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7.1a Mission Statements
Corporate plan definition,
Mission statement definition,
Is a mission statement a qualitat...
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7.1b SWOT
Swot analysis definition,
Swot meaning,
External opportunities definition
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7.1c Strategy
Business strategy definition,
Are strategic decisions short med...,
How are strategies formed
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7.2a Balance Sheets
What are balance sheets,
What can balance sheets be used t...,
Equity formula
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7.2b Income Statements
What does an income statement show,
What is the purpose of an income ...,
Income statement order
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7.2c Assessing Financial Performance
What are the ways in which financ...,
Intra firm definition,
Inter firm definition
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7.2d Ratios - ROCE
Ratio analysis involves what,
Ratios compare what,
What does roce stand for
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7.2e Ratios - Current Ratio (Liquidity)
What do current ratios measure,
What is liquidity,
Current ratio formula
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7.2f Ratios - Gearing
What are the two main sources of ...,
What does gearing show,
Is lower or higher gearing usuall...
14
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7.2g Ratios - Efficiency
What do financial efficiency rati...,
Payable days creditor days formula,
What does payable days tell us
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7.3a Using Non-Financial Data to Analyse Performance
Performance metrics are used in a...,
Difficulties in using marketing h...,
What are the models created to ju...
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7.3b Core Competences
Core competences definition,
What is a key strategy of core co...,
Businesses must not assume what w...
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7.3c Assessing Short and Long Term Performance
Short termism definition,
Why might a business take a short...,
How does short termism affect the...
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7.3d Kaplan and Norton
What did the kaplan and norton ba...,
What is the aim of the kaplan and...,
What are the four perspectives of...
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7.3e Elkington
What did elkington suggest,
What was the traditional bottom l...,
Advantages of elkingtons theory
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7.4a Political and Legal: Scope and Effects of Competition Law
Legislation and regulation protec...,
Main roles of business legislation,
What is the aim of competition po...
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7.4b Political and Legal: Scope and Effects of Labour Market Law
What is employment law aimed at,
What are the characteristics prot...,
Examples of discrimination laws a...
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7.4c Political and Legal: Scope and Effects of Labour Market Law
Costs of business on the environment,
Key environmental issues for busi...,
Main environmental regulations
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7.4d Political and Legal: Enterprise
Entrepreneur definition,
Enterprise definition,
Rewards for enterprise
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7.4e Political and Legal: Regulation, Impact of Policy on Infrastructure and Trade
Infrastructure definition,
How does infrastructure spending ...,
Where is the uk ranked in the wor...
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7.5a Economy - Macroeconomics and the Business Cycle
Economic influences,
Microeconomics definition,
Macroeconomics definition
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7.5b Exchange Rates
What do exchange rates represent,
How does a currencys value change,
Where does the demand for the pou...
11
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7.5c Inflation
Inflation definition,
How is inflation calculated,
What are the two types of inflation
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7.5d Government Economic Policies
Any government can use macroecono...,
Governments have a choice of 5 ke...,
What is a problem for governments...
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7.5e Economy: International Trade
What is the european union,
The eu allows free movement of wh...,
Opportunities for uk businesses f...
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7.6a The Social Environment: Ethics
What does the social environment ...,
The social environment is split i...,
What does demographics involve
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7.6b The Social Environment and CSR
What are negative externalities a...,
Negative externalities definition,
Do businesses pay for negative ex...
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7.6c The Social Environment: Ethics
Ethics definition,
Internal pressures to be ethical,
External pressures to be ethical
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7.7 Technology
Aspects of technology in business,
Technological innovations can be ...,
Opportunities of new technology
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7.8 The Competitive Environment: Porter's Five Competitive Forces
What is an important external inf...,
Opportunities of competition,
Threats of competition
22
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7.9a Investment Appraisal - Payback
Investment definition,
Investment decision making defini...,
Reasons for investment
12
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7.9b Making Investment Decisions - ARR
Arr meaning,
What can arr be compared with,
Arr formula
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7.9c Making Investment Decisions - NPV
Npv meaning,
What is npv based on,
What does a discount table show
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7.9d Making Investment Decisions - Qualitative Factors and Making Decisions
What are qualitative factors base...,
Qualitative factors to consider,
Ways to check if investment appra...
5
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8.1 a Ansoff Matrix
What is the ansoff matrix,
What is the output from the matrix,
What are the four growth strategi...
29
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8.2a Porter's Generic Strategies
Competitive advantage definition,
Three genetic strategies that por...,
Four areas in generic strategy di...
