Gafni, Izhar, 408

Gainsharing plan, 319

Galleon Group, 572–573

Galton, Sir Francis, 467

GameStop, 49

Gantt, Henry, 221–222

Gantt chart, 221–222

Gap, 20

Gates, Bill, 87, 176, 287

Gawande, Atul, 205–206

GDP. See Gross domestic product

GDP per capita, 22

Gender

• as demographic variable, 358

• leadership and, 290–291

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), 115

General Electric (GE), 58, 123, 148, 157, 161, 190, 207, 265, 323, 393, 571, 611

Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), 56, 482, 498, 499–500

General Mills, 149, 426

General Motors (GM), 6, 21, 25, 49, 58, 97, 127, 330, 357, 559, 566

General (or active) partner, 92–93

General partnership, 91–92

Geo-demographic segmentation, 358

Geographic clusters, 112–113

Geographic departmentalization, 180, 182

Geographic segmentation, 357

Geographic variables, 357

George Lucas Family Foundation, 58

George Uhe Inc., 271

Ghosn, Carlos, 291

Gilboa, Dave, 83

Gilbreth, Frank, 256

Gilbreth, Lillian, 256

Gillette, 387, 399

Glassdoor.com, 273

Global business environment, 8, 9–10

Global exchange, 449

Globalization, 109–131

• adapting to customer needs, 122

• cultural environment, 126–128

• decline of manufacturing, 80

• defined, 110

• gauging international demand, 122

• impact of, 109–111

• international business management, 121–125

• international trade, 115–121

  • barriers to, 129–131

  • importance of, 110–113

• major world marketplaces, 111–113

  • distinctions based on wealth, 111–112

  • Europe, 112

  • geographic clusters, 112–113

  • largest non-U.S. companies, 124

  • North America, 112

  • Pacific Asia, 112–113, 115

• offshoring, 122

• outsourcing, 122

• trade agreements and alliances, 113–115

• ups and downs of, 120

Global management skills, 155

Global opportunities in small business start-ups, 88

Global stock exchanges, 555–556

GM. See General Motors

GMV. See Gross Merchandise Volume

GNP. See Gross national product

Goal orientation, 127, 128

Goals

• aggressive goal behavior, 127, 128

• to allocate resources, 156–157

• to assess performance, 157

• business goals, 156–157

• in business plan, 84, 597

• to define corporate culture, 157

• defined, 156

• entrepreneurship, 81

• intermediate, 157

• kinds of, 157

• long-term, 157

• management direction and guidance, 156

• mission statements, 157

• to motivate behavior, 263

• orientation, 127–128

• passive goal behavior, 127, 128

• setting, purpose of, 156–157

• short-term, 157

• strategic, 160–162

GoDaddy, 54

Godiva chocolates, 218, 398

GoFundMe, 47

Going green, model for, 159

Goldman Sachs, 58

Gompers, Samuel, 609

Goodnight, Jim, 339

Goods

• classifying, 384–385

• consumer goods, 347–348

• industrial goods, 348

• marketing, 347–348

Goods operations (goods production), 206

• gross domestic product from goods and services, 207, 208

• make-to-order vs. make-to-stock, 211

• materials management for physical goods, 223

Goodwill, 490

Goodyear, 80, 415

Google, 14, 143–144, 159, 161, 176, 264, 265, 361, 393, 450–451

Google Docs, 446

Gossip chain, 193

Government

• influenced by business, 60

• influence on business, 59

• political-legal business environment, 10

• regulation of business, 10

GP Investments, 547

Grapevine, 193–194

Graziano da Silva, Jose, 231

Great Depression, 49

Great Place to Work, 264

Great Recession, 27, 49, 295, 313

Green, Holly, 199

Green Equity Investors, 96

Green marketing, 52

Greiner, Lori, 178

Gross domestic product (GDP), 21, 22–23

• from goods and services, 207, 208

• recession of 2008–2011, 26

Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV), 5–6

Gross national product (GNP), 21

Gross profit, 491

Group leader, 150

Groupware, 457

Grow Appalachia, 287

Growth

• economic, 21–24

• in PLC, 390, 391

• in services and goods industries, 207–208

Grubman, Jack, 63

Grupo Gigante, 130

Guilbert, Justin, 123

Gustin Energy Company, 287