Topical outline of business
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'''[[Business]]''' is the [[social science]] of [[management|managing people]] to organize and maintain collective [[Productivity (economics)|productivity]] toward accomplishing particular creative and [[product (business)|productive]] goals, usually to generate [[money|revenue]].
The following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to '''business''':
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== Essence of business ==
: ''Main article: [[Business]]''
== Branches of business ==
=== Academic disciplines or subject classifications ===
* [[Accounting scholarship]]
* [[Business ethics]]
* [[Finance]]
* [[Industrial relations|Industrial and labour relations]]
** [[Human resources]]
*** [[Organizational Behavior]]
** [[Collective bargaining]]
** [[Labour economics]]
** [[Labour history]]
* [[Information systems]]
* [[Management]]
* [[Marketing]]
* [[Manufacturing]]
=== Business forms ===
* [[Company]]
* [[Corporation]]
* [[Partnership]]
* [[Limited partnership]]
* [[Limited liability partnership]]
* [[Cooperative]]
* [[Sole proprietorship]]
* [[Types of business entity]] (listed by country)
=== Business operations ===
=== Industries ===
== History of business ==
: ''Main article: [[History of business]]''
== Basic business concepts ==
*[[Accounting]]
**[[List of accounting topics]]
*[[Advertising]]
*[[Banking]]
*[[Barter]]
*[[Big business]]
*[[Business]]
*[[Business broker]]
*[[Business ethics]]
**[[List of business ethics, political economy, and philosophy of business topics]]
*[[Business intelligence]]
*[[Business school]]s
*[[Capitalism]]
*[[Commerce]]
*[[Commercial law]]
**[[List of business law topics]]
*[[Companies]]
*[[Competition]]
*[[Economics]]
**[[Financial economics]]
**[[List of economics topics]]
*[[Electronic commerce]]
**[[Ebusiness]]
*[[Entrepreneurship]]
*[[Finance]]
**[[Debenture]]
**[[List of finance topics]]
*[[Government ownership]]
**[[Social security]]
*[[Human Resources]]
*[[Industry]]
*[[Intellectual property]]
*[[International trade]]
**[[List of international trade topics]]
*[[Insurance]]
*[[Investment]]
**[[Equity investment]]
**[[Investment management]]
*[[List of billionaires]]
*[[List of business theorists]]
*[[List of corporate leaders]]
*[[List of human resource management topics]]
*[[Management]]
**[[List of management topics]]
**[[Management philosophy]]
**[[Middle management]]
**[[Senior management]]
*[[Management information systems]]
**[[List of information technology management topics]]
*[[Manufacturing]]
**[[List of production topics]]
*[[Marketing]]
**[[List of marketing topics]]
*[[Mass media]]
*[[Organizational studies]]
*[[Process management]]
*[[Project management]]
**[[List of project management topics]]
*[[Real Estate]]
**[[List of real estate topics]]
*[[Small business]]
*[[Strategic management]]
*[[Tax]]
*[[Theory of Constraints]]
**[[List of Theory of Constraints topics]]
''(The following topics need placement in the above list):''
*[[List of business ethics topics]]
*[[List of business law topics]]
*[[List of philosophy of business topics]]
*[[List of business ethics, political economy, and philosophy of business topics]]
*[[List of political economy topics]]
*[[International Journal of Business]]
*[[List of information technology management topics]]
*[[Business model]]
*[[List of production topics]]
*[[Semper Fi (book)]]
== Business scholars ==
* [[Peter Drucker]]
* [[Tom Peters]]
== Leaders in business ==
: ''See also: [[Lists of billionaires]]''
* [[Warren Buffett]]
* [[Andrew Carnegie]]
* [[Walt Disney]]
* [[Thomas Edison]]
* [[Michael Eisner]]
* [[Henry Ford]]
* [[Bill Gates]]
* [[J. Paul Getty]]
* [[Howard Hughes]]
* [[Ray Kroc]]
* [[J.P. Morgan]]
* [[Aristotle Onassis]]
* [[John D. Rockefeller]]
* [[J. R. Simplot]]
* [[Thomas J. Watson]]
== Business lists ==
* [[List of accounting topics]]
* [[List of business ethics, political economy, and philosophy of business topics]]
* [[List of business law topics]]
* [[List of business theorists]]
* [[List of corporate leaders]]
* [[List of economics topics]]
* [[List of economists]]
* [[List of finance topics]]
* [[List of human resource management topics]]
* [[List of information technology management topics]]
* [[List of international trade topics]]
* [[List of management topics]]
* [[List of production topics]]
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==External links==
*[http://www.bbb.org/ Better Business Bureau] US & Canada
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