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2.02 goods and servi
Business Essentials
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| consumer goods and services | Products produced for personal consumption |
| consumers | people who use goods and services to satisfy their wants |
| convenience products | consumer goods and services purchased quickly and without much thought or effort |
| economic goods | physical objects that are useful, scarce, and transferable and which satisfy economic wants |
| economic services | productive acts that are useful, scarce, and transferable and which satisfy economic wants |
| economic want | a desire for something that can only be satisfied be spending money |
| equipment | industrial goods used in the operation of a business but not used in the actual production of a good or service |
| goods | tangible objects that can be manufactured or produced for resale |
| impulse item | any item purchased as a result of an on-the-spot decision to buy |
| industrial goods and services | products purchased by producers for resale, to make other goods and services, and/ or to use in business operation |
| Installations | High-cost, long-lasting industrial goods that are used to produce other goods and services |
| Market research | The systematic gathering, recording, and analyzing of data about a specific issue, situation, or concern that affects a market |
| Materials | Industrial goods that become part of a finished products after they have been processed |
| Noneconomic want | A desire for something that can be satisfied without spending money |
| Parts | Industrial goods that become part of a finished product without any additional processing |
| Producers | The people who make or provide goods and services |
| Product | A good or service that a company sells to customers |
| Raw materials | Items in their natural state or condition |
| Scarce | Limited |
| Services | Intangible activities that are performed by other people for money; productive acts that satisfy economic wants |
| Shopping products | Consumer goods and services purchased after customers compare products to get the best quality, price, and/or service |
| Specialty products | Consumer goods and service with special or unique characteristics that consumers are willing to exert special efforts to obtain |
| Staple item | A frequently purchased item that businesses keep on hand continuously because the demand for it is constant |
| Supplies | Industrial goods that are constantly being purchased and used up in the operation of a business |
| Tangible | Capable of being touched,smelled,tasted,seen,or heard; physical |
| Ultimate consumer | Anyone who personally uses a good or service to satisfy their own wants |
| Unsought products | Consumer goods and services bought out of necessity or adversity rather than desire |
| Want | A desire for something that may or may not be required |