Glossary
Chapter 4
4Ps of marketing price, product, promotion, and place.
business model a summary of how a company plans to serve its customers involving both strategy and implementation.
business paradigm a firm produces a good or service and sells it to customers with the expectation that the revenue from those sales will exceed the cost of operation, resulting in a profit.
e-commerce the buying, selling and distribution of goods and services over the Internet.
internet connectivity the existence, availability and affordability of the communication infrastructure.
nanotechnology aims to create new materials from nano-sized resources.
PEST-C (Political, Economic, Societal, Technological, and Cultural); attributes that must be understood and analyzed to succeed in the international marketplace.
systems biology the study of biological systems as a whole rather than a collection the individual components.
technology park a property-based development that has a high-quality physical environment in a park-like setting; is located at a reasonable distance from a research institute or university; emphasizes activities promoting growth of research, technology, and knowledge-based enterprise.