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	Enterprise (occasionally used with the archaic spelling Enterprize) may refer to: Economics and business A business Business A business is a legally recognized organization designed to provide good s and/or Service to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalism economies, most being privately owned and formed to earn profit that will increase the wealth of its owners.... , company Company Generally, a company is a form of business organization. The precise definition varies.In the United States, a company is a corporation—or, less commonly, an association, partnership, or union—that carries on an industrial enterprise." Generally, a company may be a "corporation, partnership, association, joint-stock company, Inv... , or comparable organization Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship is the practice of starting new organizations or revitalizing mature organizations, particularly new businesses generally in response to identified opportunities.... , the practice of starting new organizations, particularly new businesses Enterprise for High School Students Enterprise for High School Students Established in 1969, Enterprise for High School Students is a San Francisco city wide youth development agency that guides teens to explore career interests, find and retain jobs, and engage in experiential learning.... , a non-profit organization Enterprise Rent-A-Car Enterprise Rent-A-Car Enterprise Rent-a-Car is a privately held St. Louis, Missouri, Missouri-based rental car company serving customers in the United States, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.... , a car-rental agency Enterprise Asia Enterprise Asia Enterprise Asia is a regional non-governmental organization think-tank founded in 2006 by a group of entrepreneurs headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with presence in Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam and Thailand currently.... , a regional NGO for the development of entrepreneurship, based in Kuala Lumpur Enterprize Canada Enterprize Canada Introduction Enterprize Canada is a student-run, not-for-profit organization with the focus on the promoting entrepreneurship while providing opportunities to young entrepreneurs to grow and develop their ideas.... , a Canadian student-run entrepreneurial business plan competition and conference Enterprise Plc Enterprise Plc Enterprise plc is one of the United Kingdom leading support services companies. It is based in Leyland, Lancashire in Lancashire, England. Its core markets are local authorities and utility sectors.... , a civil engineering and maintenance company in the United Kingdom Enterprise Capital Fund Enterprise Capital Fund According to the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform , Enterprise Capital Funds were established in the UK to address a market weakness in the provision of equity finance to Small and medium enterprises.... a type of Venture capital Venture capital Venture capital is a type of private equity capital typically provided to early-stage, high-potential, Growth investing companies in the interest of generating a return through an eventual realization event such as an IPO or mergers and acquisitions of the company.... in the UK Farm enterprise Farm enterprise A farm enterprise is a component of a farm business. For example a farm may include an agronomy enterprise and a dairy enterprise.... , a component of a farm business; a farm may for example include an arable enterprise and a dairy enterprise Free enterprise, a type of economy; a loose synonym for implemented capitalism Capitalism Capitalism is an economic system in which wealth, and the means of producing wealth, are private property and controlled rather than commonly, publicly, or state-owned and controlled.... Enterprise, an informal name for STTGI STTGI Stanford Technology Trading Group International was a shell company founded by United States Air Force Major General Richard Secord and Iranian arms dealer Albert Hakim, and a cornerstone of what was informally known as the "Enterprise", a complex web of for-profit business entities and non-profit front organizations created by Secord and Ha... (Stanford Technology Trading Group International), a U.S. weapons-dealing company involved in the Iran-Contra Affair Subud Enterprise Services Subud Enterprise Services Subud Enterprise Services is one of the "wings" of the spiritual organization Subud. It is not an independent association, but a department controlled by the World Subud Association.... , any entrepreneurial activity undertaken by a member of the spiritual organization Subud Vessels Watercraft HMS Enterprise HMS Enterprise Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Enterprise or HMS Enterprize, while another was planned: was a 24-gun sixth-rate, previously the French frigate French frigate L'Entreprise, captured in May 1705.... , any of fifteen ships of the Royal Navy (four others named Enterprise did not use the HMS prefix) USS Enterprise