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Unit 1 VB
Entrepeneurship
Term | Definition |
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Aptitude | The ability to learn a particular kind of job |
Brainstorming | a creative group problem solving technique that involves generating a large number of fresh ideas |
Capitalism | the private ownership of resources by individuals rather than by the government |
Command economy | the government determines what, how, and for whom products and services are produced |
Consensus | an agreement among a group of people |
Demand | an individual's need or desire for a product or service at a given price |
Employees | people who work for someone else |
Entrepreneurs | people who own, operate, and take the risk of a business venture |
Entrepreneurship | the process of running a business of one's own |
Equilibrium price and quantity | the point at which the supply and demand curves meet |
Free enterprise system | 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) |
Functions of a business | production, marketing, management, and finance |
Market economy | individuals decide what, how, and for whom goods and services are produced |
Memorandum | a short written form of business communication that has a set format |
Monopoly | one company controls the entire market |
Opportunity Cost | the cost of choosing one opportunity or investment over another |
Productivity | level of output received from each worker |
Scarcity | 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 |
Self assessment | evaluation of one's strengths and weaknesses |
Supply | how much of a good or service a producer is willing to produce at different prices |
Trade Show | special meeting at which companies display their products |