CADENA DE ALMACENES
(CHAIN STORE) - (MKT)
CAPITAL (CAPITAL)-
(ECO)- as a factor of production, all manufactured
productive resources such as tools, industrial equipment,
structures, and artificial improvements to land. (FIN)-
Productive resources that a firm uses to produce goods or
services.
CAPITALISMO (CAPITALISM)-
(ECO)- A system in which capital is privately owned.
CAPITULO 7 (CHAPTER
7)- (FIN)- Chapter of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of
1978 (US) dealing with liquidations.
CAPITULO 11 (CHAPTER
11)- (FIN)- Chapter of the Bankruptcy Reform Act
of 1978 (US) that outlines the procedures for reorganizing
a failed firm whether its petition for bankruptcy is filed
voluntarily or involuntarily.
CARTEL (CARTEL)-
(ECO)- A group of firms that acts cooperatively to
exercise monopoly power in a market. A formal agreement
among firms to set price and/or market shares.
COEFICIENTE DE
VARIACION (COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION)- (FIN)-
Ratio of the standard deviation of returns to expected
returns.
COLUSION (COLLUSION)-
(ECO)- An agreement among sellers regarding prices
and/or market shares. The agreement may be explicit or
tacit.
COMPAŅIA MATRIZ
(PARENT COMPANY)- (FIN)- Firm that controls
most or all of another corporation's stock.
COMPAŅIAS
REGLAMENTADAS (REGULATED COMPANIES)- (ECO)- Companies
that cannot change their rates charged to customers
without the approval of the appropriate regulatory agency.
COMPETENCIA
MONOPOLISTICA (MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION)- (ECO)-
A market structure in which there are many firms producing
a strongly differentiates product.
COMPETENCIA
PERFECTA (PERFECT COMPETITION)- (ECO)- Form of
capitalism in which a large number of small firms sell
similar products, buyers and sellers have good information
about the market, and entry or exit is easy.
CONCEPTO DE
MERCADEO (MARKETING CONCEPT)- (MKT)- Idea that
a firm first identifies consumer needs and then produces
goods or services that satisfy them.
CONSOLIDACION (CONSOLIDATION)-
(FIN)- Event that occurs when two or more corporations
combine to create an entirely new corporate entity.
CONTABILIDAD (ACCOUNTING)-
(AC)- Process of collecting, recording, classifying,
summarizing, reporting, and analyzing the financial
activities of the firms.
CONTABLES PRIVADOS (PRIVATE
ACCOUNTANTS)- (AC)- Accountants employed within
business organizations.
CONTRALOR (CONTROLLER)-
(FIN)- Member of a business firm who commonly
handles accounting activities related to taxes, data
processing, and cost and financial accounting.
CORRELACION (CORRELATION)-
(ECO)- The tendency of two variables (like income
and consumption) to move together.
CORPORACION MULTINACIONAL (MULTINATIONAL
CORPORATION)- (ECO)- Corporation that move
resources, goods, services, and skills across national
boundaries without regard to the country in which they
are headquartered.
COSTO DE OPORTUNIDAD (OPPORTUNITY
COST)- (ECO)- The cost attributable to doing a
thing caused by a foregone opportunities that are
sacrificed in order to do this one thing.
COSTO FIJO (FIXED
COST)- (ECO)- Cost that do not vary with different
levels of output.
COSTO INCREMENTAL
(INCREMENTAL COST)- (FIN)- The term which
business frequently use instead of "marginal
cost".
COSTO MARGINAL (MARGINAL
COST)- (ECO)- The rate at which total cost
increases as output increases. Alternately, the cost of
producing one additional unit of output.
COSTO PROMEDIO
FIJO (AVERAGE FIXED COST)- (ECO)- Fixed cost
divided by the number of units of output.
COSTO PROMEDIO
TOTAL (AVERAGE TOTAL COST)- (ECO)- Total cost
divided by the number of units of output.
COSTO TOTAL (TOTAL
COST)- (ECO)- Sum of total variable cost plus toal
fixed costs.
COSTO VARIABLE
PROMEDIO (AVERAGE VARIABLE COST)- (ECO)-
Variable cost divided by the number of units produced.
CRECIMIENTO
ECONOMICO (ECONOMIC GROWTH)- (ECO)- Increase in
a nation's output of goods and services.
CUENTAS POR
COBRAR (ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLES)- (AC)-
Amounts due from customers.
CUOTAS DE
IMPORTACION (IMPORT QUOTAS)- (ECO)- Limit on
the quantity of certain goods that can be imported.
CURVA DE DEMANDA
(DEMAND CURVE)- (ECO)- A graphical
representation of the relationship between the price of a
good and the quantity of that good demanded.
CURVA DE
INDIFERENCIA (INDIFFERENCE CURVE)- (ECO)- A
graphical representation of an indifference set.
CURVA DE OFERTA (SUPPLY
CURVE)- (ECO)- Graph of the relationship between
quantity supplied and price.
