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What is the defining characteristic of for-profit organizations?
What is the defining characteristic of for-profit organizations?
- They are also called nonprofit organizations
- They provide goods and/or services with a profit motive (correct)
- They provide goods and services without a profit motive
- They do not make profit
Which term is synonymous with not-for-profit organizations?
Which term is synonymous with not-for-profit organizations?
- Social enterprises
- Charitable organizations
- Voluntary organizations
- Nonprofit organizations (correct)
What distinguishes goods-producing businesses from service businesses?
What distinguishes goods-producing businesses from service businesses?
- Service businesses focus on tangible products, while goods-producing businesses focus on intangible products
- Goods-producing businesses do not create value, while service businesses do
- Goods-producing businesses are labor-intensive, while service businesses are capital-intensive
- Goods-producing businesses create tangible and intangible things, while service businesses perform activities for customer benefit (correct)
What are the forces resulting from the practical application of science to innovations, products, and processes known as?
What are the forces resulting from the practical application of science to innovations, products, and processes known as?
What functional area is responsible for conceiving and designing new products?
What functional area is responsible for conceiving and designing new products?
What does the economic environment shape the behavior of?
What does the economic environment shape the behavior of?
What does the legal and regulatory environment encompass?
What does the legal and regulatory environment encompass?
Which functional area of an enterprise involves getting the funds it needs to operate?
Which functional area of an enterprise involves getting the funds it needs to operate?
Who are stakeholders in a company?
Who are stakeholders in a company?
What do disruptive technologies have the potential to do?
What do disruptive technologies have the potential to do?
What is an organization?
What is an organization?
What is profit-seeking organization?
What is profit-seeking organization?
What is revenue in business?
What is revenue in business?
What is competitive advantage in business?
What is competitive advantage in business?
What is the primary purpose of any business according to the text?
What is the primary purpose of any business according to the text?
Which type of organization provides goods and services without having a profit motive?
Which type of organization provides goods and services without having a profit motive?
What type of businesses create value by performing activities that deliver some benefit to customers?
What type of businesses create value by performing activities that deliver some benefit to customers?
What kind of businesses tend to be labor-intensive?
What kind of businesses tend to be labor-intensive?
What term is used for anyone affected by a company's decisions/activities?
What term is used for anyone affected by a company's decisions/activities?
Which environment includes trends and forces in society at large such as demographics and education level?
Which environment includes trends and forces in society at large such as demographics and education level?
What type of technologies change the nature of an industry and can create or destroy entire companies?
What type of technologies change the nature of an industry and can create or destroy entire companies?
What functional area in an enterprise is responsible for conceiving and designing new products?
What functional area in an enterprise is responsible for conceiving and designing new products?
Which functional area in an enterprise involves getting the funds it needs to operate?
Which functional area in an enterprise involves getting the funds it needs to operate?
What is the primary purpose of any business according to the text?
What is the primary purpose of any business according to the text?
What do goods-producing businesses primarily create value by making?
What do goods-producing businesses primarily create value by making?
What does the legal and regulatory environment encompass in business?
What does the legal and regulatory environment encompass in business?
What is the primary purpose of any profit-seeking organization according to the text?
What is the primary purpose of any profit-seeking organization according to the text?
What is the definition of profit in (very) general terms as per the text?
What is the definition of profit in (very) general terms as per the text?
What is competitive advantage in business according to the text?
What is competitive advantage in business according to the text?
What is the purpose of cash in business according to the text?
What is the purpose of cash in business according to the text?
What comprises a competitive advantage according to the text?
What comprises a competitive advantage according to the text?
What does adding value in business involve according to the text?
What does adding value in business involve according to the text?
Which of the following is NOT one of the major types of economic systems?
Which of the following is NOT one of the major types of economic systems?
Which factor of production encompasses expertise gained through experience or association?
Which factor of production encompasses expertise gained through experience or association?
What does macroeconomics primarily focus on?
What does macroeconomics primarily focus on?
What is the primary study of microeconomics?
What is the primary study of microeconomics?
Which term refers to the sum of all economic activity within a given region?
Which term refers to the sum of all economic activity within a given region?
What is the term for resources owned by a certain country/society?
What is the term for resources owned by a certain country/society?
What is the term for funds that finance the operations of a business along with physical elements used to produce goods and services?
What is the term for funds that finance the operations of a business along with physical elements used to produce goods and services?
Which term refers to the willingness to take risks to create and operate new businesses?
Which term refers to the willingness to take risks to create and operate new businesses?
Which factor of production refers to the expertise gained through experience or association?
Which factor of production refers to the expertise gained through experience or association?
