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Economics ch 7-12

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show buys or rents productive resources (also known as inputs) and attempts to transform them into marketable outputs.  
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Define business firm   show
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In what three ways are firms organized?   show
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What are corporate owners called?   show
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show a board of directors  
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show officers of the corporation  
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What are one of the strengths of the corporate form?   show
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show by issuing bonds  
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show means that the stockholders of a corporation cannot be sued  
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show the ease of transferring ownership  
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What is a major drawback of corporate organization?   show
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What advantage does a hybrid type of corporation share with a corporation?   show
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Define non-profit organizations   show
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Define residual claimant   show
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show Non-profit organizations do not have a residual claimant.  
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show True  
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show refers to the minimizing of the physical inputs to a production method according to some specific rule.  
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show puts the inputs into dollar terms and lets the entrepreneur choose the least-cost method of producing  
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show the economically efficient method, is chosen by the entrepreneur bc of the assumption of attempted profit maximization  
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Define "lack of market price information"   show
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show a description of the amounts of output expected from various combination of inputs  
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A production function is usually described in the form of a table or graph, but it can also be shown by a mathematical formula. T or F?   show
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Define Fixed Inputs   show
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show the productive resources that can be increased or decreased in the short run.  
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Define Short Run   show
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show the period of time in which all inputs, including plant and equipment, can be varied  
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Define the Principle of Diminishing Returns   show
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show the change in total output that is produced by unit change in a input  
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Define total product   show
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show avg prod of an input is simply the total product divided by the umber of units of the input employed  
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