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Intro Business Easy Reference Tools for Students

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Share these easy-reference infographics with your students and help them learn

Engage your students with these free infographic / posters about the fundamentals of business to help them retain course content. 


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Types of Business Organizations

We often refer to businesses as organizations but there is an important difference between the two terms. A business focuses on selling and producing goods while an organization is a group of people formed and structured in a certain way to achieve goals. In other words, people in organizations engage in business tasks and activities to meet organizational objectives...


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7 Essential Components of Business

The seven essential components of business represent the fundamentals of business activity...


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The UN's Sustainable Development Goals

Mapped to the UN's 17 Sustainable Development GoalsSage supports the Sustainable Development Goals. The Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. They address the global challenges we face, including poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace and justice...


 

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The Four Parts of a Business Model

The four parts of a business model, including the offering, customers, the infrastructure, and financial viability are covered in this helpful infographic. Also covered are 13 components of a business model... 


 

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Types of Business Models

12 types of business models and basic descriptions are covered in this infographic...


 

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Five Types of Customers

Types of business customers are covered in this graphic along with examples that bring concepts to life...


 

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Technology Adoption Life Cycle

The technology adoption life cycle, introduced by communications professor Everett Rogers, is a model that describes the process of acceptance of a new innovation over time, according to defined adopter groups...


 

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Four Main Types of Market Segmentation

Market segmentation is the process of dividing a target market into approachable groups based on wants, needs, common interests, common behaviors, and demands...


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