business vocabulary, Apuntes de Economía gerencial

¡Descarga business vocabulary y más Apuntes en PDF de Economía gerencial solo en Docsity! Glossary Unit 1 Asset: Activos de una empresa. Tangible assets: Buildings Company (UK): [sociedad] Corporation (USA): Sociedad holding company: [sociedad de cartera] joint stock company: [sociedad por acciones] public limited or listed company: [sociedad anónima o cotizada en bolsa] subsidiary: [subsidiaria] corporation: [corporación] concern: [empresa] business: [negocio] competition: [competencia] compete: [competir] competitor: [competidor/a] competitive: [competitivo/a] competitiveness: [competitividad] entrepreneur: [empresario/a] entrepreneurial: [empresarial] entrepreneurship: [iniciativa empresarial] freelance: [autónomo/a] freelancer: [autónomo/a] freelance: [autónomo/a] hierarchy: [jerarquía] – hierarchical: [jerárquico/a] merger: [fusion] merge: [fusionar] share: [acción] – shareholder: [accionista] stockholder: [accionista] shareholding: [tenencia de acciones] stock: [ valores] trade union: [sindicato] labor unión: [sindicato de trabajadores] Internship: Practicas en una universidad (Ej. Banco) Apprenceship: Prácticas en un módulo (Ej. Peluquería) Joint- stock: Sociedad Anónima Subsidiaries: Sucursal, filiales Acquisitions: Adquisiciones Dotcom: Empresa online Bilder: Declarante Multinational: Multinacional Small size family business: Empresa familiar Hightech Co: Empresa tecnológica E- business: Empresa internet Offshoring: Deslocalizar Sole trader: Empresario independiente goal n [C] [meta] aim n [C] [propósito] target n [C] [fin] Collocations set / fix / establish / achieve / meet objectives staff 1 n [plural] the employees of an organisation: The new manager will be joining the staff in November [plantilla] 2 v [I] to provide workers for an organisation: Each of our centres is staffed by expert personnel [proveer de personal] Synonyms personnel n [U] [personal] employees n [C] [empleados] workers n [C] [trabajadores] Collocations staff morale, staff turnover subordinate n [C] a person who works under a more senior member of staff: I have six subordinates that report to me [subordinado/a] – subordinate v [T] [subordinar] supervise v [T] to control the work of other people in order to make sure that it is properly done: We need to supervise the trainees very closely [supervisar] – supervision n [U] [supervision] – supervisory adj [de supervision] Synonym manage v [T] [gestionar] task n [C] a piece of work that has to be done Tasks are generally assigned to employees at the start of the week [tarea] Synonym duty n [C] [deber] Collocations assign / delegate a task, task-based, task-driven, task force Build up my client base: Tener cada vez más clients. Venture capitalist: Fabricante Economic forecast: EConomía global de la empresa Fat cat: Pez gordo; empresario importante Unit 3 analysis n [C] the work of studying data and information: Detailed analysis of our results shows that productivity has increased only marginally [análisis] – analyse v [T] [analizar] – analyst n [C] [analista] Collocations financial analysis campaign n [C] a planned operation which aims to achieve a particular result: A new campaign by activists has forced the company to reconsider some of its policies [campaña] – campaign v [I] [+ for/against] [hacer campaña en favor de/en contra de] – campaigner n [C] [defensor/a] Collocations advertising campaign, marketing campaign, political campaign growth n [U] an increase in the size or quantity of something: Research suggests that there will be significant growth in the market for women’s products [crecimiento] – grow v [I] [crecer] Collocations growth rate industry n [C] the production of goods using capital and labour: The automobile industry is facing increased competition [industria] – industrial adj [industrial] – industrialise v [T] [industrializar] – industrialisation n [C] [industrialización] Collocations manufacturing industry, service industry, industrial relations market share n [U] the proportion of the total market that is supplied by a particular company: Our objective is to increase our European market share by five per cent this year [cuota de mercado] – market-sharing n [U] [participación en el mercado] Collocations increase / lose / take / win market share opportunity n [C] a situation with future potential: Japan represents a great opportunity for our new brand [oportunidad] Collocations lose / seize / take an opportunity resources n [C] this includes the capital, personnel and knowledge that an organisation has at its disposal: A key element of the new strategy is the more effective use of our resources [recursos] Collocations human resources, financial resources sales 1 n [plural] the value of the goods and services sold during a period: The company reported sales of $42 million during the first quarter [ventas] 2 the department responsible for the activity of selling goods and services to customers: I’ll put you through to our sales department [ventas] – salesman/woman n [C] [vendedor/a] – salesclerk n [C] AmE [agente de ventas] Collocations sales agent, sales call, sales conference, sales department, sales drive, sales figures, sales forecast, sales manager, sales outlet, sales pitch, sales promotion, sales representative, sales talk strategy n [C] a plan of action to enable a firm to compete: As part of our new strategy we are developing closer links with our suppliers [estrategia] – strategic adj [estratégico/a] – strategically adv [estratégicamente] Collocations develop / revise a strategy, strategic alliance, strategic management, strategic planning, strategic business unit (SBU) supply n [U] the amount of goods or services available on a market at a certain time: Improved production techniques will increase the supply of raw materials [oferta] – supply v [T] [suministrar] – supplier n [C] [proveedor/a] – supplies n [C] [suministros] Collocations order supplies, supply and demand, supply chain management, supply side, oversupply threat n [C] a potential danger to the interests of a company: Deregulation of the market is a real threat to established telecom operators [amenaza] – threaten v [T] [amenazar] – threatening adj [amenazador/a] – threateningly adv [amenazadoramente] Headquarters (HQ): Sede