Collateralized Bond Obligation – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets

What is a Collateralized Bond Obligation?A collateralized Bond Obligation (CBO) refers to an investment-grade asset that is backed by assets that are not investment-grade, otherwise called junk bonds. The pool of junk bonds that back a CBO often have high risks, the...

Cold Calling – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | SEO, Social Media, Direct Marketing

What is Cold-Calling?Cold-calling is a sales technique that entails approaching a potential client or customer who had no previous discussion or engagement with a salesperson. There is no prior notice or appointment. What is Warm Calling?Cold-calling differs from...

Collaborative Commerce (C-Commerce) – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Operations, Project, & Supply Chain Management

What is Collaborative Commerce (C-commerce)?Collaborative commerce, or collective trade, is the act of using technologies to facilitate the interaction and cooperation between the internal processes and personnel in an enterprise as well as business interactions among...

Base Rate Fallacy – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior

What is Base Rate Fallacy?Base rate fallacy is a type of error that occurs when relevant data or commonly-understood (statistically relevant) information about a subject matter (base rate) is neglected or ignored in favor of new information.  

Big Data – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Research, Quantitative Analysis, & Decision Science

What is Big Data?Big data is a term often used when there is an enormous data set that is beyond the scope of traditional mining techniques or human handlings. Also, big data describes the presence of a large volume of data (either structured data and unstructured...

Corporate Citizenship – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior

What is Corporate Citizenship?Corporate citizenship refers to the set of activities or responsibilities of an organization that help them make a positive contribution to society in general. Corporate citizenship also refers to standards that an organization puts in...

Consortium – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Strategy, Entrepreneurship, & Innovation

What is a Consortium?A consortium is realized when two or more firms, governments, households, or individuals come together to participate towards the same objective. The participants often pool their resources together in this pursuit. Consortia are common when such...

Consolidated Financial Statements – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Managerial & Financial Accounting & Reporting

What are Consolidated Financial Statements?A consolidated financial statement is a financial statement of a parent company and all its divisions or subsidiaries. A consolidated financial statement is often used by the Financial Accounting Standards Board in the...

Presidential Election Cycle Theory – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets

What is Presidential Election Cycle Theory?The Presidential Election Cycle Theory is a theory that predicts the United States Stock market after the assumption of office by a new President. As developed by a stock market historian, Yale Hirsch, this theory maintains...

Predictive Modeling – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Research, Quantitative Analysis, & Decision Science

What is Predictive Modeling?Predictive modeling is a technique that uses a set of data to predict future outcomes. This includes using probability and data mining procedures in the forecast of outcomes. Predictive modeling as a data mining technique uses a statistical...