Business to Government (B2G)

• The 2011 US debt ceiling crisis was one of a series of recurring debates over the increase in the overall size of the US government debt.

• The 25% rule is a heuristic that can refer to either public finance law or intellectual property law.

• Performance Based Management (ABM) is a means of analyzing a company’s profitability by looking at every aspect of its business to determine its strengths and weaknesses.

• An agency problem is a conflict of interest inherent in any relationship where one party is expected to act in the interests of the other.

• Appropriation is the act of allocating money for a particular purpose.

• Asset financing allows a company to obtain a loan by pledging its balance sheet assets.

• Asset and Liability Management Committees (ALMCs) are responsible for overseeing the asset and liability management of a company or bank.

• The Audit Committee consists of members of the company’s board of directors and oversees its financial reporting and reporting.

• The BCG Growth Share Matrix is an internal tool used by management to assess the current state of the value of a firm’s divisions or product lines.

• Salvation is the injection of money into a business or organization that would otherwise face inevitable collapse.

• A balanced budget occurs when revenues equal or exceed total expenditures.

A budget surplus is when revenues exceed spending.#

• Management buyout (BIMBO) occurs when an external management team joins the company (buy-in) and also buys out the existing management team.

• A capital lease is a contract that gives the lessee the right to temporarily use an asset.

• Capital markets refer to places where funds are exchanged between providers and those seeking capital for their own use.

• A capital project is often a costly, long-term project to expand, maintain, or improve a significant portion of a property.

• Share capital is the number of ordinary and preferred shares that the company has the right to issue and which are accounted for on the balance sheet as part of share capital.

• The capital structure is how a company finances its overall operations and growth.

• Clawback is a contractual clause that requires the employee to return money already paid by the employer, sometimes with a penalty.

• A corporation charter is a document filed with a state secretary or registrar to establish a company as a corporation.

• Corporate finance is concerned with how businesses finance their activities in order to maximize profits and minimize costs.

• The cost of capital represents the return that a company must earn to justify the cost of a capital project such as buying new equipment or constructing a new building.

• Labor costs can be divided into two main categories: direct (manufacturing) and indirect (non-manufacturing) labor costs.

• The crowding-out effect suggests that an increase in public sector spending leads to a decrease in private sector spending.

• A decision support system (DSS) is a computerized system that collects and analyzes data, synthesizing them to create comprehensive information reports.