business-friendly
Favorable to enterprises
Business-friendly describes policies, environments, or attitudes favorable to commercial enterprise.
A business-friendly tax code reduces corporate burdens.
A business-friendly city streamlines permits and regulations.
Politicians tout business-friendly credentials to attract investment and jobs: The governor ran on a business-friendly platform.
Critics sometimes use it dismissively, implying favoritism toward corporations over workers or the environment.
Unregulated private exchange
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- prosperityGood fortune, success
- growthIncrease in size
- privatizationState sells public assets
globalization · efficiency · commercial · corporate · GDP · employment · manufacturing · exports
Removing governmental business restrictions
- streamlinedMade smooth and efficient
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- permittingGiving consent or authorization
licensing · zoning · flexibility · simplification · fast-track · approvals · exemptions · waivers
Rewards prompting action
- subsidiesFinancial aid from government
- write-offsCancelled debts or expenses
- creditsUnits toward graduation
- abatementsDecreases in amount owed
duty-free · grants · rebates · depreciation · allowances
New business enterprise
- entrepreneurshipCreating and managing ventures
- scalabilityCapacity for growth
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
- technologyApplied scientific methods
research · development · prototype · cutting-edge · modernization · automation · productivity · collaboration
Impartial treatment or ownership value
- fundingSupplying monetary resources
- startupsNewly launched businesses
- incubatorControlled warming enclosure
- acceleratorSpeed control mechanism
ROI · profitability · growth · expansion · portfolio · stakeholder · returns
free-market
Unregulated private exchange
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- prosperityGood fortune, success
- growthIncrease in size
privatization · globalization · efficiency · commercial · corporate · GDP · employment · manufacturing · exports
deregulation
Removing governmental business restrictions
- streamlinedMade smooth and efficient
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
permitting · licensing · zoning · flexibility · simplification · fast-track · approvals · exemptions · waivers · reform
incentives
Rewards prompting action
- subsidiesFinancial aid from government
- write-offsCancelled debts or expenses
- creditsUnits toward graduation
abatements · duty-free · grants · rebates · depreciation · allowances
startup
New business enterprise
- entrepreneurshipCreating and managing ventures
- scalabilityCapacity for growth
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
technology · research · development · prototype · cutting-edge · modernization · automation · productivity · collaboration · patent
equity
Impartial treatment or ownership value
- fundingSupplying monetary resources
- startupsNewly launched businesses
- incubatorControlled warming enclosure
accelerator · ROI · profitability · growth · expansion · portfolio · stakeholder · returns
business-friendlyanti-capitalist
Opposed to free-market economics
regulatory · restrictive · protectionist · interventionist · burdensome
business-friendlyanti-capitalist
Opposed to free-market economics
anticorporate · socialist · Marxist · environmentalist · left-wing
business-friendlyinhospitable
Unwelcoming, harsh to visitors
unfavorable · obstructive · bureaucratic · corrupt · unstable
business, friendly, busy, busyness, businesses, businessman, businesswoman, businesslike, friend