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B202 Key Terms
Economic Resources
alternative resource | a resource 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 |
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 |
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 |
entrepreneur | people who assume the risk of starting |
entrepreneurship | starting and building a business |
factors of production | productive resources human and natural resources and capital goods |
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 | |
generation X | |
generation Y | |
human resources | |
just in time inv |