USS Enterprise USS Enterprise may refer to the following specific vessels:... , any of eight ships in the United States Navy (of which two would not have used the USS prefix) Enterprise (1814) Enterprise (1814) The *Enterprise, or Enterprize, was the first steamboat to demonstrate by her epic 2,200-mile voyage from New Orleans to Pittsburgh that steamboat commerce was practical on America's western rivers.... , a privately owned steamboat captained by Henry Miller Shreve Enterprize* (1829) Enterprize (1829) The topsail schooner, Enterprize, was built in Hobart, Tasmania in 1829 by William Pender. It was used for coastal transport of cargo such as coal, livestock, and supplies.... , Melbourne's tall ship Enterprise (1855)?, a 19th C. steamer on the Columbia and Fraser Rivers Enterprise (1862) Enterprise (1862) The *Enterprise* was a passenger and freight paddle steamer that was built for service on the Soda Creek to Quesnel, British Columbia route on the upper Fraser River in British Columbia.... , pioneer stern wheeler on the upper Fraser River Enterprise, a sailing ship caught in a storm List of shipwrecks in 1903 The list of shipwrecks in 1903 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1903.... off St. Ives, Cornwall in 1903 SS Flying Enterprise Flying Enterprise SS Flying Enterprise was a 6,711 ton Type C1 ship which sank in 1952. She was built in 1944 as SS Cape Kumukaki for the United States Maritime Commission for use in World War II.... (1947–1952), was built in 1944 and originally commissioned as the SS Cape Kumukaki (C1-B). Enterprise (dinghy) Enterprise (dinghy) The Enterprise is a two-man sloop-rigged hiking dinghy sailing with distinctive blue sails. Despite being one of the older classes of Dinghy, it remains popular in the United Kingdom and about a dozen other countries, and is used for both Cruising and Dinghy racing.... , a class of sailing dinghy Aircraft Enterprise (balloon) Enterprise (balloon) The *Enterprise* was a gas inflated aerostat built by Thaddeus S. C. Lowe along with his father Clovis in 1858. It was the second balloon built by Lowe at his Hoboken, N.J.... , a hot air balloon used by the Union Army during the American Civil War Enterprise, an early Goodyear Blimp Goodyear Blimp The Goodyear Blimp is the collective name for a fleet of Non-rigid airship operated by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company for advertising purposes and for use as a television camera platform for aerial views of sporting events.... Spacecraft Space Shuttle Enterprise Space Shuttle Enterprise The Space Shuttle Enterprise was the first space shuttle built for NASA. It was constructed without engines or a functional heat shield, and was therefore not capable of space operations; its purpose was to perform test flights in the atmosphere.... VSS Enterprise VSS Enterprise The VSS Enterprise is the first commercial spaceship being constructed by Virgin Galactic.It will also be the first ship of the Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwo class, based on upscaling the design of Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne.... , the proposed inaugural vessel of the Virgin Galactic suborbital tourism fleet Fictional Starship Enterprise Starship Enterprise The Enterprise or USS Enterprise is the name of several fictional starships, some of which are the focal point for various television series and films in the Star Trek franchise created by Gene Roddenberry.... , any of several ships by that name in the Star Trek fictional universe Enterprise, a ship used by the party in Final Fantasy III Final Fantasy III is a console role-playing game developed and published by Square Co. in for the Nintendo Entertainment System as the third installment in the Final Fantasy series.... Enterprise, an airship used by Cecil Harvey and his party in Final Fantasy IV Computing Enterprise architecture Enterprise architecture The term enterprise architecture refers to many things. Like architecture in general, it can refer to a description, a process or a profession.... Enterprise software Enterprise software Enterprise software is software intended to solve an enterprise problem and often written using an Enterprise architecture. Due to the cost of building what is often proprietary software, only large enterprises attempt to build such enterprise software that models the entire business enterprise and is the core IT system of governing the ente... Enterprise 64 and 128 Enterprise 128 The Enterprise is a Zilog Z80 based home computerfirst released in 1985.There are two variants, theEnterprise 64 with 64 Kilobyte of Random Access Memory, and the... , an 8-bit home computer from the UK; also known as Flan and Elan Enterprise storage Enterprise storage In computing, an enterprise storage is the computer storage designed for large-scale, high-technology environments of the modern Company. When comparing to the consumer storage, it has higher scalability, higher Reliability engineering, better fault tolerance, and much higher initial price.... , the storage, protection, and