20
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8.2b Bowman's Strategic Clock
What does bowmans strategic clock...,
What two concepts is the bowmans ...,
The eight positions on bowmans st...
35
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8.2c Competitive Advantage
Two main types of competitive adv...,
What is a comparative advantage,
What are the two options for a bu...
6
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9.1a Growth and Retrenchment
Reasons a business would wish to ...,
What are the two types of growth,
What is organic growth also known as
26
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9.1b Mergers and Takeovers
Merger definition,
What happens to a shareholders sh...,
Takeover definition
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9.1c Ventures
Corporate venturing definition,
Venture capitalists business ange...,
What is an alternative source of ...
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9.1d Franchising
What does a franchise involve,
Franchisee definition,
Franchisor definition
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9.1e Economies of Scale
When do economies of scale arise,
Average cost per unit formula,
When does minimum efficient scale...
20
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9.1f Diseconomies of Scale
Diseconomies of scale definition,
Types of diseconomies of scale,
What happens in co ordination dis...
10
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9.1g Other Issues With Growth
When do economies of scope occur,
Example of a business that benefi...,
How do economies of scope work
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9.1h Greiner's Growth Model
What does greiners growth model d...,
What are the two axes on the model,
What does greiners growth model i...
19
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9.2a Innovation
Invention definition,
Innovation definition,
What does innovation include
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9.2b Methods of Innovation
Ways to innovate,
R d definition,
How does r d support innovation
18
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9.2c Protecting an Innovation
A business is more likely to see ...,
Intellectual property definition,
What is the problem with ip
12
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9.3a Internationalisation
International market definition,
Reasons to go international,
How a business benefits from inte...
5
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9.3b Off-Shoring and Re-Shoring
Disadvantages of manufacturing in...,
Offshoring definition,
How firms benefit from offshoring
8
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9.3c Methods of Entering International Markets
Main methods a business could use...,
How risky is exporting compared t...,
What are the two ways of exporting
20
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9.3d Influences on Buying and Producing Abroad
Reasons a firm buys products from...,
Ways a firm ensures success of bu...,
Reasons a firm sells products abroad
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9.4a Digital Technology: E-Commerce
Four things a business could use ...,
M commerce definition,
Reasons to use m commerce
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9.4b The Impact of Commerce on Functional Areas
What are the impacts of e commerc...,
What are the impacts of e commerc...,
What are the impacts of e commerc...
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9.4c Other Uses of Data Technology
Big data definition,
What are the four vs that the big...,
Ways big data can be used
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9.4d The Value of Digital Technology and its Impact on Functional Areas of a Business
Value of digital technology to bu...,
Issues with digital technology
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10.1a Causes Of And Pressures For Change
What does change management involve,
Causes and pressures of change,
Types of change
14
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10.1b Lewin's Force Field Analysis
What are the four aspects of change,
Force field analysis definition,
Change can only occur when
3
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10.1c Flexible Organisations
Flexible organisation definition,
Businesses need to have structure...,
Problems of being a flexible orga...
14
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10.1d Value of Knowledge and Information Management
Knowledge and information managem...,
Value of managing information and...,
Example of knowledge and informat...
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10.1e Kotter and Schlesinger
Barriers to change,
Factors that limit the success of...,
Examples of resistance to change
18
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10.2a What is Culture?
Culture definition,
Culture may change over time beca...,
What does culture consist of
5
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10.2b Handy's Cultural Model
What are cultural models,
What did handy identify,
Each culture suggested by handy i...
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10.2c Hofstede's Cultural Model
What did hofstede suggest,
How did hofstedes cultural model ...,
What are the six dimensions in ho...
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10.2d Influences on Culture
Parts of the cultural web what im...,
What does symbols and titles include,
What does language or jargon refe...
6
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10.3a Strategic Implementation
Strategy definition,
Strategic implementation definition,
What does strategic implementatio...
14
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10.3b Network Analysis (CPA)
Critical path analysis definition,
Information needed for cpa,
What does cpa calculate
14
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10.3d CPA - Interpretation
What does the critical path show,
What does is mean if there is no ...,
What does the float show
6
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10.4a The Value of Strategic Planning
Strategic plan definition,
Why do strategic decisions have t...,
Reasons strategies might fail
13
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10.4b Why Strategies Fail
Reasons why divorce of control ca...,
Why would giving directors freedo...,
What does a corporate governance ...
24
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Business Examples
Bosch environmental r d investment,
Bosch exchange program,
Starbucks sustainable coffe chall...
84
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Formulae
Revenue,
Profit,
Market capitalisation
47
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7.6c - The Social Environment (Ethics)
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