The Emergence Machine

Business

abstract · Economics · Level 14 · E10

E10Institutions

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

business emerges from trade + organization. It requires behavior, pattern.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “business” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “business”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
business
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL14L13L12L11L2L1L0BusinessTradeExchangeEnterpriseProduction… intermediate l…FormInformationLifeStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesCommerceL2SellerL2BuyerL8CustomerL8CompanyL9BusinessL14EnterpriseL11TradeL13E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Enterprise L11 (requires)
    A business is an enterprise engaged in commercial activity
  • Trade L13 (requires) polysemous
    Businesses operate through trade - buying and selling goods or services

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