Sarah Hilton has been a business examiner for over 20 years and a business teacher for longer. She is now a teacher trainer, business teacher and qualification developer. She runs the website revisionstation which provides smashing business teaching resources at budget prices.
Sarah Hilton has been a business examiner for over 20 years and a business teacher for longer. She is now a teacher trainer, business teacher and qualification developer. She runs the website revisionstation which provides smashing business teaching resources at budget prices.
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NEW Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business (135) 2 Entrepreneurial motives & characteristic
a) Characteristics and skills required.
b) Reasons why people set up businesses:
• financial motives: profit maximisation and profit satisficing
• non-financial motives: ethical stance, social entrepreneurship, independence and home working.
NEW Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business (135) 1 Role of an entrepreneur
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a) Creating and setting up a business.
b) Running and expanding/developing a business.
c) Innovation within a business (intrapreneurship).
d) Barriers to entrepreneurship.
e) Anticipating risk and uncertainty in the business environment.
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NEW Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business (135) 3 Business Objectives
a) Survival.
b) Profit maximisation.
c) Other objectives:
• sales maximisation
• market share
• cost efficiency
• employee welfare
• customer satisfaction
• social objectives.
NEW Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business 131 2 Market Research
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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
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Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business 131 1 The Market
This lesson covers:
a) Mass markets and niche markets:
characteristics
market size and market share
brands
b) Dynamic markets:
online retailing
how markets change
innovation and market growth
adapting to change
c) How competition affects the market
d) The difference between risk and uncertainty
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Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business (132) 3 Markets
This lesson covers:
The interaction of supply and demand
The drawing and interpretation of supply and demand diagrams to show the causes and consequences of price changes
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NEW Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business (132) 4 PED Price Elasticity of Demand
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a) Calculation of price elasticity of demand.
b) Interpretation of numerical values of price elasticity of demand.
c) The factors influencing price elasticity of demand.
d) The significance of price elasticity of demand to businesses in terms of implications for pricing.
e) Calculation and interpretation of the relationship between price elasticity of demand and total revenue.
Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business (132) 5 YED Income Elasticity of Demand
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a) Calculation of income elasticity of demand.
b) Normal and inferior goods.
c) Interpretation of numerical values of income elasticity of demand.
d) The factors influencing income elasticity of demand.
e) The significance of income elasticity of demand to businesses
Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business (131) 3 Market Positioning
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a) Product and market orientation.
b) Market mapping.
c) Market segmentation.
d) Competitive advantage of a product or service.
e) The purpose of product differentiation.
f) Adding value to products/services.
Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business
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a) Factors leading to a change in demand:
changes in the prices of substitutes and complementary goods
changes in consumer incomes
fashions, tastes and preferences
advertising and branding
demographics
external shocks
seasonality
Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business
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a) Factors leading to a change in supply:
changes in the costs of production
introduction of new technology
indirect taxes
government subsidies
external shocks
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 elements of the marketing mix (7Ps)
The influences on and effects of changes in the elements of the marketing mix
The marketing mix should be considered for goods and services, both industrial and consumer.
Product decisions
the value of product portfolio analysis and the Boston Matrix
the value of the product life cycle model including extension strategies
influences on and the value of new product development.
Pricing decisions
Pricing decisions should include penetration and price skimming.
and in part 2
Decisions about the promotional mix
Promotional decisions should include:
the value of branding
Social media
Viral Marketing
Distribution (place) decisions
Distribution decisions should include multichannel distribution.
Decisions relating to other elements of the marketing mix: people, process and physical environment
The importance of and influences on an integrated marketing mix include:
the position in the product life cycle
the Boston Matrix
the type of product
marketing objectives
the target market
competition
positioning.
Understanding the value of digital marketing and e-commerce
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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
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Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business Unit 2.3.3 Managing Finance (3 complete lessons)
1 Profit
a) Calculation of:
• gross profit
• operating profit
• profit for the year (net profit).
b) Ways to increase profits.
c) Statement of comprehensive income (profit and loss account):
• measuring profitability: calculation of gross profit margin, operating profit margin, and profit for the year (net profit) margin
• ways to improve profitability.
2 Liquidity
a) Distinction between profit and cash.
b) Statement of financial position (balance sheet):
• measuring liquidity: calculating current ratio and acid test ratio
• ways to improve liquidity, including assets, supplier credit terms, factoring, inventory JIT.
c) Working capital and its management: the importance of cash.
3 Business failure
a) Internal causes of business failure:
• poor management of cash flow
• overestimation of sales
• overtrading
• poor inventory control
• poor marketing
• poor quality.
b) External causes of business failure:
• market conditions
• competition
• economic
• exchange rates
• interest rates
• government regulations
• supplier problems
• natural phenomena.
Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business Unit 2.3.1. Planning a business and raising finance(5 complete lessons)
1 Planning
a) Content of a business plan.
b) Relevance and uses of a business plan.
2 Internal finance
a) Owner’s capital: personal savings.
b) Retained profit.
c) Sale of assets.
3 External finance
a) Sources of finance and their suitability for different circumstances:
• family and friends
• banks
• peer-to-peer funding
• business angels
• crowd funding
• other businesses.
b) Methods of finance and their suitability for different circumstances:
• loans
• share capital
• venture capital
• overdrafts
• leasing
• trade credit
• grants.
4 Forms of business
a) Sole trader, partnership and private limited company (Ltd).
b) Franchising, social enterprise, lifestyle businesses, online businesses.
c) Growth to public limited companies (plc) and stock market flotation.
5 Liability
a) Implications of limited and unlimited liability, including advantages and disadvantages.
b) Finance appropriate for limited and unlimited liability businesses.
AQA A Level Business (Spec version 2.0) Unit 3.2 Managers, leadership and decision management (3 complete lessons)
3.2.1 Understanding management, leadership and decision making
3.2.2 Understanding management decision making
3.2.3 Understanding the role and importance of stakeholders
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Pearson Edexcel International A level Business Unit 2.3.5 External Influences (3 complete lessons)
1 Economic influences
a) The effect on businesses of, and how they can best respond to, changes in:
• the rate of inflation
• exchange rates (appreciation, depreciation)
• interest rates
• taxation and government spending
• the business cycle.
2 Legislation
a) The effects on businesses of:
• consumer protection
• employee protection
• environmental protection
• competition policy
• health and safety
• intellectual property rights (copyright, patents and trademarks).
3 The competitive environment
a) The effects on businesses of competition in terms of competitor:
• numbers
• size
• behaviour.
b) Ways for a small business to compete in a competitive market.
2.3.1
Profit
a) Calculation of:
o gross profit
o operating profit
o profit for the year (net profit)
b) Statement of comprehensive income (profit and loss
account):
o measuring profitability:
calculation of gross profit margin, operating profit
margin, and profit for the year (net profit) margin
o ways to improve profitability
c) Distinction between profit and cash
2.3.2
Liquidity
a) Statement of financial position (balance sheet):
o measuring liquidity:
calculating current ratio and acid test ratio
o ways to improve liquidity
b) Working capital and its management: the importance of
cash
2.3.3
Business failure
a) Internal and external causes of business failure:
o financial factors
o non-financial factors
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
