Facebook, 7, 12, 63, 112, 132, 135–137, 140, 198, 256–257, 265, 283–284, 287, 298, 352, 365, 398

Facetime, 300

face-to-face teams, 245

facility layout, 317–318

factoring, 153

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 129, 259

Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (1966), 397

Family and Medical Leave Act, 129, 266

federal and state regulatory agencies, 127

Federal Aviation Agency, 127

Federal Communications Commission, 127

Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), 258

Federal Express, 311

federal funds rate, 50–51

federalist system, 120

Federal Open Market Committee, 48

Federal Reserve Banks, 47, 48–51

Federal Reserve Board, 45

Federal Reserve System, 47–49, 51

Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 38, 40, 120, 126–127, 362

FedEx, 10

fee-based models, 287

Feedburner, 183

female entrepreneurs, 94

Fetzer Vineyards, 65

Fidelity Investments, 265

financial accounting, 474

Financial Accounting Standard Board, 475

financial capital, 4

financial goals, 20, 530

financial inventory, 529

financial management

• balance sheet, 459

• cash flow, 460–461

• commercial banks, 464

• definition, 457

• financial plan, 458–459

• income statement, 459

• statement of cash flows, 459

financial managers, 458

• bonds, 469

• budget, 459–461

• capital budget, 459–460

• financial plan, 458–459

• operating (master) budget, 459

• outside funds, 461

financial plan, 458–459, 529–533

financial statements

• balance sheet, 479–480

• business plans, 198–199, 544–547

• income statement, 479, 484–487

• statement of cash flows, 479, 487–489

financing

• activities, 487

• small businesses, 152–155, 462–466

• sole proprietorships, 166

FINRA BrokerCheck, 508

First, Tom, 7

first-line managers, 174, 203–204, 209

fiscal policy, 46–47

fishbone diagram, 218

fixed assets, 480

fixed costs, 403, 485

fixed expenses, 530

fixed floating exchange rate system, 108

fixed-position layout, 318

Fletcher, Joseph, 60

flexible benefit plans (cafeteria plans), 266

flexible manufacturing system (FMS), 313

flextime, 267

floating rate notes (FRNs), 513

flow, 227–228

focus groups, 364, 365, 382

Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 79, 120, 127, 362, 396, 398

Ford, Henry, 137, 312, 351

Ford Motor Company, 89, 108, 214, 311, 319, 327, 349, 354, 509

forecasting, 254

Foreign Corrupt Practice Act (1970s), 112

foreign direct investment, 91

foreign markets, 102–105

form utility, 354

Fortune magazine, 70, 74, 239

forward scheduling, 321

403(b) plan, 538

401(k) plan, 265, 538

457 plan, 538

FourSquare, 135, 257

fractional pricing, 402

franchisee, 103, 143, 144

franchises, 143–146, 432

franchising, 103, 105

franchisor, 103, 143, 144

freely floating (flexible) exchange rate system, 108

Freeman, Bruce, 134–135

free market economy, 6

free trade, 96

• Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), 101

• Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), 101

• Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Area (DR-CAFTA), 100

• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) (1948), 98

• MERCOSUR, 101

• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 100

• problems, 98–99

• regional agreements, 99–101

• World Trade Organization (WTO) (1995), 98

frictional unemployment, 43

Friedman, Milton, 69

Friend.ly, 140

Frozen, 236

fuel economy standards, 9

full-service wholesalers, 429

functional résumé, 442

fundamental accounting equation, 476–479, 484

Fundera, 464

funding, 19

• corporations, 172

• undercapitalization, 16

futures contract, 521