absolute advantage, 93
absolute liability, 122
accounting
accounts payable, 481
accrued expenses, 481
Ad Council, 353
administrative laws, 120
administrative trade barriers, 96
advertising, 413
advertising agencies, 414
advertising-based models, 287
advisory board, 152
adware, 294
Affiliated Computer Services, 201
affiliative (or laissez-faire) leaders, 236
affirmative action, 271
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) (1967), 128, 259
Airline Deregulation Act (1978), 127
Alibaba.com, 286
Allserve, 7
Allstate, 16
AMD, 39
American Cancer Society, 208
American Civil Liberties Union, 296
American Express, 310
American Federation of Labor (AFL), 273
American Mobile Radio, 40
American Recovery and Investment Act, 47
American Red Cross, 475
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (1990), 64, 74, 128, 258–259
America Online (AOL), 183
Anchor Pest Control, 217
Anderson, Ray, 78
Angel Capital Association, 154
angel investors, 154
annual report, 474
Applebee’s, 315
Apple Computer, 8, 40, 67, 104, 124, 126–127, 138, 295, 392, 394, 481
applicant-tracking system software, 258
application letter, 446
Applied Semantics, 183
apprentice training program, 260
arbitration, 274
Arby’s, 3
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), 64
Armani, 68
Arm & Hammer, 383
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), 101
assembly line, 313
asset allocation, 501
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), 101
auditing, 474
augmented product, 386
augmented reality (AR), 372
autonomy, 234