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Business English (Basics 1) (Subject) / Business terms (Lesson)

Business terms, definitions

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  • What is a CEO? -stands for 'chief executive officer' -the CEO takes care of the day-to-day running of a company -main manager and best known member -some CEOs also serve as the chairman/woman of the board of directors or the president of their company -job titles are not fixed in law, so translations can vary according to the type of company -many different translations of CEO: often CEO = boss, company head CEO = Konzernchef, Vorstandsvorsitzender, Präsident (larg companies) CEO = Geschäftsführer, Generaldirektor (smaller companies)
  • Product Lifecycle -Produktlebenszyklus -stages of the product lifecycle: introduction growth maturity decline -x-Achse: stage of the product lifecycle -y-Achse: sales revenue or profit