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Business essentials
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alternative resource | A resource that can be used in place of another |
| Automation | A method of operating or controlling 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 service |
| 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 company to help its employees |
| Entrepreneurs | People who assume the risks 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 plans and animals |
| Generation X | Aterm used to refer to individuals who were born between the years 1965 and 1980 also known as the Gen X |