In economics, business is the social science of managing people to organize and maintain collective productivity toward accomplishing particular creative and productive goals, usually to generate revenue.

The etymology of "business" refers to the state of being busy, in the context of the individual as well as the community or society. In other words, to be busy is to be doing commercially viable and profitable work.

The term "business" has at least three usages, depending on the scope — the general usage (above), the singular usage to refer to a particular company or corporation, and the generalized usage to refer to a particular market sector, such as "the record business," "the computer business," or "the business community" -- the community of suppliers of goods and services.

The Business Education Resource Consortium started as one of the original six statewide Tech Prep resource projects established by the California Department of Education. Currently, it is funded by the Carl Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act. The Consortium currently has two funding sources: a Distribution Points Grant and a Project Curriculum for Business Education Innovative Practice Grant. The Business Education Resource Consortium provides technical assistance and resource assistance to help educators in preparing students for the challenges of the twenty-first century. For a complete listing of the information available on our web site, click the Site Map button at the top of this page. Business is such an all encompassing field that it touches almost all aspects of our day to day activities. So it is not surprising that Business careers are among the most popular careers today. More and more candidates take the option of business courses over other career courses. As Business is such a broad category, there are many employment opportunities. One of the main attractions is the high salaries that these careers offer.

Business Finance is the hands-on, how-to authority serving the needs of the senior finance professional. Each issue of Business Finance supplies senior finance executives information and insight into key finance issues, strategies, trends and technologies to help them advance their organizations in today’s highly competitive global economy. The Business Finance team of seasoned financial and business journalists draws on the knowledge and experience of CFOs and other senior financial executives as well as leading consultants to provide best practices information from an unbiased and authoritative perspective.;