IGCSE Unit 3 Firms Vocabulary
Across
- 3. A collection of the factors of production brought together by an entrepreneur to produce goods and services
- 6. The process in which resources are organized to make goods and services in order to meet customer requirements
- 9. The production process is split into different tasks, and each worker does just one task to help make a product
- 11. Organizations that are owned or controlled by central and local governments
- 13. When two or more firms join together to form a larger enterprise
- 14. Replacing one factor of production for another
- 15. One company buys all, or at least a controlling interest, of the shares in the ownership of another company"
- 16. Production that uses more capital (plant and machinery) relative to labor
Down
- 1. The average amount of output each employee produces per period of time
- 2. Occur when a firm increases production (scale) and its long run average costs per unit rise
- 4. Occurs when two or more firms agree to join to form a new enterprise
- 5. Occur when a firm increases production and its long run average costs per unit fall
- 7. Businesses owned by individuals or groups of individuals
- 8. When a business grows by increasing its own sales, customers, or products
- 10. Production that involves a larger proportion of labor than capital
- 12. The amount of output that can be produced from a given input of resources