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Chapter 1 Flashcards

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Revenue

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amount of money a business takes in before expenses

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Loss

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When a business’s expenses are more than its revenue

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Risk

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The chance an entrepreneur takes of losing time and money on a business that may not prove profitable
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Stakeholders

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people who stand to gain or lose by the policies and activities of a business
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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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Profit

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The amount a business earns above and beyond what it spends on salaries and other expenses

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Entrepreneur

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A person who risks time and money to start and manage a business
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Outsourcing

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Assigning various functions, such as accounting, production, security, maintenance, and legal work, to outside organizations.
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Non-profit organization

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An organization whose goals do not include making a personal profit for its owners or organizers
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Quality of life

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The general well being of a society in terms of political freedom, a clean natural environment, education, healthcare, safety, free time, and everything else that leads to satisfaction and joy.

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Factors of production

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The resources used to create wealth: land, labour, capital, entrepreneurship, and knowledge
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Business environment

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The surrounding factors that either help or hinder the development of business
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Regulations

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Serve to carry out the purposes of or expand on the on the general laws passed by elected officials
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Technology

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Everything from phones and copiers to computers, medical imaging devices, personal digital assistants, and the various software programs that make business processes more efficient and productive
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Productivity

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The amount of output that is generated given the amount of input
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E-commerce

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The buying and selling of goods and services over the internet
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Database

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An electronic storage file in which information is kept; one use of databases is to store vast amounts of information about customers
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Identity theft

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Obtaining personal information about a person and using that information for illegal purposes
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Empowerment

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Giving front-line workers the responsibility, authority, and freedom to respond quickly to customer requests
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Demography

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The statistical study of the human population with regards to its size, density, and other characteristics such as age, race, gender and income
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Baby-boom echo

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A demographic group of Canadians that were born in the period from 1980 to 1995; the children of the baby boomers
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Baby boomers

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A demographic group of Canadians that were born In the period from 1947 to 1966
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Goods

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Tangible products such as computers, food, clothing, cars and appliances
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Services

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Intangible products (products that can’t be held in your hand for example) such as education, healthcare, insurance, recreation, and travel and tourism

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Name 5 stakeholders

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  • Fin. Institutions
  • Environmentalists
  • Suppliers
  • Employees
  • Investors
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Area of economics concerned with the overall view of the company - rather than individual markets

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Macroeconomics

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Canada’s Crown Corporation which is in charge of economic surveying for the government

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Stats Canada

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StatsCan provides information on these three important economic indicators

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  • Unemployment
  • GDP
  • Inflation
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This survey measured the number of unemployed persons in Canada

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Labour force survey

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This rate measured the number of employed as a percentage of the population

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Employment rate

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This rate measured the unemployed as a percentage of the labour force

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Unemployment rate

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This is the general increase in prices of most essential items over time

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Inflation

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This index measures inflation

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Consumer price index

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Demand increases because consumers think that prices will increase

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Inflationary psychology

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National accounts provides us with this on a quarterly and annual basis

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GDP ( Gross domestic product)

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National accounts measured the level of business activity which is an indication of this…

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Standard of living

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This is a short term decline in GDP which indicates a slump in economic activity

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Recession

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This is a long lived slump in economic activity

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Depression

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This rate is calculated by dividing the labour force by the total population

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Participation rate

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This describes a situation when a worker is employed l, but not fully utilizing their skills - or not working full time hours

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Underemployed

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These people are not actively seeking employment

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Hidden unemployed

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A type of unemployment that results from a lack of overall spending in the economy

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Demand deficient

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This is also called “Job search unemployment” (when someone leaves a job in search of a better one)

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Frictional unemployment

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When people are unemployed because there is not work in their field during a particular time of the the year

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Seasonal unemployment

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Type of unemployment that results from a mismatching of the demand for and the supply of workers on an occupational or geographical basis

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Structural unemployment

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When worker see employment insurance as a better alternative to working

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Insurance induced unemployment (or sunny corner dream)

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This is a type of inflation that occurs when consumers demand more of a product - either because they are making money or they except the price of that product to increase

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Demand pull

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Type of inflation that results when producers pas additional costs to the consumer - which increase the price of the final product

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Cost push inflation

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Type of inflation caused by industries raise the prices of their products, even when prices are not increasing in other markets

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Structural inflation

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Direction flow of money in the economy - from the business sector to households and back again

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Circular flow

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