Key Words Flashcards

(31 cards)

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Factors of production

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Resources or materials businesses use to manufacture or produce it’s goods or services.
Land-labour-capital-enterprise

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Land

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Refers to all natural resources involved in production- physical land, minerals ,oils

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Labour

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Include inputs into productions done by humans- physical or mental

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Capital

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Man made resourced in production- machines, buildings

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Enterprise

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Skills of the people managing or establishing the business resources to meet demands of customers.

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Opportunity cost

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What is given up as a consequence of making a different decision

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Objectives of entrepreneurs

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Have an interest or an idea
Find a gap in the market
Being there own boss

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Characteristics of entrepreneurs

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Willingness to take risks
Hardworking and committed
Innovative
Organised

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Business sectors

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Primary
Secondary
Tertiary

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Primary

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First stage of production. Extracting raw materials. Farming , agriculture or forestry

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Second sector

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Converts primary sectors raw material Into products adding value. Car manufacturing, construction

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Tertiary sector

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Businesses that supply service. Education, healthcare

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Buisness environment

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Refers to external factors of the business that have an effect on it.
Technological, economic,legal change and environmental expectations.

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Technological change

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Technology has led to many new products and new methods of productions

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Economic change

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Interest rates - affect cost of borrowing money
Exchange rates - influence price of goods brought from overseas
Inflation - price increasing
GDP- value of incomes earned in the economy

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Legal change

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Legal changes could affect the way the product must be produced or sold

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Environmental expectations

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Businesses are under pressure to use environmentally friendly ways to produce there products and might use sustainable supplies instead.

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Sole trader

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Owns and manages a business on there own.

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Adv and dis-adv of sole trade

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Simple quick and easy to set up Unlimited liability
Keeps all profit Can be hard work and stressful
Control over decisions Difficult to raise money to start the business

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Partnership

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Formed when tow to 20 people set up a business together.

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Adv and dis-adv of partnership

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Wider range of skills available Profits must be shared
Potentially more access to finance Disagreements are common
Can cover for each other on holidays Most have unlimited liability

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Private limited company

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Existing shareholders in a LTD can control who is able to control and buy shares in there company. They are re usually small and owned by families.

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Public limited companies

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Anyone can buy shares in a PLC. Tend to be larger. Most advertise and share stock on stock exchange

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Qualities of a private limited company

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Limited liability
Separate legal identity
Able to hire experts to mange it
Higher status

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Qualities of a public limited company.
Sell shares to the general public Often reviewed media coverage so boost sale Banks are More willing to lend money
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Stakeholders
Groups or individuals effected by the decisions of a business Owners, employees, local community, suppliers
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Owners
Sole traders, partnerships, or shareholders of a buisness
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Employees
Individuals who work for the business and receive wages of salaries in return.
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Local community
People or other enterprises who live and operate close to the buisness.
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Supplier
Businesses or individuals that sell the business goods
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Location of business
Proximity to market Availability of raw materials Suitable supplies of labour Competition Costs