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Teacher of economics and business across five international schools for last twelve years having spent the 16 years prior employed as a Bank Manager with Lloyds Banking Group (UK) Examiner with CIE - economics (6 years)

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Teacher of economics and business across five international schools for last twelve years having spent the 16 years prior employed as a Bank Manager with Lloyds Banking Group (UK) Examiner with CIE - economics (6 years)
5.5 Analysis of accounts (IGCSE Business Studies)
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5.5 Analysis of accounts (IGCSE Business Studies)

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5.5.1 Profitability: • The concept and importance of profitability 5.5.2 Liquidity: • The concept and importance of liquidity 5.5.3 How to interpret the financial performance of a business by calculating and analysing profitability ratios and liquidity ratios: • Gross profit margin • Profit margin • Return on Capital Employed • Current ratio • Acid test ratio 5.5.4 Why and how accounts are used: • Needs of different users of accounts and ratio analysis • How users of accounts and ratio results might use information to help make decisions, e.g. whether to lend to or invest in the business Questions and suggested answers
IGCSE Macroeconomics (Units 4 - 6)
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IGCSE Macroeconomics (Units 4 - 6)

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4.1 the role of government 4.2 macroeconomic aims of government 4.3 fiscal policy 4.4 monetary policy 4.5 supply-side policy 4.6 economic growth 4.7 employment and unemployment 4.8 inflation and deflation 5.1 living standards 5.2 poverty 5.3 population 5.4 differences in economic development 6.1 international specialisation 6.2 globalisation, free trade and protectionism 6.3 current account of the balance of payments 6.4 foreign exchange rate
1.4 Types of Business Organisation (IGCSE Business Studies)
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1.4 Types of Business Organisation (IGCSE Business Studies)

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PPT Covering: Why the owners of a business may want to expand the business Different ways in which businesses can grow Problems linked to business growth and how these might be overcome Why some businesses remain small Why some (new or established) businesses fail: Causes of business failure, e.g. lack of management skills, changes in the business environment, liquidity problems Why new businesses are at a greater risk of failing Questions and suggested answers
5.3 Income statement (IGCSE Business Studies)
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5.3 Income statement (IGCSE Business Studies)

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5.3.1 What profit is and why it is important: • How a profit is made • Importance of profit to private sector businesses, e.g. reward for risk-taking/enterprise, source of finance • Difference between profit and cash 5.3.2 Income statements: • Main features of an income statement, e.g. revenue, cost of sales, gross profit, profit and retained profit • Use simple income statements in decision making based on profit calculations (constructing income statements will not be assessed) *Questions and suggested answers"
2.10 Market failure (IGCSE Microeconomics)
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2.10 Market failure (IGCSE Microeconomics)

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The key terms associated with market failure: public good, merit good, demerit good, social benefits, external benefits, private benefits, social costs, external costs, private costs. With respect to public goods, merit and demerit goods, external costs and external benefits, abuse of monopoly power and factor immobility. Examples of market failure with respect to these areas only. The implications of misallocation of resources in respect of the over consumption of demerit goods and goods with external costs, and the under consumption of merit goods and goods with external benefits. Note: demand and supply diagrams relating to market failure are not required. Market failure review - PPT Supply and demand review - PPT Questions and suggested solutions doc
3.4 Trade unions (IGCSE Microeconomics)
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3.4 Trade unions (IGCSE Microeconomics)

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Including engaging in collective bargaining on wages, working hours and working conditions; protecting employment and influencing government policy. Factors influencing the strength of trade unions. From the viewpoint of workers, firms and the government. *Unit 3 review Questions with suggested solutions
5.4  Statement of financial position (IGCSE Business Studies)
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5.4 Statement of financial position (IGCSE Business Studies)

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5.4.1 The main elements of a statement of financial position: • The main classifications of assets and liabilities, using examples 5.4.2 Interpret a simple statement of financial position and make deductions from it, e.g. how a business is financing its activities and what assets it owns, sale of inventories to raise finance (constructing statements of financial position will not be assessed) Questions and suggested answers*
2. The production possibility curve
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2. The production possibility curve

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PPT aligned to the CIE syllabus. Summative and formative assessments provided with suggested solutions. Topics covered included the PPC scarcity, opportunity costs, efficiency etc.
The economic problem
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The economic problem

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PPT aligned to the CIE syllabus. Summative and formative assessments provided with suggested solutions. Topics covered included scarcity, opportunity costs, factors of production etc.
4. Types of goods and services
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4. Types of goods and services

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PPT aligned to the CIE syllabus. Summative and formative assessments provided with suggested solutions. Topics covered included private goods, public goods, free-rider problem, exclusivity, rivalrous, merit goods, demerit goods, imperfect information etc