Business Cycle Test Flashcards
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What is an Entrepreneur?
A person who sees an opportunity to do business, then organizes, manages, and takes on the risk of running and operating a business.
What are Business objectives?
The aim/goal of the business.
What are Profits?
The amount of money you make, revenue deducting the cost of goods.
What is Marketing?
The activity of promoting the buying/selling of the product or service.
What are Business ethics?
The morals/principles of a business.
What does CSR stand for?
Corporate Social Responsibility - where business leaders are concerned about the social and environmental impact of their business operations, and aim to reduce it as much as possible.
What is Primary market research?
When entrepreneurs do surveys and experiments as they collect their data directly.
What are the 4 P’s of marketing?
Product, price, promotion, place.
What is the triple bottom line?
People, planet, and profits.
What is a U.S.P?
Unique selling point/proposition - the special features that make a business product or service stand out.
What is a Business plan?
A written document that provides essential information for the future of the company.
What is a Supply-chain?
The logistics that consists of the facilities.
What is Branding?
How a business promotes/advertises by showing its unique selling point.
What is a CEO?
The leader that runs the business and leads it to success, responsible for big decisions.
Characteristics of an entrepreneur
Effective communicator, flexibility and open-mindedness, vision, planner, time management, teamwork, leadership, risk-tolerance, risk-management
Business objectives
Growth, Profit, Ethical Objectives
Growth
The increase in size of business
Profits
The amount of money a business makes after deducting the costs by the total revenue
Ethical objectives
Something that a business does that are morally correct, follow the UNSDGs
Corporate Social Responsibility
The action that a business does that impacts the society in a positive way, it morally helps there stakeholders, the community, society and the environment.
Primary Market Research
Collect data directly
3 examples of primary market research
Focus groups, surveys, interviews
Secondary Market Research
The act of collecting data from another source
3 examples of secondary market research
Media articles, academic journals, government publications