private enterprise
Non-governmental business ownership
Private enterprise is business activity conducted by individuals or companies rather than by government.
The term emphasizes ownership and profit motive in the hands of private citizens: Private enterprise built the railroads.
It often carries ideological weight, invoked to contrast market-driven commerce with state control or socialism: He believed private enterprise was the engine of prosperity.
Legally separate business entity
- startupNew business enterprise
- ventureRisky new undertaking
- firmSolid or resolute
- partnershipShared business arrangement
proprietorship · franchise · SME · multinational · conglomerate · subsidiary · incorporation · small business
Commerce without state intervention
- laissez-faireNoninterference in commerce
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
- market economyCommerce-based economic system
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
self-reliance · economic freedom · libertarianism · non-intervention · market forces · supply and demand
New business enterprise
- inventionNew device or method
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
prototype · research and development · technology · creativity · ingenuity · product development · commercialization · scaling
Percentage of sector sales
- rivalsThose who compete
- competitive advantageFactor enabling market outperformance
- contendersThose seeking to win
- challengerOne competing against incumbent
marketplace · positioning · differentiation · pricing · niche · disruption · market entry · barrier to entry
Business income total
- marginEdge of a page
- dividendsProfits paid to shareholders
- earningsMoney gained from work
- return on investmentProfit relative to cost
shareholders · monetization · capital gain · net income · commercialism · wealth creation · bottom line · profitability
corporation
Legally separate business entity
partnership · proprietorship · franchise · SME · multinational · conglomerate · subsidiary · incorporation · small business · sole trader
free market
Commerce without state intervention
- laissez-faireNoninterference in commerce
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
- market economyCommerce-based economic system
individualism · self-reliance · economic freedom · libertarianism · non-intervention · market forces · supply and demand
startup
New business enterprise
- inventionNew device or method
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
patent · prototype · research and development · technology · creativity · ingenuity · product development · commercialization · scaling
market share
Percentage of sector sales
- rivalsThose who compete
- competitive advantageFactor enabling market outperformance
- contendersThose seeking to win
challenger · marketplace · positioning · differentiation · pricing · niche · disruption · market entry · barrier to entry · outperform
revenue
Business income total
return on investment · shareholders · monetization · capital gain · net income · commercialism · wealth creation · bottom line · profitability · income generation
- business typesbig business, business, corporation, sole proprietorship, partnership
- mixed economygovernment regulation, public sector, market economy, free market, government spending
- Wenzhou
- East German crimesborder crossing, defection, escape attempts, Stasi, political crimes
- Socialist Commerceplanned economy, central planning, state stores, distribution networks, price controls
private enterprisepublic enterprise
Government-operated commercial organization
state ownership · government ownership · public ownership · state monopoly · public sector
private enterprisesocialism
Communal economic control
communism · central planning · command economy · collectivism · planned economy
private enterprisepublic sector
State-controlled economic portion
civil service · public administration · government agency · public institution
private, enterprise, privately, enterprising, entrepreneur, enterprises, privateer, privatization, privatize