ECONOMIC GROWTH: Annual percentage increase in country's output
EXTRAPOLATION: Forecasting techinque based of assumption that trends of the past will carry forward into the future. E.g. if a firms sales have risen by 10% over last five years the management of the firm might use extrapolation to predict sales will rise again by the same amount over the next five years.
UNSATURATED MARKET: Market that offers excellent growth potential because majority of households don't own your product, but likely to want to do so.
SANCTIONS: Used by politicians to punish actions of foreign governments who have done wrong. Inolve banning sales of exports, restricting international trade between countries.
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: When a foreign firm buys assets in another country, such as factories, shops and offices.
COLLUSION: Anti-competitive agreements made between firms operating in the same market to collectively reduce market supply in order to force prices and profits up.
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