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Hudetzka - BWL
What is a business?
A business is any organization that uses resources to meet the needs of customers by pro dividing a
product or service they demand
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Basic economic assumption
needs are unlimited,
have limited resources
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What are "needs"?
Needs: perceived lack
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What kind of resources do exist?
Free resources
Economic resources
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What are free resources? What characteristics do they have?
- Available in nature; forever abundant
- don’t require Human Resources to produce
- have no money value or price
=> gifts of nature (sunlight, air, water,...)
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What are economic resources? What characteristics do they have?
- demand is higher than supply
- require Human Resources for production
- have a money value or price
=> not gifts of nature
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What kind of goods do exist?
Consumer goods,
Consumer services,
capital goods
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What are consumer goods?
- physical and tangible goods sold to the general public
distinction between:
- durable consumer goods (cars)
- Non-durable goods (food)
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What are consumer services?
- non-tangible products that are sold to the general public
- exp.: assurances
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What are capital goods?
- physical goods that are used by industry to aid in the production of other goods or services
- exp.: investments
- Whether something is considered as a capital or consumer good is often a question of viewpoint (salami)
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Three different ways to deal with scarcity?
Minimum principle (input orientated)
Maximum principle (profit orientated)
General extremum principle
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Describe the minimum principle?
Minimum principle (input view)
Achieving set targets with the minimum allocation of resources
The market share should be increased by 10% with the minimum of the financial expense of the Marketing department
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