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Business: Chapter 1 Flashcards

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Definition of Partnership

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A form of business in which two or more people agree to jointly own a business (long term)

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How many companies can perform in partnership together on one business?

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2 to 20

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Definition of Private Limited Company

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A business owned by shareholders that cannot sell shares to the public

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Definition of Public Limited Company

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A business owned by shareholders but can still sell shares to the public, shares are tradeable on stock exchange

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To whom do private limited companies sell their shares to?

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To friends and family

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Which sector are private and public limited companies in?

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Private sector

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7
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Why do businesses sell shares?

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To expand their company

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What are the factors of private limited companies?

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  • limited stability for shareholders
  • shared capital
  • incorporated business has legal identity
  • owners are in control
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9
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What are the factors of public limited companies?

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  • limited liability for shareholders
  • shares sold to public = large sum of capital
  • tradeable shares
  • incorporated business has legal identity
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9
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Whhat kind of business is largest in the business industry?

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Public limited company

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Definition of Sole Trader

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A business owned by one person

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What are the benefits of being a sole trader?

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  • own boss
  • easy to set up
  • close to customer
  • accounts not published
  • work incentive
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Definition of Joint Venture

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When two or more businesses start a new project together, sharing capital risks and profit (short term)

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What are the advantages of joint ventures?

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  • sharing of costs
  • shared risks
  • local knowledge
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What are the disadvantages of joint ventures?

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  • profits must be shared
  • different ideas/mindset
  • disagreements
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What is the ultimate goal of partnerships and joint ventures?

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Working together to earn profit

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16
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What are the general stakeholder/business objectives?

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  • survival
  • profit
  • returns to shareholders
  • growth
  • increase market share
  • service to community
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17
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What are different objectives of stakeholders that can cause conflicts?

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  • directors (growth)
  • workers (jobs)
  • consumers (lower price and better quality)
  • local community (eco-friendly/jobs)
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Definition of Entrepreneur

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A person who organises, operates and takes the risk for a new business venture

19
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What are the characteristics of an entrepreneur? (at least 5)

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  • risk-taking
  • creative
  • communicative
  • optimistic
  • self-confident
  • innovative
  • independent
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What are the advantages of being an entrepreneur?

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  • flexibility (time + money)
  • own innovation
  • may become successful
  • make use of own interest
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What are the disadvantages of being an entrepreneur?

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  • put in own capital
  • risky + lose income
  • lack of knowledge + experience
  • invest own income
20
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What is the formula to calculate added value?

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(selling price) - (price of materials/components) = added value

20
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Definition of Added Value

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Difference between selling price of a product and the cost of materials bought

21
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How do business increase added value?

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By increasing the market price or reducing the component cost

22
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What are the risks of increasing added value?

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  • consumers might not be willing to pay more
  • reducing component cost might reduce the quality of the product
23
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Definition of Factors of Production

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The resources needed to produce goods or services. There are four factors of production and they are in limited supply.

24
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What are the four factors of production?

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Land, Labour, Capital, Enterprise

25
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Definition of Specialisation

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Occurs when people and business concentrate on what they are best at

26
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Definitiion of Scarcity

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The lack of sufficient products to fulfill the total wants of the production

27
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Definition of Economic Problem

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There exists unlimited wants but limited resources to produce goods and services to satisfy these wants. This creates scarcity.

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Definition of Needs

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A good or service that is essential for living

29
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Definition of Wants

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A good or service that people would like to have, but is not essential for living.

30
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Definition of Opportunity Cost

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The next best alternative given up by choosing another item.

31
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Definition of Division of Labour

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When the production process is split up into different tasks and each worker performs one of the tasks in which they have expertise.

32
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What are the advantages of business growth?

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  • increase market share
  • increase profit
  • lower average cost
  • higher status
33
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What are the disadvantages of business growth?

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  • cost of growth
  • management problems
  • poor communication
34
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Definition of Mixed Economy

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Economy that has businesses in both private and public sector

35
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Who owns a private sector business?

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Entrepreneur/CEO

36
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Who owns a public sector business?

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Government

37
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What are two types of business growth?

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External growth and Internal growth

38
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What are the three types of integration in external growth?

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  • horizontal (w/ competitor)
  • vertical (w/ supplier)
  • conglomerate (w/ business in different industry)
39
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What is internal growth?

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Business expanding its existing operations

40
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Why do business stay small?

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  • owner’s objective
  • market size
  • type of industry

*includes problems linked to business growth

41
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Why do businesses fail?

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  • poor financial management
  • over expansion
  • failure to plan for change
  • poor operations management

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