business 101

1 - a system of exchange in which goods or services are traded directly for other goods and/or services without using money

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2 - the quantity of a product that producers are willing to sell at each of various prices

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3 - the shares of ownership of a corporation

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4 - a system in which employees set their own work hours within employer-determined limits

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5 - a market (or industry) with only one seller

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6 - the study of right and wrong and of the morality of the choices individuals make

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7 - a severe recession that lasts longer than a recession

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8 - the duty to do a job or perform a task

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9 - the chief business of the American people is ______________

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10 - a license to operate an individually owned business as though it were part of a chain of outlets or stores

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11 - the power, within an organization, to accomplish an assigned job or task

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12 - two or more consecutive three-month periods of decline in a country's GOP

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13 - assigning part of a manager's work and power to other workers

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14 - a statement of the basic purpose that makes an organization different from others

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15 - a general decrease in the level of prices

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16 - the early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the ________________

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17 - the study of the decisions made by individuals and businesses

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18 - the obligation of a worker to accomplish an assigned job or task

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19 - an economic system in which individuals own and operate the majority of businesses that provide goods and services

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20 - the combined processes of leading and motivating

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21 - an end result that an organization is expected to achieve over a one- to ten-year period

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22 - the quantity of a product that buyers are willing to purchase at each of various prices

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23 - the purchase of one corporation by another

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24 - a voluntary association of two or more persons to act as co-owners of a business for profit

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25 - There is only one boss. The ________. And he can fire everybody in the company, from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.

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26 - the process of evaluating and regulating ongoing activities to ensure that goals are achieved

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27 - all activities undertaken to protect the rights of consumers

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28 - what remains after all business expenses have been deducted from sales revenue

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29 - an artificial person created by law with most of the legal rights of a real person, including the rights to start and operate a business, to buy or sell property, to borrow money, to sue or be sued, and to enter into binding contracts

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30 - an employee's feelings about his or her job, superiors, and the firm itself

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31 - working at home all the time or for a portion of the work week

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32 - Behold the ______, he makes progress only when he sticks his neck out

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33 - the organized effort of individuals to produce and sell,for a profit, the products and services that satisfy society's needs

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34 - a specific statement detailing what an organization intends to accomplish over a short period of time

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35 - a person who risks time, effort, and money to start and operate a business

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36 - the ability to influence others

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37 - a general rise in the level of prices

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38 - the informal communications network within an organization

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39 - rivalry among businesses for sales to potential customers

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40 - the most important single central fact about a free market is that no exchange takes place unless both parties _______

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41 - a person who owns a corporation's stock

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42 - the individual internal process that energizes, directs, and sustains behavior; the personal force that causes you or me to behave in a particular way

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43 - the process of evaluating and regulating ongoing activities to ensure that goals are achieved

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44 - the process of influencing people to work toward a common goal

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45 – you’re only as good as the people you ______