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Premises

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buildings and land used by a shop or business

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Business

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An organisation that produces goods and services

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Organisation

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group, such as a club or business that was formed for a particular purpose

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Goods

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Physical, tangible products (eg. movil phones)

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Services

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Non-physical, intangible products (eg. Car washing)

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Output

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The goods or work produced by a person, machine or factory

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Human Resources

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In some businesses, the department that deals with employing, training and helping people.

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Consumer goods

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Goods and services sold to ordinary people ranthen than businesses

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Producer goods

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Goods and services produced by one business for another

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Needs

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Basic requirements for human survival

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Wants

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People’s desires for goods and services

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Infinite

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Without limits in space or time

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Finite

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With an end or a limit

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Private sector

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Business organisations owned bu an individual or group of individuals

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Public sector

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business organisations owned by the central or local government

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Stakeholder

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An individual or group of individuals interested in the operation of a business

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Entrepreneur

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Person who takes risks and sets up a business, individual who organised the other factors of production and risks their own money in a business venture.

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EBITDA

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Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation

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Objectives

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Goals or targets set by a business

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Executives

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Managers in an organisation who help make important decisions

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Diversify

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If a business, company or country diversifies, it increases the range of goods or services it produces

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Financial return

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Monetary return

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Profit maximisation

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Making as much profit as possible in a given time period

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Shareholders

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Owners of limited companies

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Dividends
Share of the profit paid to the shareholders in a company
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Profit satisficing
Making enough profit to satisfy the needs of the business owner(s)
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Automation
Using computers and machines instead of people to do a job
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Economies of scale
Financial advantages of producing something in very large quantities.
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Large business
A business that employs more than 250 people
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Small business
A business that employs fewer than 50 people
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Revenue
Money from the sale of goods and services
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Innovator
Someone who introduces changes and new ideas
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Labour
People employed in a business/used in production
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Unincorporated
Businesses where there is no legal difference between the business and the owner
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Incorporated
Business that has separate legal identity from that of its owners
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Sole trader/sole proprietor
Business owned by a single person
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Unlimited liability
Owner of a business is personally liable
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Partnership
Business owned by 2 and 20 people.
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Deed of partnership
Binding legal documents that states the formal rights of partners
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Limited partnership
Partnership where some partners contribute capital and enjoy a share of the profits but do not take part in the running of a business
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Limited liability
The business owners/s are only liable for the original amount of money invested in the business
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Audits
Official examinations of a company’s financial record to check that it is correct
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Franchise
Structure in which a business allows another operator to trade under their name
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Merchandise
Goods that ere sold
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Social enterprise
Business that aims to improve human or environmental well being.
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Cooperative
Company, factory or organization in which all the people there own an equal share of it.
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Consumer cooperative
A cooperative owned by customers
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Retail cooperative
Cooperative owned by retails members, who often work together to assert their purchasing power
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Worker cooperative
Cooperative owned by its employees
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Stock market
Market for shares in PLC
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Prospectus
Document produced by a company that wants to go public to buy its shares
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Regulatory control
Official power to control an activity and to make sure it is done in a satisfactory way
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Flotation
Process of a company ‘going public’
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Issue(shares)
Sale of new shares
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Multinational company
Large business with significant production and service operations in at least 2 different countries
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Charities
Organisation that give money, needs or help people who are poor, sick or in need.
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Venture capitalists
Specialist investors who provide money for business purposes, often to new businesses
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Limited companies
Business organisations that have a separate legal identity from that of their owners
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Chairperson
Someone who is in charge of a meeting or directs the work of a committee or organisation
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Certificate of incorporation
Document needed before a new company can start doing business
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Public limited company
A company that offers its shares to the public while still limiting its liability.
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Private limited company (LTD)
A company that does not publicly trade shares and is limited to a maximum of 50 shareholders
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Natural monopoly
Market where it is more efficient to have just one organisation meeting total market demand.
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Subsidise
Paying part of the costs
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Privatisation
Transfer of public sector resources to the private sector
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Productivity
Rate at which goods are produced and the amount produced, especially in relation to the work, time and money needed to produce them
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Portfolio
Collection of business interest or products
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Public corporations
Business organisations owned and controlled by the state/government
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Infrastructure
Basic systems and structures that a a country or organisation needs in order to work properly
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Scarce
Resources with limitited availability

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