Tom’s IT Pro Business Glossary II Tom’s IT Pro Business Glossary II By William Van Winkle February 28, 2011 1:00 PM Table Of Contents 1. Champion 2. Channel 3. Cloud Computing 4. Commodity 5. Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) 6. Convergence 7. Copyright 8. Core Competencies 9. Corporation 10. Cradle to Grave 11. Deliverable 12. Depreciation 13. Disruptive 14. Diversification 15. Dynamic 16. EBIT 17. EBITDA 18. Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) 19. Executive Summary 20. Expense (Verb) 1. Champion In a business context, a champion is one who speaks positively about a given product, practice, or innovation to others within a company.SignificanceChampions are often seen as being key in helping to spread the adoption of a new technology within an organization. If a champion can influence others with a positive bias about a change, then the change stands a greater chance of being accepted into the corporate culture.Click here to return to the main index. Next 1. Champion1. Champion2. Channel3. Cloud Computing4. Commodity5. Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR)6. Convergence7. Copyright8. Core Competencies9. Corporation10. Cradle to Grave11. Deliverable12. Depreciation13. Disruptive14. Diversification15. Dynamic16. EBIT17. EBITDA18. Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)19. Executive Summary20. Expense (Verb) Comment on this article ... Comment(s)| Comments