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Business Initiative Council
BUSINESS INFORMATION CENTER. One of more than 50 specialized Small Business Administration units which offer the latest in high-technology hard-ware, software and telecommunications to assist small business PLUS one-on-one counseling with seasoned business veterans through the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE). Each BIC offers elec-tronic bulletin boards, computer data bases, on-line information exchange, periodicals and brochures, counseling, video tapes, reference materials, texts, start-up guides, application software, computer tutorials and interactive media.
BUSINESS INFORMATION CENTER. One-stop locations for information, education, and training designed to help entrepreneurs start, operate, and grow their businesses. The centers provide free on-site counseling, training courses, and workshops and have resources for addressing a broad variety of business start-up and development issues.
Best In Class The best performing (~ best selling) competitor in a business branch.
The Bahá'à International Community is a global non-governmental organization representing the worldwide membership of the Bahá'à Faith. It openly advocates the creation of a world government with a global justice system and international economic policy. In Haifa, Israel, the BIC has set up an incredible series of terraced gardens, lined by an impressive array of judicial, educational, and administrative buildings – all in anticipation of the coming world system. BIC is one of the most vocal advocates of global governance vis-à -vis the United Nations.
One of more than 80 specialized U.S. Small Business Administration units which offer the latest in high-technology hardware, software and telecommunications to assist small business PLUS one-on-one counseling through SCORE and/or Small Business Development Center (SBDC) staff. Each BIC offers electronic bulleting boards, computer data bases, on-line information exchange, periodicals and brochures, counseling, video tapes, reference materials, texts, start-up guides, application software, computer tutorials and interactive media.
A Business and Innovation Centre - BIC - is a support organisation, public or private, officially recognised by the European Commission through a certification scheme, that foster regional and local economic development through the creation of new innovative SMEs and innovative projects in existing SMEs.