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OVER-THE-COUNTER MARKET: A market that trades corporate stocks and other securities using a computerized network of dealers rather than an organized exchange. Over-the-counter market is most often used in reference to the National Association of Securities Dealers. Stocks traded over the counter tend to be smaller, less well-known, technology based firms. Start-up firms often begin offering their stock over the counter, then once established they move to organized exchanges, especially the New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange.
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BEHAVIORAL ALTERNATIVES Two different inclinations toward institution changing innovations and maintenance of the status quo. One alternative is entrepreneurial behavior, which is the willingness to develop or adopt innovations that change existing institutions and the status quo. The other alternative is managerial behavior, which is the desire to maintain and promote existing institutions and the status quo. These alternatives can be traced to different preferences for novel and redundant information, which result from the physiological reaction to a potential threat.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time searching the newspaper want ads wanting to buy either a wall poster commemorating the moon landing or storage boxes for your winter clothes. Be on the lookout for florescent light bulbs that hum folk songs from the sixties.
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In the Middle Ages, pepper was used for bartering, and it was often more valuable and stable in value than gold.
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"Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope. " -- Josh Billings, humorist
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ICTB
International Customs Tariffs Bureau
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