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Classification of Business Activities

ICSE · Class 11 · Commerce

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1. Meaning, Definition, and Characteristics of Business

  • Business is an economic activity performed regularly to earn profit through production, purchase, and sale of goods and services
  • Every business activity must involve continuous transactions, not isolated ones
  • Business combines multiple elements: economic activity, dealing in goods/services, regularity, profit motive, risk, utility creation, and exchange
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2. Classification of Business Activities - Bases and Types

  • Business activities are classified on three main bases: Scale/Operation, Ownership, and Function
  • Scale-based classification: Small-scale (limited capital, workers, customers) vs Large-scale (high production, capital-intensive, advanced technology)
  • Ownership-based classification: Public Sector (government-owned), Private Sector (individual-owned), Joint Sector (mixed ownership)
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3. Industry: Meaning, Types, and Characteristics

  • Industry is economic activity involving production, processing, or fabrication of goods and services
  • Industries create form utility by converting raw materials into finished products
  • Primary Industries: Extract and process natural resources (Genetic and Extractive)
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4. Small Business and Cottage Industries in India

  • Small-scale industries (SSI) classified by investment in plant and machinery (≤₹1 crore for manufacturing)
  • Ancillary small industries supply minimum 50% of output to parent industry
  • Export-oriented units export more than 50% of production and get government incentives

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Business refers to all economic activitiesNine key characteristics define business activitiesBusinesses are classified as SmallThree ownership categories existIndustry involves raising

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