limiting factor — principal budget factor A constraint in budgetary control and decision making, the existence of which prevents an organization from achieving higher levels of performance and profitability. On identifying the limiting factor, resources are… … Accounting dictionary
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Limiting factor — A limiting factor or limiting resource is one that controls a process, such as organism growth or species population size or distribution. The availability of food, predation pressure, or availability of shelter are examples of factors that could … Wikipedia
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Carrying capacity — The supportable population of an organism, given the food, habitat, water and other necessities available within an environment is known as the environment s carrying capacity for that organism. For the human population, more complex variables… … Wikipedia
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