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BALANCE OF TRADE DEFICIT: An imbalance in a nation's balance of trade in which the payments for merchandise imports made by the country exceed payments for merchandise exports received by the country. This is also termed an unfavorable balance of trade. It's considered unfavorable because more goods are imported into the country than are exported out, meaning that domestic production is replaced with foriegn production, which then reduces domestic employment and income. A balance of trade deficit is often the source of a balance of payments deficit.
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SWOT: A strategic approach to analyzing the internal attributes of an organization. SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. This is usually done after environmental scanning is performed. Strengths focuses on those components of the business that make it unique and strong. Weaknesses can be those parts that put the company at risk, either now or in the future. Opportunities are possible changes in laws, technology or other variables that create windows for future growth. Threats can encompass new competitors, new regulations, or other dangerous variables that must be addressed. See also | strategic planning | business strategies | marketing plan | business plan | environmental scanning |  Recommended Citation:SWOT, AmosWEB GLOSS*arama, http://www.AmosWEB.com, AmosWEB LLC, 2000-2025. [Accessed: June 30, 2025].
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LAW OF DIMINISHING MARGINAL RETURNS A principle of short-run production stating that as a firm combines more of a variable input with a fixed input, the marginal product of the variable input eventually declines. This is THE economic principle underlying the analysis of short-run production for a firm. It offers an explanation for the law of supply and the positive slope of the market supply curve.
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Three-forths of the gold mined each year is used to manufacture jewelry.
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"I learned about the strength you can get from a close family life. I learned to keep going, even in bad times. I learned not to despair, even when my world was falling apart. I learned that there are no free lunches. And I learned the value of hard work. " -- Lee Iacocca
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VES Variable Elasticity of Substitution
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