office of National Statistics (UK)
Omidyar, Pierre
Open Book Management theory
Options
opulence
outsourcing
over-trading
P
parsimony
Pink, Daniel, Free Agent Nation
political economy
Porter, Michael
Post-it notes
price
cartels
competitive advantage and
costing and
differention
fixing
market manipulation and
Price, Hickman
price fixing
primogeniture
production and quality control
‘productive labour’
productivity, increase in
progress and education
prohibition
promissory notes
property market see housing market; mortgage industry
property sector seminars
Public Sector Net Debt (PSND)
Q
quality control
Quantas
Quantum of Solace, (film)
R
Ranieri, Lewis
Reform, think tank
regulation
research
responsibility
S
savings
United Kingdom figures (2008)
United States of America figures (2005–2008)
see also capital increase
Schawlow, Arthur Leonard
Scottish Widows
self-employment
multiple streams of income
Semco
seminars, property sector
Semler, Ricardo
Sharpe, Michael
Shewhart, Walter
slavery
Small Firms Loan Guarantee
Smith, Adam
Theory of Moral Sentiment, The
Wealth of Nations, The
’social proof”
specialisation
spending
Springfield Remanufacturing Corporation (SRC)
Stack, Jack
subordination
supply and demand
over-trading
quality and
value and
see also markets
sweat shops
T
Taleb, Nassim Nicholas
Black Swan, The
Fooled by Randomness
tax
teachers
technology see invention and technology
Thatcher, Margaret
Thatcherism
Theory of Moral Sentiment, The
This World: American Time Bomb, TV documentary
Townes, Charles Hard
Toyota
transport
‘trash and cash’
TrialPay website
trust
U
unemployment
United Kingdom of Great Britain
bankruptcy figures
British banks affected by crisis (2007–09)
construction figures
Financial Services Authority (FSA)
manufacturing output figures
national debt figures
savings figures (2008)
small business creditor figures
Thatcherism
trade deficit
see also individual corporate names
United States of America
bancruptcy figures
Dream Downpayment Act (2003)
dust bowl
forced labour in
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform investigations
national debt figures
savings figures (2005–2008)
trade deficit
see also individual corporate and place names
usury
V
value
vested interest
Virgin Atlantic
W
wages
bonus culture and
determining
management strategy and
sufficiency
war
wealth creation see capital increase
Wealth of Nations, The
welfare state
women
education of
impact on, of family policy in China
loans to
Y
Yorkshire Building Society
Yunus, Professor Muhammad
Z
Zimbabwe