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vocab 1.00
vocab
Term | Definition |
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profit | incom-expense=profit |
profit motive | an incentive to make money |
competition | contest between businesses to win costumers loyalty |
needs | items necessary for existence |
wants | items that are nice to have but not necessary |
consumer | consumer is usually customer consumer is a person who uses goods or services |
goods | physical items people sell |
services | tasks business provide for customers |
sole proprietorship | business owned by 1 person |
partnership | business owned by 2 or more people |
franchise | a contract between a parent company and a franchise to use the name and sell the goods and services of the parent company |
non-profit organization | business whose goal is not to make profit |
corporation | a business considered seperate from the owners of a business by law . The owners are the stock holders |
multinational corporation | a companie that does business and has businesses in many countries (coca-cola) |
accounting | process of recording and reporting the financial data of a business |
management | process of leading and directing all or part of a organization |
marketing | process of promoting and presenting a product to consumers |
information technology | developing instaling implementin computer information systems |
operations | activities involved in the everyday running of a business to produce value for the stakeholders |
human resources | deals with hiring firing training and other employee issues |
manufacturing | process of making a finished product out of raw materials |
demand | the amount of a good or service consumers want at a given price |
supply | how much producers are able and willing to sell at a given time |
loss | when your expenses are more than your income |
surplus | overstock or overage |