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2 Mo-Ean
2 Mo-Ean
2 Mo-Ean
Enterprise – business know-how, skills and qualities including the willingness to take
considered financial and other business risks
Enterpreneur – an enterprising person who is willing and able to take the risks and
decisions necessary to organize resources to produce goods and services
Pros: Cons:
Business plan - a written statement about a business idea: how it will be organized, what
the owners want to achieve with it and how they will do so
Grants – can be used to ofset the cost of equipment, training, development, workers
Low-cost loans – loans at a low rate of interest to finance machinery, equipment...
because banks may be unwilling to to lend
Tax incentives – reductions in taxes on the prices of goods and services or
reducions in taxes on business profits
Low-cost or rent-free premises – office and factory units... paid by the government
Free or low-cost advice and training - government can organize classes and
provison advice
Comparing firms in same industry The market share of particular firm is the
according to how much output they proportion of total sales revenue or
produce or how much they sell turnover that is attributable to that firm.
Volume – how many pieces (e. g. phones) Not all markets are big, firm may be small
are produced in certain period of time in terms of workers and capital, but might
(month, year..) be the only one in town so market share is
big (hairdressing salon)
Value - how much revenue (money) they
earn per period of time
Integration
Horizontal integration – involves firms engaged in the production of the same type
of good or service
Vertical integration – occurs between firm at different stages of production
Lateral integration – firms that produce a wide range of different products