retrieval of data in large-scale environments Enterprise resource planning Enterprise resource planning Enterprise resource planning is an enterprise-wide information system designed to coordinate all the resources, information, and activities needed to complete business processes such as order fulfillment or billing.... (ERP), an Information Technology term referring to a hardware or software system that serves all departments within an enterprise Geographic locations United States Enterprise, Alabama Enterprise, Alabama Enterprise is a city in the southeastern part of Coffee County, Alabama and Dale County, Alabama Counties in the southeastern part of Alabama in the Southern United States United States.... Enterprise, Florida Enterprise, Florida Enterprise is an unincorporated community in Volusia County, Florida, in the U.S. state of Florida, and its former county seat. Situated on the northern shore of Lake Monroe , it is flanked by the cities of DeBary, Florida and Deltona, Florida.... Enterprise, Kansas Enterprise, Kansas Enterprise is a city in Dickinson County, Kansas, Kansas, United States. The population was 836 at the 2000 United States Census.... Enterprise, Mississippi Enterprise, Mississippi Enterprise is a town in Clarke County, Mississippi, Mississippi, United States. The population was 474 at the 2000 census.... Enterprise, Nevada Enterprise, Nevada Enterprise is a census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada, Nevada, United States. The population was 14,676 at the United States Census, 2000.... Enterprise, Oregon Enterprise, Oregon Enterprise is a city in and the county seat of Wallowa County, Oregon, Oregon, United States. The population was 1,895 at the 2000 United States Census, with an estimated population of 1,940 in 2007.... Enterprise, Utah Enterprise, Utah Enterprise is a city in Washington County, Utah, Utah, United States. The population was 1,285 at the United States Census, 2000, a 37.3% increase over its 1990 population of 936.... Enterprise Township, Michigan Enterprise Township, Michigan Enterprise Township is a civil township of Missaukee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 194 at the United States Census, 2000.... Enterprise Township, Minnesota Enterprise Township, Minnesota Enterprise Township is a township in Jackson County, Minnesota, Minnesota, United States. The population was 204 at the 2000 census.... Canada Enterprise, Northwest Territories Enterprise, Northwest Territories Enterprise is a hamlet in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada, located between Great Slave Lake and the Alberta border on the Hay River .... Enterprise, Ontario Guyana Enterprise, Guyana Enterprise, Guyana Enterprise is a village in the Demerara-Mahaica region along the coastal belt of Guyana. It is about two square miles in size and has a population of about 12,000.... Other Enterprise (ride) Enterprise (ride) The Enterprise is an amusement ride, manufactured primarily by HUSS Maschinenfabrik in 1972. The ride was an adaption and improvement of a design produced earlier that year by Anton Schwarzkopf, with an increased passenger capacity.... , an amusement ride Social enterprise Social enterprise Social enterprises are social mission driven organizations which trade in goods or services for a social purpose. Their aim to accomplish targets that are social and environmental as well as financial is often referred to as having a triple bottom line.... Enterprise (train) Enterprise (train) \|}File:Lambeg railway station in 2005.jpgEnterprise is the name of the cross-border inter-city train service between Dublin Connolly railway station and Belfast Central railway station in Ireland and is jointly operated by Iarnr?d ?ireann and NI Railways .... , an inter-city train service between Belfast and Dublin Enterprise Records, a record label Enterprise, title of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise Star Trek: Enterprise *Enterprise, retitled Star Trek: Enterprise* at the start of its third season, was a science fiction television program created by Brannon Braga and Rick Berman and set in the Star Trek universe created by Gene Roddenberry.... during its first two seasons Free Enterprise (film) Free Enterprise (film) *Free Enterprise* is a 1999 comedy/romance movie starring Eric McCormack and Rafer Weigel, and featuring William Shatner, directed by Robert Meyer Burnett and written by Mark A.... , starring William Shatner USS Enterprise (BLDG 7115), a U.S. Navy Recruit Barracks named in honor of the Navy's Enterprise ships. Enterprise (apple), an apple variety See also Master of Enterprise Master of Enterprise The Master of Enterprise Degree is a masters degree originally developed and offered by the University of Manchester through the Manchester Science Enterprise Centre .... Manchester Science Enterprise Centre Manchester Science Enterprise Centre The Manchester Science Enterprise Centre is an organisation at the University of Manchester that focuses on stimulating enterprise and entrepreneurship....