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121Social business — A social business is one which aims to be financially self sufficient, if not profitable, in its pursuit of a social, ethical or environmental goal. Examples of social businesses in the United Kingdom included [http://www.ethicalproperty.co.uk/… …
122economics — /ek euh nom iks, ee keuh /, n. 1. (used with a sing. v.) the science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, or the material welfare of humankind. 2. (used with a pl. v.) financial considerations;… …
123ethics — /eth iks/, n.pl. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture. 2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics;… …
124М — Магистраль [turnpike] Мажоритарный акционер (Majority shareholder) Мажоритарная доля собственности (majority interest) Мажоритарный контроль (majority control) …
125Social entrepreneurship — is the work of a social entrepreneur. A social entrepreneur is someone who recognizes a social problem and uses entrepreneurial principles to organize, create, and manage a venture to make social change. Whereas a business entrepreneur typically… …
126optimization — /op teuh meuh zay sheuhn/ 1. the fact of optimizing; making the best of anything. 2. the condition of being optimized. 3. Math. a mathematical technique for finding a maximum or minimum value of a function of several variables subject to a set of …
127xiahai — (jumping into the sea [of commerce]) Social concept From 1985, when the late Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping was alleged to have informed the masses that ‘to get rich is glorious’, the post Mao, state capitalist phase of the revolution was identified… …
128Utility — This article is about the economic concept. For other uses, see Utility (disambiguation). Part of a series on Utilitarianism …
