Chapter 1 Flashcards

1
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Business

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Any activity that seeks to provide goods and services to others while operating at a profit

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2
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Goods

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Tangible products, such as computers, clothing, food

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3
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Services

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Intangible products, such as healthcare, education, travel

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4
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Entrepreneur

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A person who risks time and money to start a business

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5
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Revenue

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An amount of money a business takes in during a certain period by selling goods and services

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6
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Profit

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The money a business earns above what it spends

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7
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Loss

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Expenses are more than revenues

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8
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Nonprofit organization

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Does not include making money for profit

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9
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Five Factor of productions

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Land, Labor, Capital, Entrepreneurship, Knowledge

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10
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Business Environment five elements

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  1. Economic and Legal
  2. Technologcial
  3. Competitive
  4. Social
  5. Global
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11
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Productivity

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The amount of output you generate given the amount of input

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12
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E-Commerce

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Buying and selling online

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13
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Database

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An electronic storage file for information

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14
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Identity Theft

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Obtain people’s information

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15
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Empowerment

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Give front-line workers responsibility

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16
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Demography

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The statistical study of humans with regard of size, density, race, gender, and income.

17
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Diversity

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Includes seniors, disabled, bi-sexual or gay, single

18
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Climate Change

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Movement of temperature of the planet

19
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Greening

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Enviormenlty friendly

20
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Quality of Life

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General well-being of a society, political freedom, environment, health care, and leisure

21
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Stakeholders

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People who gain or loss by the policies and activities of a business. Includes customers, employees, stockholders, suppliers, dealers, competitors, government leaders

22
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Outsourcing

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Contracting with another company

23
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Risk

A

You take a chance of losing time or money

24
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Standard of Living

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The amount of goods and services that people can buy with the amount of money they have