Bellwether Tom’s IT Pro Business Glossary I By William Van Winkle February 28, 2011 1:00 PM Table Of Contents 1. Acquisition 2. Agile Development 3. Amortization 4. Annual Report 5. Arbitrage 6. Arbitration 7. Back Office 8. Balance Sheet 9. Bandwidth 10. Bellwether 11. Best Practices 12. Bill Of Materials (BOM) 13. Blended Threat 14. Bond 15. Book Value 16. Bottom Line 17. BRIC 18. Business Cycle 19. Capital 20. Cash Flow 10. Bellwether A leading indicator of a future trend. Significance When bellwether companies in the tech field (Intel, Microsoft, IBM, et. al.) show growing or declining financials or revenue numbers, this is taken as a sign that the entire tech field may soon (or already is) experiencing a similar shift. Click here to return to the main index. Previous Next 10. Bellwether1. Acquisition2. Agile Development3. Amortization4. Annual Report5. Arbitrage6. Arbitration7. Back Office8. Balance Sheet9. Bandwidth10. Bellwether11. Best Practices12. Bill Of Materials (BOM)13. Blended Threat14. Bond15. Book Value16. Bottom Line17. BRIC18. Business Cycle19. Capital20. Cash Flow Comment on this article ... Comment(s)| Comments