ISSUES
: Business and Trade
Index
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Index
Bank of England 33
banking 12–13, 23
business ethics 39
business studies
and corporate crime 12–13
research programmes 13
cash economy 33
China
investment in the UK 26
numbers of new businesses 5
circular economy
manufacturing and retail potential for 24–5
competition law 31
corporate responsibility
business ethics 39
corporation tax payments 34
corruption 32
knowledge of competition law 31
manufacturing and the circular economy 24–5
to pay a living wage 36–8
sustainable practices 25
corporations
corporate business disasters 23–4
corporate crime 12–13
corporate social responsibility programmes 23
corporate welfare 13
responsibilities to pay a living wage 36–8
corruption 32
crowdfunding
downsides to 16
and entrepreneurial growth 5
equity crowdfunding 15
internet-mediated nature of 16
pre-seeded campaigns 15–16
education
fostering entrepreneurship in schools 8–9, 11
graduate entrepreneurs in universities 6–7
entrepreneurs
categorization of self-employed as 22
crowdfunding 5, 15
ethnic minorities as 21
female-led start-ups 2, 21
fostering entrepreneurship in education 8–9, 11
graduate entrepreneurs 6–7
micropreneurs 4
motivational factors 20
necessity-driven businesses 20, 22
opportunity-driven businesses 20
start-ups in the UK 5
ethnic minority and women-led (EMW) businesses
key statistics 21
support policies for 21
family businesses
challenges of 19
global scale of 18
heritage of 17
as major businesses 17, 18
strengths of 18–19
Fiver programme 8–9
funding
see also
crowdfunding
cash economy 33
Chinese investment in the UK 26
peer-to-peer lending 5
for the shadow economy 33
Start Up Loans programme 5
for start-ups 15
graduate entrepreneurs 6–7
high-growth companies 4–5
large businesses
see
corporations
law
business violations of 12–13
competition law 31
international anti-corruption laws 32
London Living Wage 36
manufacturing
business disasters 23–4
potential for the circular economy 24–5
micro-businesses
definition of 1
in the UK 1
micropreneurs 4
national living wage 36–8
national minimum wage 36–7, 38
oil industry 23
peer-to-peer lending 5
pensions
retirement age and pension pots 14
scandals, corporate
coverage in business studies courses 12–13
large corporations 23–4
Tesco supplier payment strategies 27–8, 29, 30
schools
Fiver programme 8–9
fostering entrepreneurship in 8–11
Tenner Challenge 10–11
shadow economy 33
small and medium sized businesses (SMEs)
definition of 1
government spending with 3
growth trends 4–5
joint male/female ownership 21
knowledge of competition law 31
in the UK 1
start-ups
female-led 2, 21
funding for 15
in the UK 5
