This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet a) SWOT analysis o internal considerations: strengths and weaknesses o external considerations: opportunities and threats Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

a) Exports and imports b) The link between business specialisation and competitive advantage c) Foreign direct investment (FDI) and link to business growth This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a student worksheet Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

a) Reduction of international trade barriers/trade liberalisation b) Political change c) Reduced cost of transport and communication d) Increased significance of global (transnational) companies e) Increased investment flows (FDI) f) Migration (within and between economies) g) Growth of the global labour force h) Structural change This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a student worksheet Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

a) Expansion of trading blocs: o EU and the single market o ASEAN o NAFTA (ON THE SYLLABUS but no longer in existence) b) Impact on businesses of trading blocs This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a student worksheet Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE in Business 1.2.2 Characteristics relating to size 1.2.2 Characteristics relating to size: • concepts of risk, ownership and limited liability • public corporations – reasons for and against public ownership • ownership, control, sources of finance, use of profits, stakeholders and shareholders • appropriateness of different forms of ownership. This is a complete lesson with a teacher PowerPoint and a student worksheet. Written by Sarah Hilton at Revisionstation

This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: a)The interaction of supply and demand b) The drawing and interpretation of supply and demand diagrams to show the causes and consequences of price changes Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

1.1.1 The market a) Mass markets and niche markets: o characteristics o market size and market share o brands b) Dynamic markets: o online retailing o how markets change o innovation and market growth o adapting to change c) How competition affects the market d) The difference between risk and uncertainty 1.1.2 Market research a) Product and market orientation b) Primary and secondary market research data (quantitative and qualitative) used to: o identify and anticipate customer needs and wants o quantify likely demand o gain insight into consumer behaviour c) Limitations of market research, sample size and bias d) Use of ICT to support market research: o websites o social networking o databases e) Market segmentation 1.1.3 Market positioning a) Market mapping b) Competitive advantage of a product or service c) The purpose of product differentiation

This is a PPT and a learning mat It covers the A1 of the BTEC business level 3 national Unit 18 creative promotion A1 The purposes of marketing communcations Written by Sarah Hilton For Revisionstation

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE in Business (iGCSE) 1.5.2 The importance and growth of multinationals: • benefits of a business becoming a multinational • benefits to a country and/or economy where a multinational company is located • possible drawbacks to a country and/or economy where a multinational is located. This is a complete lesson with a PPT and a worksheet Written by Sarah Hilton by Revisionstation

This complete lesson covers: The roles and objectives of internal and external stakeholder groups Owners, employees, customers, suppliers, government and the local community The effect business activity has on stakeholders The effect stakeholders have on business This is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson covers: Organic growth Increasing output, gaining new customers, developing new products, increasing market share External growth Mergers, takeovers – including horizontal and vertical, diversification This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson covers: The purpose of market research Identifying and understanding customer needs Primary research methods Questionnaires, interviews, trialling, focus groups Secondary research sources Newspapers and magazines, census, websites and internal data How appropriate different methods and sources of market research are for different purposes The use and interpretation of qualitative and quantitative data in market research The lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson covers: To be able to discuss the purpose of marketing within business The purpose of marketing within business The importance to a business of identifying and understanding its customers, informing customers, increasing sales This complete lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson covers: Different production processes and their impact on business Job, batch, flow The influence of technology on production and the impact on business Automation, computers and robotics This lesson was written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

Pearson Edexcel A Level International Business (133) 5 Distribution This lesson covers: a) Distribution channels: • four stage: producer to wholesaler to retailer to consumer • three stage: producer to retailer to consumer • two stage: producer to consumer. b) Changes in distribution methods. This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

AS(7131) A-level (7132) Specifications For teaching from September 2023 onwards For as exams in May/June 2024 onwards For a-level exams in May/June 2025 onwards Version 2.0 This lesson covers: The impact of the social and technological environment on strategic and functional decision making Social changes to include demographic changes and population movements such as: migration changes in consumer lifestyle and buying behaviour the growth of online businesses The social environment to include Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and: the reasons for and against (CSR) the difference between the stakeholder v shareholder concept Carroll’s Corporate Social Responsibility pyramid Technological change should include the impact of technological change on functional areas and strategy The pressures for socially responsible behaviour This lesson was written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

AS(7131) A-level (7132) Specifications For teaching from September 2023 onwards For as exams in May/June 2024 onwards For a-level exams in May/June 2025 onwards Version 2.0 This lesson covers: Financial methods of assessing an investment, investment appraisal should include the calculation and interpretation of: payback average rate of return net present value Factors influencing investment decisions. Factors to include: investment criteria non-financial factors risk and uncertainty This lesson was written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

NEW Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business 131 2 Market Research Complete teaching resources for a whole lesson includes PowerPoint and worksheet a) Primary and secondary market research data (quantitative and qualitative) used to: • identify and anticipate customer needs and wants • quantify likely demand • gain insight into consumer behaviour. b) Methods of primary market research: • surveys/questionnaires • focus groups/consumer panels • face-to-face/telephone interviews • product trials/test marketing. c) Methods of secondary market research: • websites/social media • newspapers/magazines/TV/radio • reports • databases. d) Sampling methods: • random • quota • stratified Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

AS(7131) A-level (7132) Specifications For teaching from September 2023 onwards For as exams in May/June 2024 onwards For a-level exams in May/June 2025 onwards Version 2.0 This lesson covers: Part 1: How to construct and analyse budgets and cash flow forecasts Variance analysis Adverse and favourable variances The value of budgeting How to construct break-even charts Break even output Margin of safety Contribution per unit Total contribution How to calculate and illustrate on a break-even chart the effects of change in price, output and costs The value of break even analysis Part 2: How to analyse profitability Profitability margins Gross profit Profit from operations Profit for the year How to analyse timings of cash inflows and outflows Payables Receivables The use of data for financial decision making and planning These lessons were written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation