This PowerPoint presentation provides an overview of business studies. It defines business as an economic activity that involves the purchase, production, and sale of goods and services with the goal of earning profits. The key characteristics of business are that it is an economic activity, involves goods and services, includes the sale and exchange of goods and services, is dealt with on a regular basis, has a profit earning motive, and involves risk and uncertainty. The presentation also distinguishes between different types of industries (primary, secondary, tertiary), trade (wholesale, retail, import, export), and auxiliaries that support trade such as transportation, warehousing, insurance, advertising, packaging, and banking/finance.