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| Entrepreneurship | is willingness to take risks and having the flair and skills needed to set up and run a business. |
| Limited liability | means that the most that shareholders can lose, should the company go into liquidation, is the money they have invested. |
| Opportunity cost . | is what a person might have had if the next best course of action had been chosen: it is what they forego |
| Primary sector . | includes agriculture, forestry, fishing and mining. All involve the extraction of natural resources from the land and the sea |
| Private sector . | includes all organisations that are owned by individuals or shareholders. The business objectives of such firms are to survive and make a profit |
| Public sector | includes all organisations that are owned or run by either the local council or the government. |
| Limited Liability | responsibility limited to what amount of money is put in |
| Sole proprietorship | A one person business |
| Franchise | the right to trade under an established name |
| Partnership | A business owned by two or more people. |
| Corporation | A business considered separate from the owners of the business by law. The owners are the stockholders. |
| Multinational corporation | A company that does business and has business facilities in many countries, such as Coca Cola. |
| non profit organization | A business whose goal is to provide a service rather than to make a profit, such as the American Red Cross. |
