Stakeholder Management
DE: Stakeholder-Management
Proactive alignment of interests and communication with key stakeholders.
Organization & Leadership
Stalking Horse Bid
DE: Stalking-Horse-Gebot
Initial bid setting a floor price in an auction/bankruptcy.
Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC)
DE: Standardvertragsklauseln
EU-approved clauses enabling data transfers to third countries.
Standstill Agreement
DE: Stillhalteabkommen
Investor agrees not to increase stake or pursue control.
Financing & Investors
Staple Finance
DE: Gebündelte Finanzierung
Pre-arranged debt package offered to bidders by sell-side banks.
Financing & Investors
Synonyms: stapled financing
Stapled Equity
DE: Gebündeltes Eigenkapital
Equity financing pre-arranged alongside debt for bidders.
Financing & Investors
Stapled Financing
DE: Vorgebundene Finanzierung
Financing package pre-arranged by sell-side advisors for bidders.
Financing & Investors
Stapled Secondary
DE: Gebündelter Sekundärdeal
Secondary sale paired with new primary capital.
Financing & Investors
Statistical Power
DE: Teststärke
Likelihood that a test will detect a true effect of a given size.
Stealth Mode
DE: Stealth-Modus
Operating in secrecy to avoid competitive attention until launch.
Culture & Buzzwords
Step-up Round
DE: Step-up-Runde
New round at a significantly higher valuation than prior.
Financing & Investors
Stickiness
DE: Klebrigkeit
How well a product retains users and becomes habit-forming.
Product & Growth
Stickiness Delta
DE: Stickiness-Delta
Change in DAU/MAU ratio period over period.
Metrics
Stickiness Index
DE: Stickiness-Index
Composite score gauging frequency, depth, and recency of use.
Metrics
Stockout Rate
DE: Out-of-Stock-Rate
Percentage of demand not met due to stockouts.
Metrics
Strategic Alliance
DE: Strategische Allianz
Long-term collaboration to pursue shared objectives.
Market & Strategy
Strategic Investor
DE: Strategischer Investor
Corporate or industry investor investing for strategic as well as financial returns.
Financing & Investors
Strategic Narrative
DE: Strategisches Narrativ
Story of the world, the change, and why you win.
Product & Growth
Strike Team
DE: Einsatzteam
Rapid-response group for urgent incidents.
Organization & Leadership
Strong vs Eventual Consistency
DE: Starke vs. Eventual Konsistenz
Trade-offs between read freshness and availability.
Technology & Platforms
Strongly Consistent
DE: Stark Konsistent
Consistency model where reads reflect the most recent writes.
Technology & Platforms
Subordinated Debt
DE: Nachrangiges Darlehen
Debt junior to senior claims; higher risk and interest.
Subprocessor
DE: Unterauftragsverarbeiter
Third party engaged by a processor to process personal data.
Legal & Regulation
Success Criteria
DE: Erfolgskriterien
Objective thresholds for calling an initiative successful.
Product & Growth
Success Plan
DE: Erfolgsplan
Shared plan for achieving customer outcomes post-sale.
Product & Growth