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HERFINDAHL INDEX: A measure of concentration of the production in an industry that's calculated as the sum of the squares of market shares for each firm. This is an alternative method of summarizing the degree to which an industry is oligopolistic and the relative concentration of market power held by the largest firms in the industry. The Herfindahl index gives a better indication of the relative market control of the largest firms than can be found with the four-firm and eight-firm concentration ratios.
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Lesson 22: Factor Supply | Unit 1: Background
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Factors of Production
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- The four basic resources supplied through factor markets are:
- Labor: This is the human effort, both physical and mental, used in production.
- Capital: This is the machines, equipment, tools, and buildings used in production.
- Land: This is the raw materials or natural resources that make up the good produced.
- Entrepreneurship: This is the risk-taking organizers of production.
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MARKET CLEARING A condition of the market in which the quantity demanded is equal to the quantity supplied, such that the market is "clear" of any shortage or surplus. Market clearing is a common, non-technical term for equilibrium. In a market graph, the market clearing is found at the intersection of the demand curve and the supply curve.
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Post WWI induced hyperinflation in German in the early 1900s raised prices by 726 million times from 1918 to 1923.
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"Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work." -- Peter Drucker, management consultant
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NABB National Association of Business Brokers
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