In economics, what is the study of how a society uses its scarce resources to produce and distribute goods and services?
In economics, what is the study of how a society uses its scarce resources to produce and distribute goods and services?
What term is used to describe the total sum of all the economic activity within a given region?
What term is used to describe the total sum of all the economic activity within a given region?
Which type of economic system involves competitive behavior among firms, effect of government policies, and overall resource allocation issues?
Which type of economic system involves competitive behavior among firms, effect of government policies, and overall resource allocation issues?
Deregulation and the role of governments are essential topics in which area of economics?
Deregulation and the role of governments are essential topics in which area of economics?
Measuring economic activity is an important aspect related to which area of economics?
Measuring economic activity is an important aspect related to which area of economics?
Scarcity is central to economics because:
Scarcity is central to economics because:
What does scarcity result in, generating competition and trade-offs?
What does scarcity result in, generating competition and trade-offs?
What defines resource allocation in economic systems such as planned and free market?
What defines resource allocation in economic systems such as planned and free market?
What are nationalization and privatization in the context of economic systems?
What are nationalization and privatization in the context of economic systems?
What did a US court ruling require Argentina to pay $16 billion for in 2012?
What did a US court ruling require Argentina to pay $16 billion for in 2012?
What do critical thinking questions on entrepreneurship, scarcity, economic freedom, and privatizing basic services aim to promote?
What do critical thinking questions on entrepreneurship, scarcity, economic freedom, and privatizing basic services aim to promote?
What does understanding demand and supply, equilibrium point, and dynamic nature of supply and demand curves involve?
What does understanding demand and supply, equilibrium point, and dynamic nature of supply and demand curves involve?
What does competition in free-market systems encompass?
What does competition in free-market systems encompass?
What do business cycles, recessions, and fluctuations represent in the context of the US economy?
What do business cycles, recessions, and fluctuations represent in the context of the US economy?
What do types of unemployment, inflation, and deflation represent as economic conditions?
What do types of unemployment, inflation, and deflation represent as economic conditions?
What is the government's role in free-market systems encompassing regulation, deregulation, and economic stabilization aimed at?
What is the government's role in free-market systems encompassing regulation, deregulation, and economic stabilization aimed at?
What do monetary policy, fiscal policy, and major types of taxes serve as within an economy?
What do monetary policy, fiscal policy, and major types of taxes serve as within an economy?
In a free market system, resource allocation is primarily defined by:
In a free market system, resource allocation is primarily defined by:
What results from scarcity in an economy?
What results from scarcity in an economy?
Which economic condition is characterized by a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money?
Which economic condition is characterized by a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money?
What type of competition is characterized by a single seller in the market, selling a unique product with no close substitutes?
What type of competition is characterized by a single seller in the market, selling a unique product with no close substitutes?
What role does the government play in free-market systems?
What role does the government play in free-market systems?
What is the term for the point at which the quantity demanded equals the quantity supplied in a market?
What is the term for the point at which the quantity demanded equals the quantity supplied in a market?
What do planned economic systems involve?
What do planned economic systems involve?
What is the term for the transfer of a business, industry, or service from public to private ownership and control?
What is the term for the transfer of a business, industry, or service from public to private ownership and control?
What are fluctuations in the US economy that occur over a period of time known as?
What are fluctuations in the US economy that occur over a period of time known as?
Which type of unemployment occurs when there's a mismatch between the skills required for available jobs and the skills of job seekers?
Which type of unemployment occurs when there's a mismatch between the skills required for available jobs and the skills of job seekers?
What are government measures to influence the economy known as?
What are government measures to influence the economy known as?
Which type of taxes takes a higher percentage of income from high-income earners than low-income earners?
Which type of taxes takes a higher percentage of income from high-income earners than low-income earners?
Study Notes
Economic Principles and Systems
- Scarcity, generating competition and trade-offs, results in opportunity cost
- Economic systems, such as planned and free market, define resource allocation
- Planned systems involve government control, while free market systems rely on market forces
- Nationalization and privatization are government takeovers and private sector involvement, respectively
- A US court ruling requiring Argentina to pay $16 billion for wrongful YPF nationalization in 2012
- Critical thinking questions on entrepreneurship, scarcity, economic freedom, and privatizing basic services
- Understanding demand and supply, equilibrium point, and dynamic nature of supply and demand curves
- Competition in free-market systems, including pure competition, monopoly, and oligopoly
- Business cycles, recessions, and fluctuations in the US economy
- Types of unemployment, inflation, and deflation as economic conditions
- Government's role in free-market systems, including regulation, deregulation, and economic stabilization
- Economic measures and monitors, including monetary policy, fiscal policy, and major types of taxes
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