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vocab 2
Term | Definition |
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Markets | Some of the risks that almost all businesses face involve competition, price changes, style changes, competition from new products, and changes from fluctuating economic conditions |
Accidents | Businesses also face risks beyond these market and economic shifts.. A warehouse may burn down and large amounts of expensive inventory may be lost. Events like these threaten the security of a business.cost money, and they may cause a business to fail |
Speculative risk | an activity will result in a gain or a loss. Risks, such as building a plant that turns out to have the wrong capacity or keeping an inventory level that turns out to be too high or too low, are speculative risks. |
pure risk | some unpredictable event that can result in loss will occur. Pure risk can only result in loss, never in gain. This kind of risk consists of hazards such as a fire or a hurricane, death of employees, or customer injuries on the premises of the business |