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CAIE BUSINESS STUDIES
IGCSE & A LEVELS GUIDE
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Find the easiest way to prepare for the Cambridge IGCSE and A Levels with simplified content, exam tips, and revision guides. All of which has been written with an easy to grasp language making the Business Studies syllabus easy to navigate.
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Stakeholders and Their Interests (5.2)
Chapter 5 - Stakeholders in Business Lesson Objective: To understand what are stakeholders and what are their interests towards the business It may seem weird to you but there is a type of business out there which objectives are to benefit the society more than anything else - they are called social enterprises: As you can see, social enterprises also target profit! However, the intention of making profit is different than most businesses: instead of distributing it to sh
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Benchmarking (27.2)
Chapter 27 - Quality Management Learning Objective: To understand benchmarking as a method of quality management Benchmarking is the practice of identifying the best companies in the industry and comparing its performance standards. Benchmarking makes it cheaper and quicker to solve quality problems than if no external comparison were to be made; It helps identifying areas for improvement and therefore helps businesses to focus and direct their efforts; It encourages cross-o
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Tariffs, Quotas, and Multinational Companies (26.2)
Chapter 26, Business and The International Economy Learning Objective: To understand the differences and impacts of tariffs and quotas Today we will start diving in to tariffs , quotas , and how governments try to attract multinational companies as well as the benefit they bring to a country's economy . Tariffs are nothing but taxes to be paid on imported or exported goods: - Governments choose to increase tariffs on imported goods so that the price of imported goods is hi
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2 days ago3 min read


Quality: Standards, Control, Assurance, and TQM (27.1)
Chapter 27 - Quality Management Learning Objectives: To understand quality control, assurance, and TQM. In your opinion, what is a...
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2 days ago4 min read


International Relocation & Scale of Operations (26.2)
Chapter 26 - Location and Scale Learning Objective: To further understand location decisions and economies/diseconomies of scale You now...
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3 days ago3 min read


The Most Common Business Objectives (5.1)
Chapter 5 - Business Objectives and Stakeholder Objectives Learning Objectives: To understand the various business objectives Plans,...
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3 days ago2 min read


Location Decisions - Factors to Consider (26.1)
Chapter 26 - Location and Scale Learning Objective: To understand the factors impacting location decisions One of the most important...
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3 days ago4 min read


Globalization - Development and Impacts (26.1)
Chapter 26, Business and The International Economy Learning Objectives: To understand the impact of globalization on business activity...
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3 days ago2 min read


Being Sustainable vs. Making a Profit (25.2)
Chapter 25, Environmental and Ethical Issues Learning Objective: To understand how businesses overcome pressure groups and manage to be...
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6 days ago2 min read


Business Activity Externalities (25.1)
Chapter 25, Environmental and Ethical Issues Learning Objectives: To understand how business activities generate external impacts When...
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7 days ago3 min read


What Type of Business Fits You Best? Part II (4.2)
Chapter 4 - Types of Business Organization Lesson Objective: To understand franchises and joint-ventures A very common business structure...
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Oct 92 min read


Motivational Theories, Payment Methods, and Non-Financial Motivators (Ch. 11)
Motivation is the desire of workers to see a job done quickly and well: By meeting their individual objectives, motivated workers drive...
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Oct 92 min read


Employee Morale & Welfare, and Training (10.3)
Chapter 10 - Human Resources Management Learning Objective: To further explore HRM responsibilities To continue with the many...
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Oct 83 min read


Methods of Entering International Markets (22.4)
Chapter 22 - Marketing Strategy Learning Objective: To understand the different methods of entering international markets Now that we...
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Oct 72 min read


Globalization - Approaches to Entering International Markets (22.3)
Chapter 22 - Marketing Strategy Learning Objectives: To understand pan-global and global-localization approaches to international...
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Oct 63 min read


Recruitment, Selection, Contracts, and Redundancy vs. Dismissal (10.2)
Chapter 10 - Human Resource Management Learning Objective: Understand various responsibilities of the HRM There are different reasons why...
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Oct 53 min read


What Type of Business Fits You Best? (4.1)
Chapter 4 - Types of Business Organization Lesson Objective: To understand the different types of organizations businesses can have....
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Oct 53 min read


Monetary and Fiscal Policies (24.2)
By now you should know the four main economic objectives governments have: To have a positive balance of payments (BOP) To have a...
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Oct 53 min read


Marketing and IT (22.2)
Chapter 22 - Marketing Strategy Learning Objectives: To understand the different impacts of technology on Marketing As you may have...
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Oct 52 min read


Marketing Plan & Marketing Strategy (22.1)
Chapter 22 - Marketing Strategy Learning Objective: To understand the Marketing Plan There are mainly two types of markets : consumer...
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Oct 23 min read
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