Okun’s law

The empirical regularity that growth of GDP is negatively correlated with the rate of unemployment. See also: Okun’s coefficient.

Oligopoly

A market where only a few firms control the percentage of total sales.

Oligopsony

A market characterized by many sellers but only a handful of buyers.

On-line

An on-line database is one in which all the customer records can be called up on your screen instantly when […]

On-Pack Offers

Communications with customers by making an offer on the package that they purchase.

Open-mindedness

Open-minded team members learn things they wouldn’t on their own and participate in greater solutions than they could come up […]

Operating expenditure (opex)

On-going costs for running a business, service or system that includes day-to-day expenditure such as sales and administration. Compare with […]

Operating profit/loss

The profit or loss a company makes. These figures reflect how the business is performing.

Opportunity cost

When taking an action implies forgoing the next best alternative action, this is the net benefit of the foregone alternative.