A Force in the Environment to Which Businesses Must Respond

question 22

Multiple Choice

A force in the environment to which businesses must respond and that influences the direction of the business is called a business

• A) driver.
• B) threat.
• C) process.
• D) matrix.

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Definitions:

Invisible Hand

The invisible hand is a metaphor introduced by Adam Smith to describe the unintended social benefits resulting from individual actions driven by self-interest.

Perfect Competition

A market structure characterized by a large number of small firms, homogeneous products, and the free entry and exit of firms, where no single firm can influence the market price.

Mixed Economy

An economy in which production and distribution is done partly by the private sector and partly by the government.

Pure Communism

An idealized form of communism in which there is no need for a state and goods are distributed according to people's needs.