Business and industry
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The term business refers to activities or interests carried on for profit. Industry refers to activities which produce some good, generally through the process of manufacturing.
By extension "business" became (as recently as the 18th century) synonymous with "an individual commercial enterprise" and has also sometimes taken on the meaning of "the nexus of commercial activities" or of "the representatives of commercial activity".
Specifically, business can refer, collectively, to individual economic entities. In some legal jurisdictions, such entities are regulated by law to conduct operations on behalf of entrepreneurs. A manufacturing business is commonly referred to as an industry: for example: the "entertainment industry", or the "dairy industry", or the "fishing industry".
Business-related topics
- Accounting
- Advertising
- Banking
- Big Business
- Business schools
- Capitalism
- Commerce
- Companies
- Consumer electronics
- Economics
- Education
- Electronic commerce
- Ethics
- Finance
- Fundamental business concepts
- Industry
- Intellectual property
- Insurance
- Investment
- Law
- Management
- Manufacturing
- Marketing
- Mass media
- Real estate
- Small business
- Tax
- Trade
