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Business refers to at least three closely related commercial topics. The first is a commercial, professional or industrial organization or enterprise, generally referred to as "a business." The second is commercial, professional, and industrial activity generally, as in "business continues to evolve as markets change." Finally, business can be used to refer to a particular area of economic activity, such as the "record business" or the "computer business" (see Industry). This article is concerned primarily with the first definition of individual businesses, but also contains links to general business and management topics, in the sense of the second definition.

Individual businesses are established in order to perform economic activities. With some exceptions (such as cooperatives, non-profit organizations and generally, institutions of government), businesses exist to produce profit. In other words, the owners and operators of a business have as one of their main objectives the receipt or generation of a financial return in exchange for expending time, effort and capital.

Contents

  • 1 Types of businesses
  • 2 Business departments
  • 3 Business and government
  • 4 Business and management
  • 5 See also
  • 6 Other uses
  • 7 External links

Types of businesses

There are many types of businesses, and, as a result, businesses can be classified in many ways. One of the most common focuses on the primary profit-generating activities of a business, for example:


  • Manufacturers produce products, from raw materials or component parts, which they then sell at a profit. Companies that make physical goods, such as cars or pipes, are considered manufacturers.
  • Service businesses offer intangible goods or services and typically generate a profit by charging for labor or other services provided to other businesses or consumers. Organizations ranging from house painters to consulting firms to restaurants are types of service businesses.
  • Retailers and Distributors act as middle-men in getting goods produced by manufacturers to the intended consumer, generating a profit as a result of providing sales or distribution services. Most consumer-oriented stores and catalogue companies are distributors or retailers.
  • Agriculture and mining businesses are concerned with the production of raw material, such as plants or minerals.
  • Financial businesses include banks and other companies that generate profit through investment and management of capital.
  • Information businesses generate profits primarily from the resale of intellectual property and include movie studios, publishers and packaged software companies.
  • Utilities produce public services, such as heat, electricity, or sewage treatment, and are usually government chartered.
  • Real estate businesses generate profit from the selling, renting, and development of properties, homes, and buildings.
  • Transportation businesses deliver goods and individuals from location to location, generating a profit on the transportation costs.

There are many other divisions and subdivisions of businesses. The authoritative list of business types for North America (although it is widely used around the world) is generally considered to be the NAICS, or North American Industry Classification System. The equivalent European Union list is the NACE.

Business departments

Within businesses one can often find similar departments, named (and not limited to):

  • Administration
  • Finance & controlling
  • Human Resources
  • Management
  • Marketing & sales
  • Production/service
  • Purchasing
  • Communications personal and electronic

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Business and government

Most legal jurisdictions specify the forms that a business can take, and a body of commercial law has developed for each type. Some common types include partnerships, corporations (also called limited liability companies), and sole proprietorships.

Business and management

The study of the efficient and effective operation of a business is called management. The main branches of management are financial management, marketing management, human resource management, strategic management, production management, service management, information technology management, and business intelligence.

See also

    Business and Economics Portal

This encyclopedia includes over 1600 business and economics articles, so not all appear listed here. This lists some of the main branches of business. For more specific topics, look at the various sublists.

  • Accounting
    • List of accounting topics
  • Advertising
  • Banking
  • Barter
  • Big business
  • Business broker
  • Business ethics
    • List of business ethics, political economy, and philosophy of business topics
  • Business intelligence
  • Business schools
  • Capitalism
  • Commerce
  • Commercial law
    • List of business law topics
  • Companies
    • List of companies
  • Competition
  • Consumer electronics
  • Economics
    • Financial economics
    • List of economics topics
  • Electronic commerce
    • Ebusiness
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Finance
    • List of finance topics
  • Government ownership
    • Social security
  • Human Resources
  • Industry
  • Intellectual property
  • International trade
    • List of international trade topics
  • Insurance
  • Investment
    • Equity investment
    • Institutional Fund Management
  • List of America's Richest Men
  • List of billionaires
  • List of business theorists
  • List of corporate leaders
  • List of commercial pairs
  • List of popular business books
  • List of human resource management topics
  • Management
    • List of management topics
  • Management information systems
    • List of information technology management topics
  • Manufacturing
    • List of production topics
  • Marketing
    • List of marketing topics
  • Mass media
  • Organizational studies
  • Process management
    • List of process management topics
  • Project management
    • List of project management topics
  • Real Estate
    • List of real estate topics
  • Small business
  • Strategic management
  • Tax
  • Theory of constraints
    • List of theory of constraints topics
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Other uses

  • Defecation -- "Business", used alone or in a phrase such as "taking care of business" is often a polite euphemism for defecation.
  • Productivity -- "Business" can mean productive behavior in geners. See, e.g. "taking care of business".
  • The Business is a punk rock band.
  • Sexual intercourse, especially in reference to someone one feels is worthy to receive their sexual attention, such as "she could get the business"
  • Confidential information. E.g., "it's none of your business".
  • Clientele. E.g. "the lawyer has a large book of business".

External links

  • A list of resources helpful for starting your own business
  • Yahoo! Finance Aggregates some really good business articles

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