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INCENTIVE SCHEMES [3 records]

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Record 1 2012-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sales (Marketing)
  • Merchandising Techniques
  • Restrictive Practices (Law)
CONT

A multi-level distributorship occurs when a person involved in a sale or distribution is expected to solicit others to sell or distribute, forming multi-levels of distribution. Included in these levels is the promise that the initial person receives not only a percentage or commission for goods sold but also a certain rebate or commission based on the number of persons signed up, forming a sales pyramid. These schemes create the false impression that one can get rich merely by signing up a number of people in the program who will then in turn have an incentive to sign up a number of people below each of them, without ever really having to sell any products. These schemes almost always fail, and you run the risk that you are participating in an illegal scheme.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vente
  • Techniques marchandes
  • Pratiques restrictives (Droit)
DEF

Forme de vente consistant à faire acheter par des personnes, auxquelles sont promises des situations dans la firme, des stocks de marchandises pour les revendre à d'autres, qui, alléchées par des promesses semblables, devront à leur tour rechercher de nouveaux adhérents.

OBS

Certaines législations considèrent le système [vente pyramidale] comme illégal.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ventas (Comercialización)
  • Técnicas mercantiles
  • Prácticas restrictivas (Derecho)
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Record 2 1997-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)
  • Personnel Management (General)
DEF

Incentive schemes are methods of improving productivity through the application of a wages policy. The schemes are based on the realisation that a marginal gain in production is worth more to the company than the rate established for the anticipated average, and that part of the gain can be turned into an incentive for the operator.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
  • Gestion du personnel (Généralités)
DEF

Plan de rémunération par lequel on accorde aux employés une participation aux bénéfices d'une entreprise en vue d'augmenter leur rendement.

Spanish

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Record 3 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Productivity and Profitability
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Productivité et rentabilité
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)

Spanish

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