Nature and Scope of Business Economics: Introduction

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Which of the following is NOT a type of business mentioned in the text?

  • Automobile manufacturing (correct)
  • Agriculture
  • Healthcare
  • Banking

What are the inputs referred to on the input side of economic activities?

  • Investment, innovation, demand, and supply
  • Materials, machines, management, and technology
  • Goods, services, production, and consumption
  • Land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship (correct)

What is the basic objective of all economic activities?

  • To dominate the market
  • To maximize profits
  • To create net value added (correct)
  • To minimize costs

What does business economics incorporate elements of?

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What does the term 'For whom to Produce' refer to?

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In the context of economics, what is the purpose of any economic activity such as production, consumption, distribution, exchange, and inventory accumulation?

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What term is used for goods like consumer goods, producer goods, capital goods, private goods, public goods, merit goods, and non-merit goods?

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What is the original Greek meaning of the term 'Economics'?

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What is the nature of business economics as described in the text?

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Before the 19th century, what was Economics known as?

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What is the primary focus of Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs) according to the text?

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What is suggested to be the discipline helpful in analyzing the rationality and optimality of a given choice?

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What is the main focus of economic enterprises according to the given context?

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Which book is considered as the first modern work of Economics?

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What were economics known as till the 19th century?

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What do economic activities such as production, consumption, distribution, exchange, and inventory accumulation aim to create?

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Business economics incorporates elements of ______ economics

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A business is an economic activity transforming a set of inputs into a set of ______

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The creation of net value added is the basic objective of all such ______

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On the input side, we refer to men, materials, machines, ______ etc.

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By output, we refer to different types of goods and ______

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A business represents an activity transforming a set of inputs into a set of ______

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The purpose of any economic activity such as production, consumption, distribution, exchange and inventory accumulation, is to create ______ or profit.

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Some of Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs) may not aim at private profits but they aim at ‘social ______.’

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In the same way, a finance enterprise dealing with funds has to decide – When to raise ______.

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What is Economics about. The term ‘Economics’ owes its origin to the Greek word ‘Oikonomia’ which means ‘______.’

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The book named ‘An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations’ (1776) usually abbreviated as ‘The Wealth of Nations’, by Adam Smith is considered as the first modern work of ______.

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Before we start with the meaning of Business Economics, it is important for us to understand what Economics is ______.

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You are free to spend the money as you like. What will you ______.

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You have many options before you. Given a choice, you would like to spend not only on your friends, but would also like to go for a movie, eat in a restaurant, buy a dress and a book and save some ______.

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Because you have only 1000 with you. Had your mother given you 2000, you might have ______.

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You cannot have all of them at the same time. Why. Because you have only `1000 with ______.

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Flashcards

Economic Activity Inputs

Land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship.

Objective of Economic Activities

To create net value added.

Business Economics Elements

Macro Economics

'For Whom to Produce'

Consumer preferences

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Purpose of Economic Activity

To create surplus or profit.

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Types of Goods

Durable goods

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Greek Meaning of 'Economics'

Household management

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Nature of Business Economics

Pragmatic and normative.

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Economics Before 19th Century

Political Economy

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NPO Primary Focus

Social benefits

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Optimality Analysis Discipline

Economics

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Focus of Economic Enterprises

Several decisions making

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First Modern Economics Book

The Wealth of Nations

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Old Name for Economics

Political Economy

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Economic Activities Aim

Surplus or profit

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Business Economics element

Macro

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Business Activity Transforms

output

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Objective: Net Value Added

activities

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Input Side Resources

management

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Types of output

services

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Business Transformation Result

output

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Economic Activity Purpose

surplus

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NPO Aims

benefits

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Finance Enterprise Decision

funds

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Economics Origin

household

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Wealth of Nations field

Economics

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Understand Economics

about

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Spending Money Query

do

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Spending Options

money

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Study Notes

Business Economics

  • Business economics incorporates elements of microeconomics and macroeconomics.
  • Business economics is the study of how organizations make decisions about how to allocate resources.
  • The nature of business economics is to create net value added.

Economic Activities

  • The purpose of any economic activity is to create wealth or profit.
  • Economic activities include production, consumption, distribution, exchange, and inventory accumulation.

Inputs and Outputs

  • On the input side, we refer to men, materials, machines, money, etc.
  • By output, we refer to different types of goods and services.

Business

  • A business is an economic activity transforming a set of inputs into a set of outputs.
  • A business represents an activity transforming a set of inputs into a set of outputs.

Non-Profit Organizations

  • The primary focus of Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs) is to create social welfare.

Economics

  • The term 'Economics' owes its origin to the Greek word 'Oikonomia' which means 'household management'.
  • Before the 19th century, Economics was known as 'Political Economy'.
  • The book 'An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations' (1776) by Adam Smith is considered as the first modern work of Economics.

Choice and Decision Making

  • The discipline helpful in analyzing the rationality and optimality of a given choice is economics.
  • Given a choice, one would like to spend on various options, but cannot have all of them at the same time due to limited resources.
  • Economics is about making decisions about how to allocate resources.

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