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Entrepreneurship
Unit 1: The World of Entrepreneurship
Question | Answer |
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The ability to learn a particular kind of job | Aptitude |
A creative group problem-solving technique that involves generating a large number of fresh ideas | Brainstorming |
The private ownership of resources by individuals rather than by the government | Capitalism |
The government determines what, how, and for whom products and services are produced | Command economy |
An agreement among a group of people | Consensus |
An individual's need or desire for a product or service at a given price | Demand |
People who work for someone else | Employees |
People who own, operate, and take the risk of a business venture | Entrepreneurs |
The process of running a business of one's own | Entrepreneurship |
The point at which the supply and demand curves meet | Equilibrium price and quantity |
An economic system in which people have the right to make choices of what products to buy, whether to own private property, or whether to start a business and compete with other businesses (market economy) | Free enterprise system |
Production, marketing, management, and finance | Functions of business |
Individuals decide what, how, and for whom goods and services are produced | Market economy |
A short written form of business communication that has a set format | Memorandum |
One company controls the entire market | Monopoly |
The cost of choosing one opportunity or investment over another | Opportunity cost |
Level of output received from each worker | Productivity |
A situation that occurs when people's needs and wants are unlimited and the resources to produce the goods and services to meet those needs and wants are limited | Scarcity |
Evaluation of one's strengths and weaknesses | Self-assessment |
How much of a good or service a producer is willing to produce at different prices | Supply |
Special meeting at which companies display their products | Trade show |