Across
- 2. The area of economic activity that provides services.
- 10. The reduction in per-unit production cost as a business grows.
- 13. sector The portion of an economy not owned or directed by the government.
- 14. A business owned and run by one person; there is no legal separation between the owner and the business.
- 15. The portion of the economy controlled or owned by the government such as government services, schools and state-owned businesses.
- 16. Any individual or group that affects, or is affected by, an organisation.
- 17. A situation where a company sells all or part of the business to external shareholders for the first time.
- 19. Any organisation that has a social and/or environmental purpose at its core; it describes the primary purpose of a business, not its legal form.
- 20. A company that is publicly owned and and has many shareholders who can buy and sell their shares through a stock exchange.
Down
- 1. The area of economic activity involved with knowledge and the movement of information.
- 3. Someone who owns part of a business.
- 4. A company that is privately owned and often has family or friends as the shareholders; the shares are not sold to the wider public and are not traded on a stock exchange.
- 5. A form of external growth where two businesses create, own and operate a third organisation.
- 6. A business management tool that analyses the external conditions that may be opportunities or threats for a business
- 7. The increase in the per-unit production cost as a business grows.
- 8. A type of non-profit social enterprise that often operates on a large scale, nationally or internationally. NGOs are not operated by governments, but may receive some funding from governments or cooperate with governments.
- 9. A form of external growth where two businesses combine to form a new business; the new business replaces the two that existed before the merger.
- 11. A company that operates in at least two countries, one of which is not the company's home country
- 12. Businesses actively seeking ways to improve society and the environment through core business activities and business designs.
- 16. A form of external growth where two or more businesses work together to achieve common objectives but do not create a new enterprise.
- 18. A form of external growth where one company purchases another company; it is usually friendly or desired by the company being taken over.