Factors of Production
Transcript of Factors of Production
The energy from the sun is considered land as it is used to produce something of value. In this case we are producing solar energy.
Labor
Labor includes people’s physical and mental talents and efforts that are used to help produce goods and services.
The Edge provides his labor services as a guitarist to the band U2. He is not playing just for fun. His labor is producing something of value – a product that is being sold.
A model walking down the runway counts as labor, as long as she is working to produce something of value. In this case she is representing the Alexander McQueen line.
Capital
Capital includes human made resources (buildings, machinery, and equipment) used to produce goods and services
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship the human resource that combines the other resources to produce a product, makes nonroutine decisions, innovates, and bears risk
The Fashion Designer who created this design is an entrepreneur who takes the factors of production and produces something of value.
The band U2 are entrepreneurs. They took risks to produce a product, music, in the hopes that people would be willing to buy their music.