Gcse Busniness Flashcards
Factors of production
1.land(farming)2.labour(cheap workers china)3.capital(euro tunnel construction)4. Entrepreneurship (gym shark)
Opportunity cost
Cost of not doing something(Apple not putting open ai into there phones)
If they dont someone will use it and someone else will have a better product.
Stakeholders and their objectives
Employees(job security and higher earnings)
Mangers (maintaining the quality standards necessary for the organisation)
Owners(to become and stay profitable)
Business sectors - primary/secondary/tertiary-dig/make/sell,serve
Primary-farming or resourcing the producy
Secondary-constructing the product
Tertiary-sell the product to the consumer who becomes the user
Business ownership models
Sole trader - typically work for themselves (handy man)
Partnership - typically called professionals (lawyers)
Ltd private - the company has a limit on the liability (protects the owners from liability
Plc public - the company can make it attractive for more people to invest ( customers can invest into the business).
Not for profit - company’s which sell items not for profit (charity shop)
Business location
Business location is important for some companies because they need to be closer to where they find there customers or closer to where they find they’re product.