Econ: 1.2 - The factors of production

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what are factors of production?

the resources needed for production of goods and services Land, Labour, Capital and Enterprise

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what is land?

all natural resources used to produce goods and services eg: cotton, coffee reward: rent

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what is labour?

human efforts used to produce goods and services (mental, physical, skilled or unskilled) eg: teacher, doctor reward: wages/salary

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what is captial?

man-made resources used for the production of goods eg: furniture, vehicle reward: interest

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What is enterprise?

Skill of creating the good or service, ability to make risks and make decisions known as entrepreneur eg: managers and owners reward: profit

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Mobility

geographically- capable of moving from one location to another location Occupationally- capable of changing its use

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mobility of land

Occupationally mobile Geographically immobile

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mobility of labour

-can have high occupational mobility if workers have the right skills and qualifications -can be geographically mobile depending on ability to move and transportation facilities, housing and cost -can also be geographically and occupationally immobile due to lack of skills

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Mobility of capital

-can be geographically and occupationally mobile depending on use of the capital eg: a pen is occupationally and geographically mobile -can be occupationally mobile and geographically immobile eg: a building

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Mobility of enterprise

Geographically and occupationally mobile

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what is quantity in factors of production?

the volume of resources available

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what is quality in factors of production?

how useful or productive its factors of production are

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quantity of land

amount of physical land does not change much (slight increase and decrease)

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Quality of land

depends upon soil, fertility, weather etc

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quantity of labour

depends upon size of population and other determinants of labour force

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quality of labour

depends upon skill, education, training, qualifications and health of workforce

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quantity of capital

Influenced by investment tends to increase with time

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quality of capital

advances in technology enable capital goods to produce a higher output and a better quality output

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quantity of enterprise

influenced by favourable economic conditions that produce entrepreneurs

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quality of enterprise

depends on how well it is able to satisfy and expand demand in economy in cost-effective and innovative ways

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