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BE 204
Business Essentials
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| capital goods | manufactured or contructed items that are used to produce goods and provide services |
| competition | the rivarlry between two or more businesses to attract scarce customer dollars |
| economic resources | the human and natural resources and capital goods used t produce goods and services |
| economic system | the organized way in whih a country handles its economic decisions and solves its economic problems |
| entrepreneur | An individal who: invents, develops, and distributes a good or provides a service; assumes the risks of starting and building a business ; and receives personal and financial rewards for her/his efforts. |
| human resources | people who work to produces goods and services |
| market economy | an econmic system in which the questions what, how, and for whom goods will produced are answered by indidviduals an businesses in marketplace. |
| marketplace | anywhere the buying and/or selling of goods and services takes place. |
| mixed system | an economic system in which individuals make mos economics decisions but some government control and ownership exist. |
| natural resources | items that are found in nature and used to produces goods and services. |
| price-directed system | a descriptive term for the american private enterprise. economy because price determines whta people buy, the jobs they take, the success or failure, and the products that will be produced. |
| private enterprise | an economic system in which indidviuals and groups, rather than the government, own or control the mean so production; also known as free enerprise system |
| private property | anything of value that people own |
| profit | monetary reward a business owner recieves for taking the risk involved in investing in a business; income left once all expenses are paid. |
| profit motive | the desire to make profit which moves people to invest in business |