Costs of entry

Startup costs that would be incurred when a seller enters a market or an industry. These would usually include the […]

Countercyclical

Tending to move in the opposite direction to aggregate output and employment over the business cycle.

CPI

Cost per inquiry

CPO

Cost per order

CPU

Central Processing Unit. The heart of a mainframe.

Creative destruction

Joseph Schumpeter’s name for the process by which old technologies and the firms that do not adapt are swept away […]

Creativity

Creativity is defined as the tendency to generate or recognize ideas, alternatives, or possibilities that may be useful in solving […]

Credit limit

A credit limit is the maximum value of goods or services a business will supply a customer before payment must […]

Credit ratings agency

A firm which collects information to calculate the credit-worthiness of individuals or companies, and sells the resulting rating for a […]

Credit rationing

The process by which those with less wealth borrow on unfavourable terms, compared to those with more wealth.