business risk
legal term
Hold-up problem
economic dilemma where two parties may be able to work most efficiently by cooperating, but refrain from doing so because of concerns that they may give the other party increased bargaining power and thus reduce their own profits
vendor lock-in
dependency of customers on a vendor for products
entrepreneurial risk
chance of profit or loss resulting from entrepreneurial activity
producer's risk
possibility that a good product will be rejected as a bad product by the consumer
business failure
a company ceasing operations following its inability to make a profit or to bring in enough revenue to cover its expenses