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Vocab 1.1
Entrepreneurship
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Entrepreneur | an individual who undertakes the creation, organization, and ownership of an innovative business with potential for growth |
| Venture | new business undertaking which involves risk |
| Economics | study of how people use their resources to satisfy wants and needs |
| Free Enterprise System | People choose what to buy, people can own property, people can choose to start a business to make a profit, Competition is good |
| Market Structures | nature and degree of competition among businesses in the same industry |
| Monopoly | one seller has control over supply-price |
| Oligopoly | few competing firms, several large firms have influence over price |
| Goods | tangible-touch and feel |
| Services | intangible |
| Wants | dont need it to survive |
| Needs | basic requirement for survival |
| Factors of production | resources business use to produce goods and services |
| Demand | quantity consumers willing and able to buy |
| Supply | quantity producers willing to provide |
| Elastice Demand | change in price creates change in demand |
| Inelastic Demand | change in price has little effect on demand |
| Equilibrium | when supply equals demand |
| Scarcity | a small and inadequate amount |
| Profit | a financial gain |
| Diminishing Marginal Utility | A psychological generalization that the perceived value of, or satisfaction gained from, a good to a consumer declines with each additional unit acquired or consume |
| Business Cycle | Prosperity, Recession, Depression, Recovery |
| Gross Domestic Product | The total value of goods produced and services provided in a country during one year |