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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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All About Exchange Rate (26.4)
Chapter 26 - Business and the International Economy Learning Objectives: To understand the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in businesses Do you know what is the exchange rate? Simply put, the exchange rate is how much one country's currency is worth it of another country's currency. Let's try to understand with an example (February 11, 2022): ₮ 1 is the equivalent of USD 0.0003. - In other words, ₮ 1 is worth it a lot less than USD 1 USD 1 is the equivalent of ₮ 2,765.34
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Oct 172 min read


MNCs: Drawbacks to Host Countries and Threats to Businesses (26.3)
Chapter 26, Business and The International Economy Learning Objective: To understand the problems of hosting MNCs in your country It's not hard to think of the many benefits MNCs can bring to a host country : It is important for us to consider, however, that MNCs can also bring a variety of drawbacks to their host countries . Let's look into how this comes to happen: - Increased Competition: While competition can be beneficial for lower prices and higher quality, MNCs can le
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Oct 163 min read


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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Oct 143 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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Oct 132 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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Oct 102 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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Oct 93 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


Government Economic Objectives & Business Cycle (24.1)
Chapter 24, Government Economic Objectives and Policies Learning Objective: To understand the most common objectives governments have for...
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Sep 302 min read


Liquidity Ratios (23.2)
Chapter 23 - Analysis of Accounts Lesson Objective: To understand how to calculate and interpret liquidity ratios Liquidity: Liquidity ...
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Sep 232 min read


Introduction to Analysis of Accounts and Profitability Ratios (23.1)
Chapter 23 - Analysis of Accounts Lesson Objective: To understand the various profitability ratios available You should know by know the...
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Sep 193 min read


Balance Sheet (a.k.a. Statement of Financial Position) (22.1)
Chapter 22 - Balance Sheets Learning Objective: To understand the uses and how to analyze Balance Sheets After Cash Flow Forecast and...
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Sep 112 min read


Income Statements (21.2)
Chapter 21 - Income Statements Lesson Objective: To understand the different uses of an Income Statement The Income Statement is a...
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Sep 32 min read


How Many Types of Profits Are There? (21.1)
Chapter 21 - Income Statements Lesson Objective: To understand the different types of profit Profit = Revenues - Costs Not all profits...
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Sep 21 min read
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