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1.01 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Profit | money that remains in the buisness has paid for the expenses |
| Profit motive | persons incinitive to work to gain something for him/herself (make money) |
| Competiton | contests between buisness to win customers buisness and loyalty |
| Needs | items nessasary for existance such as clothing, food, and shelter. |
| Wants | items that would be nice to have but are not nessasary |
| Consumers | a person who uses goods or services many times the consumer is also the purchaser |
| Goods | items buisness sell that can be physically weighed or measured. |
| Services | tasks that buisness perform or provide for customers such as hair cuts and car washes |
| Sole proprietorship | a buisness owned by only one person |
| Partnership | a buisness owned by two or more people |
| Franchise | a contract between a parent company and a franchise to use the name and sell the goods |
| Non - profit organization | a buisness whose goal is to provide a service rather than to make a profit. |
| Corporation | buisenesess considered seprate from the buisness by law |
| Multinational corporation | company that has buisness facilities in many countries |
| Accounting | process of recording the financial data |
| Management | Process of leading and directing all are part of an organization |
| Marketing | process of directing and promoting and presenting the product to the consumers |
| Information technology | process of developing installing and implementing computer information |
| Operations | the activities involved in the day to day running of the buisness |
| Human resources | the activities that deal with the hiring, and the firing training and other personnell |
| Manufacturing | process of making finished products out of raw materials |
| Demand | the amount of a good service that the consumers would want to purchase |
| Supply | how much producers are willing to give and able to sell at a willing price |
| loss | when your expenses exceed your profit |
| surplus | overstock or overage |
| resources | anything that is useful and that can satisfy any wants |
| Choice | the process by which people decide how to use the scarce resources |
| Oppurtunity cost | what must be given up when desicions are made to use scarce productive resources. |