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Unit 2 – The United States Economy. SOL - CE.12. I. What are the basic types of profit-seeking business structures? A. There are three basic ways that businesses organize to earn profits. B. Basic types of business ownership - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Unit 2 – The United States Economy
SOL - CE.12
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I. What are the basic types of profit-seeking business structures?
A. There are three basic ways that businesses organize to earn profits.
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B. Basic types of business ownership
1. Proprietorship: A form of business organization with one owner who takes all the risks and all the profits.
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2. Partnership: A form of business organization with two or more owners who share the risks and the profits.
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3. Corporation: A form of business organization that is authorized by law to act as a “legal person” regardless of the number of owners.
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a. Owners share the profits.
b. Owner liability is limited to the amount of their investment.
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II. What is an entrepreneur?
A. Entrepreneur - A person who takes a risk to produce and sell goods and services in search of profit.
B. Entrepreneurs play an important role in all three types of business organizations.
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Great Entrepreneurs in American History
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Great Entrepreneurs in American History
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Great Entrepreneurs in American History
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Great Entrepreneurs in American History
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Great Entrepreneurs in American History
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Great American Entrepreneurs
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Great American Entrepreneurs
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Great American Entrepreneurs
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III. How do resources, goods and services, and money flow among individuals, businesses, and governments in a market economy?
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A. Resources, goods and services, and money flow continuously among households, businesses, and markets in the United States economy.
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B. Economic flow (circular flow)
1. Individual and business saving and investment provide financial capital that can be borrowed for business expansion and increased consumption.
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2. Individuals (households) own the resources used in production, sell the resources, and use the income to purchase products.
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3. Businesses (producers) buy resources; make products that are sold to individuals, other businesses, and the government; and use the profits to buy more resources.
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4. Governments use tax revenue from individuals and businesses to provide public goods and services.
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IV. Private financial institutions
A. Private financial institutions act as intermediaries between savers and borrowers that include households and business investors.
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1. Examples include banks, savings and loans, and credit unions
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B. How do financial institutions make the deposits of savers available to borrowers?
1. Receive deposits and make loans
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2. Encourage saving and investing by paying interest on deposits
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V. Why do Virginia and the United States trade with other nations?
A. Virginia and the United States pursue international trade in order to increase wealth.
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B. Reasons that states and nations trade
1. To obtain goods and services they cannot produce or cannot produce efficiently themselves
2. To buy goods and services at a lower cost or a lower opportunity cost
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3. To sell goods and services to other countries
4. To create jobs
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C. Virginia and the United States specialize in the production of certain goods and services, which promotes efficiency and growth.
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VI. What is the impact of technological innovation on world trade?
A. Term to Know: Global Economy - Worldwide markets in which the buying and selling of goods and services by all nations takes place
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B. Impact of technological innovations
1. Innovations in technology (e.g., the Internet) contribute to the global flow of information, capital, goods, and services.
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2. The use of such technology also lowers the cost of production.