classification of business. Flashcards
economy
- resources, riches and wealth of a country
- The bigger the economy the better for the country
- Production, distribution, consumption of goods and services.
primary sector
business deal with raw resources- extraction of natural resources from our earth
gas/oil/farming/ fishing
secondary/production sector
Manufacture of goods using raw materials from the primary sector into usable things
-construction/food/glass industry
primary sector extracts oil and secondary sector refines the oil so we can use it
terciar sector
providing service for consumers
developed countries
- Manufacturing imported
- improved living standards,
- increased freedom/self-esteem,
- high levels of productivity,
- higher income,
- good standards of health car
developing countries
- low incomes on average,
- low levels of savings,
- low life expectancy,
- low levels of education and health care,
- higher number of workers in the primary sector
de-industrialization
When the manufacturing sector becomes less important in a country.
The country shifts from lots of jobs in the industrial primary and secondary sectors to more jobs in the tertiary sector.
disadvantages of de-industrialization
- the loss of jobs in rural areas are the breakup of rural communities
- people have to move to cities to find work
advantages of de-industrialization
- less environmental pollution
- old buildings can be turned into tourist attractions
- return land to farming forestry
private sector
the owner has control over the business
public sector
the government has control over the business
-schools/colleges/hospital