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The production process combines and transforms _____ into _____. In economic terms the resources that are utilized by a firm are defined as _____ that is, natural resources and other real property resources _____ that is human effort, and _____ that is good that produce goods, Another important but intangible resources is _____. This word is derived from the French term for risk-taker. The person who envisions an unfulfilled _____ for a good or service and then organizes _____ two fulfill it.

 
 

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