The four primary functions of management are - Answers Planning, organizing, leading and controlling
______ can be produced independently of the consumer and then stored and shipped - Answers
goods
______ refers to computer programs that provide instructions for a computer to execute a desired
task - Answers software
______ refers to the physical components used to collect, store, organize, and process data and to
distribute information - Answers hardware
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 established a minimum wage and overtime pay for employees
working - Answers More than 40 hours a week
______ include compensation such as health insurance, sick leave, and childcare or eldercare
programs offered to an employer's workers - Answers benefits
______ refers to the combination of pay and benefits that employees receive in exchange for their
work - Answers compensation
______ are consumed when and where they are produced and they often require the customer to be
actively involved in their production - Answers services
A ______ measures the ability to pay short-term liabilities as they come due - Answers liquidity ratio
The majority of businesses today are formed as ______ - Answers sole proprietorships
Stockholders are ______ of a corporation. They have the right to vote on issues affecting the
operation of the business - Answers owners
______ are professionally managed funds that pool the contributions of thousands of investors -
Answers mutual funds
The party in a franchise relationship that pays for the right to use resources supplied by another
business entity is known as the - Answers franchisee
In communication, the term ______ refers to any interference that causes the message received by
the audience to be different from the sender's intended message - Answers noise
______ are what the firm owes its creditors - Answers liabilities
______ are wealthy individuals who invest in new and growing firms - Answers angel investors
______ are companies that invest in start-up businesses with high growth potential in exchange for an
ownership stake - Answers venture capital firms
A key advantage of a corporation is that - Answers the owners maintain limited liability
The ______ is an index based on the adjusted average price of stocks of 30 major corporations picked
by editors of the Wall Street Journal - Answers Dow Jones Industrial Average
Economics is divided into two core areas of study known as - Answers macroeconomics and
microeconomics
Imports and exports enhance international trade, while creating growing opportunities for nations.
Which of the following is NOT a benefit of global trade? - Answers less competition
Entrepreneurs are commonly characterized as - Answers risk takers and decision makers
The goal of _____ is to meet the needs of the current generation without harming the ability of future
generations to meet their needs - Answers sustainable development
______ is the most basic level of international market development and involved shipping
domestically produced products overseas - Answers exporting
A ______ is any activity that provides goods and services in an effort to earn a profit - Answers
business
The process whereby a company promotes environmentally friendly products as a benefit to its
customers is known as - Answers green marketing
Today the economies of virtually all nations would be classified as - Answers mixed economies
As competition has become truly global, free trade has resulted in _____ prices and ______ quality
across virtually every product category - Answers lower, higher
The items included in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) "market basket" are chosen to represent -
Answers goods and services bought by the average consumer
The relationship era introduced the idea - Answers that cultivating current customers is more
profitable than constantly seeking new ones
Costs that fluctuate based on production levels achieved are called _____ costs - Answers variable
Douglas McGregor proposed that managers should use _____ assumptions in order to capitalize on
the intelligence of the workers they supervise - Answers theory Y