Mike Wants to Start His Own Laundry Service

question 83

Multiple Choice

Mike wants to start his own laundry service. However, he intends to first study the market and consider factors like who his competitors are, how they function, their market shares, how he can attract prospective customers, etc., before he decides whether his plan is viable. Mike is engaging in ________.

• A) benchmarking
• B) entrepreneurial risk management
• C) feasibility analysis
• D) exploitation
• E) angel investing

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Definitions:

Marginal Product

The increase in output resulting from a one-unit increase in the use of a particular input, while holding other inputs constant.

Average Product

The output produced, on average, by each unit of a variable input, such as labor or capital, in the production process.

Total Product

Total product refers to the total quantity of output that a firm produces over a given period, typically in relation to varying levels of input.

Marginal Product

The additional output resulting from the use of one more unit of a production factor.