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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ALTERNATIVE RESOURCE | A recourse that can be used in place of another |
| AUTOMATION | A method of operating or controlling a process in which tasks are completed by automatic means, such as technology, reducing human effort and labor |
| BABY BOOMERS | A term used to refer to individuals who were born between the years 1946 and 1964 |
| CAPITAL GOODS | Manufactured or constructed items that are used to produce goods and services |
| CONSERVE | To slow down the use of something to make its supply last longer than it would otherwise |
| CONSUMER GOODS AND SERVICES | Products produced for personal consumption |
| DEMOGRAPHICS | Information used to describe a population |
| ECONOMIC RESOURCES | The human and natural resources and capital goods used to produce goods and services ; also known as factors of production |
| EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM | A project organized and sponsored by a company to help its employees |
| ENTREPRENEURS | People who assume the risk of starting and operating businesses |
| ENTREPRENEURSHIP | Starting and building a business |
| FACTORS OF PRODUCTION | Productive resources ; human and natural resources and capital goods; also known as economic resources. |
| FINANCIAL CAPITAL | Money needed to operate a business |
| FLEXTIME | A scheduling procedure in which employees select their own working hours as long as they work the required number of hours |
| FOSSIL FUELS | Nonrenewable , carbon-based energy sources formed underground from the fossilized remains of plants and animals |
| GENERATION X | A term used to refer to individuals who were born between the years 1965 and 1980; also known as Gen X |
| GENERATION Y | A term used to refer to individuals who were born between the years 1981 and 1995 also known as millennials |
| HUMAN RESOURCES | People who work to produce goods and services |
| INVENTORY | Stock of goods |
| JUST-IN-TIME-INVENTORY | An inventory method in which goods and ordered so that they arrive when they are needed rather than being stockpiled |
| NATRUAL RESOURCES | Item that are found in nature and used to produce goods and services |
| NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES | Natural resources that may become entirely depleted; natural resources that cannot be replenished after use |
| PRODUCERS | The people who make or provide goods and services |
| PRODUCTION | The economic process or activity of producing |
| raw materials | items in their natural state or condition |
| resource owners | those who provide human resources,natrual resources |
| shared time | Those who provide human resources, natural resources , and capital goods in order for production to take place |
| stockpiling | Maintaining a large inventory |
| technology | scientific applications to business objective or the methods used to attain those objectives |