definitions Flashcards
Define economic problem
-people wants are unlimited
-resources are limited
Define value for money
-product/ service is worth the money
Define needs
-basic things needed for survival
Define wants
-things not needed for survival but for satisfaction
Define demand
-the need to satisfy wants and need
Define scarcity
-lack of sufficient products to fulfil the total wants of the population
Define opportunity cost
-next best alternative given up by choosing another option
-sacrifice something
-try to make as low as possible
Define specialisaiton
-people & businesses concentrate on what they are best at
-causes division of labor
define division of labor
-when production process is split into diff tasks & each worker performs the task
-form of specialisation
-increases production
define adding value
-difference btw selling price of a product & cost it’s bought in (materials & componenets)
Define primary sector
-extracting natural resources (raw materials)
define secondary sector
-processing raw materials into final products (manufacturing & construction)
define tertiary sector
-providing service and distribution of goods
define industralisation
-moving from primary sector to secondary sector
define deindustralisation
-moving from primary & secondary sector to tertiary sector
Define planned eocnomy
-economy is mostly led by public sector
-usually associated with communism
define mixed economy
-economy is led by public and pvt. sector
define free market economy
-economy is led mostly by pvt. sectors
define enterprise
-actions of a person who takes initiative by taking a risk to start the business
-the business / company itself
define entrepreneur
-person who markets the business
Define business plan
-doc containing important details of business and objectives created by entrepreneur
Define business idea
-what products/ service business will provide
define turnover
total value of sales over a period of time
define capital employed
money used in business
define internal business growth
-business expands existing operations using personal money or profits
define external business growth (intergration)
-business expands by taking over or merging with another business
define merging business
-2 businesses combine mutually
define take over
-a business is bought over forcefully
define horizontal integration
-2 similar businesses from the same industry combines
Define vertical backward integration
-a secondary sector business combines with a primary sector business