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Question | Answer |
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ALTERNATIVE RESOURCE | A recourse that can be used in place of another |
AUTOMATION | A method of operating or controlling a process in which tasks are completed by automatic means, such as technology, reducing human effort and labor |
BABY BOOMERS | A term used to refer to individuals who were born between the years 1946 and 1964 |
CAPITAL GOODS | Manufactured or constructed items that are used to produce goods and services |
CONSERVE | To slow down the use of something to make its supply last longer than it would otherwise |
CONSUMER GOODS AND SERVICES | Products produced for personal consumption |
DEMOGRAPHICS | Information used to describe a population |
ECONOMIC RESOURCES | The human and natural resources and capital goods used to produce goods and services ; also known as factors of production |
EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM | A project organized and sponsored by a company to help its employees |
ENTREPRENEURS | People who assume the risk of starting and operating businesses |
ENTREPRENEURSHIP | Starting and building a business |
FACTORS OF PRODUCTION | Productive resources ; human and natural resources and capital goods; also known as economic resources. |
FINANCIAL CAPITAL | Money needed to operate a business |
FLEXTIME | A scheduling procedure in which employees select their own working hours as long as they work the required number of hours |
FOSSIL FUELS | Nonrenewable , carbon-based energy sources formed underground from the fossilized remains of plants and animals |
GENERATION X | A term used to refer to individuals who were born between the years 1965 and 1980; also known as Gen X |
GENERATION Y | A term used to refer to individuals who were born between the years 1981 and 1995 also known as millennials |
HUMAN RESOURCES | People who work to produce goods and services |
INVENTORY | Stock of goods |
JUST-IN-TIME-INVENTORY | An inventory method in which goods and ordered so that they arrive when they are needed rather than being stockpiled |
NATRUAL RESOURCES | Item that are found in nature and used to produce goods and services |
NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES | Natural resources that may become entirely depleted; natural resources that cannot be replenished after use |
PRODUCERS | The people who make or provide goods and services |
PRODUCTION | The economic process or activity of producing |
raw materials | items in their natural state or condition |
resource owners | those who provide human resources,natrual resources |
shared time | Those who provide human resources, natural resources , and capital goods in order for production to take place |
stockpiling | Maintaining a large inventory |
technology | scientific applications to business objective or the methods used to attain those objectives |