resource

Economics

(noun)

Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.

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(noun)

Something that one uses to achieve an objective. An examples of a resource could be a raw material or an employee.

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  • Additional Resources

    • Here is a nice resource for applying ideas from several chapters in this book to teaching and learning math.
    • Click Here for Online Teaching Degree: General Mathematics and Teaching Resources (http://www.onlineteachingdegree.com/resources/general-mathematics-and-teaching-resources/).
  • Basic Economics of Natural Resources

    • Natural resource economics focuses on the supply, demand, and allocation of the Earth's natural resources to create a more efficient economy.
    • Natural resource economics focuses on the supply, demand, and allocation of the Earth's natural resources.
    • The main objective of natural resource economics is to gain a better understanding of the role of natural resources in the economy.
    • Extraction: the process of withdrawing resources from nature.
    • Natural resource economics focuses on the demand, supply, and allocation of natural resources to increase sustainability.
  • Types of Natural Resources

    • Natural resource economics focuses on the supply, demand, and allocation of the Earth's natural resources.
    • Natural resource economics focuses on the supply, demand, and allocation of the Earth's natural resources.
    • Renewable natural resources: these are resources that can be replenished.
    • Natural resource economics aims to study resources in order to prevent depletion.
    • Analyze natural resource economics and explain the types of natural resources that exist.
  • The Resource-Based View

    • In the resource-based view (RBV), strategic planning uses organizational resources to generate a viable strategy.
    • As a result, the resource-based view offers some insight as to what defines strategic resources and furthermore what enables them to generate above-average returns (profit).
    • Rare – To be of value, a resource must be rare by definition.
    • In a perfectly competitive strategic factor market for a resource, the price of the resource will reflect expected future above-average returns.
    • Knowledge-based resources are "the essence of the resource-based perspective."
  • Understanding Open Educational Resources (OER)

    • Open educational resources are freely accessible, openly licensed content that are useful for teaching, learning, and research purposes.
    • Open educational resources (OER) are freely accessible, openly licensed documents and media that are useful for teaching, learning, and assessment and research purposes (see ).
    • The development and promotion of open educational resources is often motivated by a desire to curb the commodification of knowledge and provide an alternative or enhanced educational paradigm.
    • OER also include any educational resources (lesson plans, quizzes, syllabi, instructional modules, simulations, etc.) that are freely available for use, reuse, adaptation, and sharing.
    • Teachers can use open educational resources to improve lesson plans or to get in touch with other educators who teach similar subjects and use different resources.
  • Externalities and Impacts on Resource Allocation

    • Production and use of resources can have a positive or negative effect on the allocation of the natural resources.
    • In regards to natural resources, production and use of resources can have a positive or negative effect on the allocation of the resources.
    • In other words, society and the natural resources involved would have been better off if the natural resources had not been used at all.
    • Developed countries use more natural resources and must enact sustainable development plan for the use of resources.
    • Examine externalities and how they the impact resource allocation of natural resources.
  • Additional Resources

    • Critical Issue: Working Toward Student Self-Direction and Personal Efficacy as Educational Goals: Collection of many resources (including video clips) on how to enhance student self-efficacy (http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr200.htm).
  • Marginal Productivity and Resource Demand

    • Firms will demand more of a resource if the marginal product of the resource is greater than the marginal cost.
    • The marginal product of a given resource is the additional revenue generated by employing one more unit of the resource.
    • Since firms will seek to use additional resources if the net marginal product is positive, they can affect the demand for the resources.
    • Some resources, though, are public goods and therefore are not regulated by normal market forces.
    • Oil is a natural resource that is traded in markets.
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