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Economics | Study of how to meet unlimited wants and needs of a society with its limited resources. |
Scarcity | Condition in which more goods and services are desired than are available. |
Surplus | Condition where consumers desire less goods and services than were produced, also referred to as an overage. |
Economic Resources | Includes land, labor, and capital resources which can be used to produce the goods and services that people consume. This is also known as the factors of production. |
Capital | Money needed to start and operate a business or the products used in the production of other goods. |
Entrepreneurship | Incorporates the skills of people who are willing to take the risk of starting their own business. |
Utility | Refers to the added value or usefulness of a product. |
Form utility | Value added by changing raw materials or putting parts together to make them more useful. |
Place utility | Value added by having a product where customers can buy it. |
Time utility | Value added by having a product at a certain time of year or a convenient time of day. |
Possession utility | Value added by exchanging a product for monetary value. |
Information utility | Value added by communicating with the customer. |