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I Income and wealth inequality, 101-103 Industrial espionage, 192 Industrial Revolution, funding businesses of, 96 Industrial spies, 206 elicitation techniques used by, 207–210 Industry clusters, 126, 130, 151 mapping, 128, 132, 141–142 Industry groups, 129 Inflation, 4, 8 Infrastructure, 7 Infringement, 172 In-house innovators, 173 Initial public offering, 244, 246–247 Innovative countries, 173 Innovators, 179–181 traits of, 161–165, 179–181 Insider trading, 270 Institutional investor, 284, 291 Intellectual property, 172 definition of, 176, 185 International commerce, 93 International Monetary Fund, 310–311 International Trade Administration, 316–319 Interstate and intrastate commerce, 6

Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform, 106 Doha Round, 319 Dollar, 73, 75–76

Exchange rate, 70, 73 Exit strategies, 244, 246

F Facebook, 176 FDA. See Federal Drug Administration Fed. See Federal Reserve Bank Federal Drug Administration, 195 Federal Reserve Bank, 38, 44, 57, 66–67, 88 Federal Reserve Board, 67 Fiat money, 54, 56 Fibonacci, 92, 94 Foreign exchange (FX). See Exchange rate Free market economy, government regulation in, 117 G G7, G8, G20, 295–296 GATT. See General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GCC. See Gulf Cooperation Council GDP. See Gross Domestic Product General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, 314, 317–318 GICS. See Global Industry Classification Standards Glass-Steagall Act, 106 Global commerce, 4, 7, 133 Global Industry Classification Standards, 126, 129–130, 134–138, 150 Gold standard, 54, 56, 87 Google, 175 Government bonds, 58 Greater Boston, Route 128, 131 Free trade agreements, 314, 319 FTAs. See Free trade agreements Fundamentals, 290–291 PRODUCT PREVIEW Intrinsic value, 52, 55, 86 Invention, 154, 156, 212 Investment bank, 92

Dollar volume, 300, 303 Domestic commerce, 4 definition of, 6 interstate and intrastate, 6

Double coincidence of wants, 24 Dow Jones Industrial Average, 300, 303–305 Downgrades and upgrades, 291 Dropbox, 175 E Earnings per share, 284, 288 ECB. See European Central Bank EC-Council, 46

E-commerce, 4, 11, 196 and m-commerce, 7 Economic forecasts, 8

Economic geography, 126, 130 Economic indicators, 4, 8, 13 Economic progress, 25

Economics, 2 Economist, 36 EDGAR. See Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system EEC. See European Economic Community Efficiency and profit, 116 EFT. See Electronic funds transfer Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system, 274 Electronic funds transfer, 54 Electronic money, 54 Elicitation, 192, 207 Emerging markets, 110, 117–118, 152 Entrepreneurs, 170, 174, 214 EPS. See Earnings per share Equity, 216 Ethical hacker, 47 EU. See European Union Euro, 70, 76, 80 and Eurosceptics, 76–77, 81 European Central Bank, 52, 57 European Cluster Observatory, 132 European Economic Community, 76 European Union, 70, 76, 86, 320

IP. See Intellectual property IPO. See Initial public offering ITA. See International Trade Administration

J Joint stock company, 264, 281

K Krona, 73

Gross Dometic Product, 4, 8 GSA. See Glass-Steagall Act Gulf Cooperation Council, 320

L Labor economy, 90, 94 Laissez-fair leadership, 234

H Hang Seng, 302 Harley Davidson, 176 Homeownership, expanding, 103 Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, 132

Land, ownership of, 94 Legal tender, 52, 57, 86 Limited liability company, 220, 224 Liquidity, 92, 95 LLC. See Limited liability company

member states of, 80 Eurozone, 70, 76, 80–81

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