Diversification Concept: Diversification consists on an entrepreneurial strategy with which is intended the production of new…

Douglas McGregor was, according to several analysts, the author published the most complete book about human motivations. Two of his most important books are “Motivation and Personality” and “The Human Side of Enterprise”, published in 1954 and 1960, respectively. In his theory, McGregor identified two sets of conflictive assumptions that are made to the employees, […]

Dow-Corning Strategic Mold Concept: Developed by the North American consultant Dow-Corning, this strategic mold has as main…

Downsizing Concept Downsizing emerged as a need to solve the excessive bureaucracy that was verified in many organizations, and that, beyond slowness, made difficult the decision making and the accommodation to new environmental contexts. In fact, many organizations adopted with moderate success the concepts and techniques supplied by the Bureaucracy Theory but, with the increase […]

Dumping Concept The term Dumping is used to designate a situation in which a certain product is sold at a lower price in a foreign market than in a domestic market. It is also used to designate a situation in which the product is sold at a lower price than its production or purchase cost. […]

E-Commerce Concept: The term E-Commerce, designates the purchase and sale of products or services when the…

EBIT Concept EBIT (acronym of the English expression “earnings before interest and taxes”), also designated by operational result, is a financial-economical indicator that seeks to evaluate the company’s capacity to generate results from its operational activity. For that, the costs are purged from the results (and eventually profits) that are not related with the company’s […]

EBITDA Concept EBITDA (acronym of the English expression “earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization”), also designated as operational cash-flow, is a financial-economical indicator that seeks to evaluate the company’s capacity in auto financing new investments and cope with the charges with the debts, through its operational activity. Likewise, allows to evaluate the potential of […]

Economic and Financial Analysis Concept The expression Economic and Financial Analysis designates a kind of analysis performed to the companies and that seeks to answer to two fundamental questions: Up until what point the company has the financial means adequate to its operational and investment needs or what its capacity of obtaining them as a […]

Economic Context Concept: Economic context designates a group of contextual variables with influence in the performance and…