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Define commerce and its components.
Define commerce and its components.
Commerce is the large-scale organized system of activities, functions, procedures, and institutions that directly or indirectly contribute to the smooth, unhindered distribution and transfer of goods and services on a substantial scale and at the right time, place, quantity, quality, and price through various channels from the original producers to the final consumers within local, regional, national, or international economies. It consists of trade and aids to trade along the entire supply chain.
What are the principal factors that give rise to commercial exchanges?
What are the principal factors that give rise to commercial exchanges?
The principal factors that give rise to commercial exchanges are the diversity in the distribution of natural resources, differences of human needs and wants, and division of labor along with comparative advantage.
What does trade involve?
What does trade involve?
Trade involves the exchange of goods (including raw materials, intermediate and finished goods) and services between buyers and sellers in return for a price at traditional (or online) marketplaces.
How is trade categorized?
How is trade categorized?
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What is the role of commerce in the economy?
What is the role of commerce in the economy?
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