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Firm tofu
* is best in stir-fry dishes, in soups or on the grill.
* is dense and solid and can be cubed and served in soups, stir fried, or grilled
  - holds up well when fried
  - higher in protein, fat and calcium than other forms of tofu
  - probably most popular as a meat substitute in a stir-fry
  - sold chilled in blocks packaged in water

Foreign firm
* are found in almost all sectors of the economy.
* focus on cost
  - low cost

Large firm
* Most large firms employ whole departments to monitor the Strategic Management of their businesses.
* hire accountants directly to analyse their financial data.
* pursue strategies.

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Law firm
* Many law firms are leaders in the technological revolution.
* Many law firms have attorneys who specialize in lobbying
  - programs which encourage their attorneys to do pro-bono work
* Most law firms are a collection of lawyers
  - practice in a number of different practice areas, and for different industries
* Some law firms use titles as a means of recognizing contributions.
* are businesses
  - in business to practice law
  - partnerships, and are therefore owned and managed by the partners
  - service companies
  - specialized business professionals
* can vary widely in size.
* diversify when they lose business to more diverse firms.
* grow out of a conservative profession that has enjoyed a monopoly.
* have duties.
* play a central role in offshore financial operations.

Multinational firm
* are an increasingly important part of international economic integration.
* attempt to produce and market a product.

Private firm
* Most private firms focus on global growth markets
* offer services.
* take approaches.

Publisher
* Most publishers categorize their books by age group.
* Some publishers advertise that their books are printed on acid-free paper.
* are firms
  - in the business of publishing books
  - owners
  - people who know when to cut
* often hold copyrights on books and other literary works.
* site which reviews children's software.

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Book publisher
* Some book publishers are also foreign owned.
* are in business to buy and sell a writer's words.
* are, slowly, slowly, creating Web sites, and allowing customers to buy online.
* have people look at covers and decide which they'd buy.
* know that libraries foster book-buying.
* spend money promoting their products at conventions and seminars.

Music publisher
* come in all shapes and sizes.
* represent composers to collect royalties when recordings are sold
  - musical works, composers and lyricists

Publishing house
* Many publishing houses have websites or catalogs which list the titles they've printed in the past.
* are houses
  - organizations

Global business
* is big business
  - increasingly a complex web of alliances and partnerships
* tend to be ethically blind.

Healthy business
* have healthy banking relationships.
* help integrate human and natural environments.
* make up the spine of the American economy.

International business
* comprises a large and growing part of the worlds total business.
* focus on people.
* is business conducted in more than one country
  - different in nature to that of domestic business
  - the study of business transactions that cross national boundaries
* stresses the application of management functions in an international setting.

Internet business
* is the core source of the new economy.
* rely on each other to grow.