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Business Essentials

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Alternative resource   A resource that can be used in place of another  
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Automation   A method or controlling a process in which tasks are completed by automatic means, such as technology, reducing human effort and labor  
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Baby Boomers   A term used to refer to individuals who were born between 1946 and 1964  
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Capital goods   Manufactured or constructed items that are used to produce goods and services  
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Conserve   To slow down use of something to make its supply last longer than it would otherwise  
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Consumer goods and services   Products produced for personal consumption  
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Demographics   Information used to describe a population  
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Economic resources   The human and natural resources and capital goods used to produce goods and services; also known as factor of production  
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Employee assistance program   A project organized and sponsored by a company to help its employees  
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Entrepreneurs   People who assume the risk of starting and operating business  
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Entrepreneurship   Staring and building a business  
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Factors of production   Productive resources; and human natural resources and capital goods; also known as economic resources  
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Financial capital   Money needed to operate a business  
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Flextime   A scheduling procedure in which employees select their own working hours as long as they work their required number of hours  
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Fossil fuels   Nonrenewable, carbon based energy sources formed underground from the remains of plants and animals  
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Generation X   A term used to refer to individuals who were born between the years 1965 and 1980; also known as gen X  
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Generation Y   A term used to refer to individuals who were born between the years of 1981 and 1995; also known millennials  
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Human resources   People who work to produce goods and services  
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Inventory   Stock of goods  
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Just-in-time inventory   An Inventory method in which goods are ordered so that they arrive when they are needed rather than being stockpiled  
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Natural recourses   The people who make or provide goods and services  
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Production   The economic process or activity of producing goods and services  
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Raw materials   Items in their natural state or condition  
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Shared time   When two employees share the responsibility for one full- time position  
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Stock piling   Maintaining a large inventory  
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Technology   Scientific applications to business objectives or methods used to attain those objectives  
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