An opportunity cost is the cost of not being able to do something else.
For example, if a firm opts to build a new factory, it may not be able to create ten new retail outlets which was another option open to it, in spending these particular funds. Or if you buy a holiday, you may not be able to buy a new television. The television is the opportunity cost of the holiday ie the benefit foregone.
The other types of cost shown are methods of classifying actual (real) costs. Opportunity costs are, in a sense, not real; they are hypothesized and therefore do not show in the balance sheet or profit and loss account of a business.
Question # 7
The legal lessons included in this course are based on:
English law, with Scots and European law being different.
In many Commonwealth countries, the legal system used is based on historic English law, thus many lawyers around the world are familiar with many of the fundamental concepts of English law, including the law of contract.
Contracts should state which legal system applies.
Question # 8
Which one of the following could not be classed as a form of performance specification?