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In trade, an intermediary middleman or commercial agent acts as a conduit for goods or services offered by a supplier to a consumer. Typically the intermediary offers some added value to the transaction which may not be possible by direct trading. Examples of intermediaries are wholesalers and resellers. [citation needed]
A middleman minority is a minority population whose main occupations link producers and consumers: traders, money-lenders, etc. A middleman minority, while possibly suffering discrimination and bullying, does not hold an "extreme subordinate" status in society. [ 1 ]
A retail merchant or retailer sells merchandise to end-users or consumers (including businesses), usually in small quantities. A shop-keeper is an example of a retail merchant. However, the term 'merchant' is often used in a variety of specialised contexts such as in merchant banker, merchant navy or merchant services.
Middle man or Middleman or The Middle Men may refer to: an intermediary , which may be either a third party that offers intermediation services, or, in trade, entities or people offering value added services to a product, such as:
A trading company is a business that works with different kinds of products sold for consumer, business purposes.In contemporary times, trading companies buy a specialized range of products, shopkeeper them, and coordinate delivery of products to customers.
The National Center for the Middle Market (NCMM) is a research center located at The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business. The center conducts research about and for middle market companies. The center focuses its efforts on research, outreach, events, student programs, and policy to spread awareness of the middle market, which is ...
American business historian Alfred D. Chandler Jr. argued in The Visible Hand (1977) that in the nineteenth century, Adam Smith's invisible hand was supplanted by the "visible hand" of middle management, which became "the most powerful institution in the American economy". He credited middle managers with a central importance like the inventors ...
In 2000, the business school opened John and Lucy Cook Hall. The building is large and houses a 280-seat auditorium. The school is home to the Boeing Institute of International Business, U.S. Bank Advancing Women in Leadership Program, Emerson Ethics Center, Smurfit-Stone Center for Entrepreneurship, Simon Center for Regional Economic Forecasting & Center for Supply Chain Management.