Fiducia TogetherA/B testing
Also called Split testing, Multivariate testing
Showing two versions to different people to find out which performs better. Needs more traffic than most small businesses have.
Business A to Z
Every trade has words it uses without explaining. In business the cost of not knowing one is real: some of them are ordinary jargon and some of them are a decision that can take a house.
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25 terms filed under A, showing 1–10 (page 1 of 3).
A
Absence management
Managing sickness and other absence fairly and lawfully.
Absorption and marginal costing
Two ways of deciding what a job costs. They give different answers on purpose.
Accessibility of digital services
Making a website usable by disabled people. A legal duty and a commercial one.
Account management
Looking after existing customers so they buy again and buy more.
Accruals
Also called Accruals basis, Accrual accounting
Recording income and costs when they happen rather than when the money moves.
Accruals and prepayments
Costs incurred but not yet billed, and costs paid in advance.
Adjudication
Fast dispute resolution in construction. Twenty-eight days, and the decision binds for now.
Advertising rules
What you can and cannot say in an advert. Self-regulated, and enforced.
Advertising to children and vulnerable people
Extra restrictions on who you can market to and how.
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