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.
This complete lesson includes everything you need to teach this unit. Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation, it covers these topics:
a) Trade liberalisation, the reduction of trade barriers and the role of the WTO.
b) Political change.
c) Reduced cost of transport and communication.
d) Increased significance of global (multinational) corporations (MNCs).
e) Increased investment flows (FDI).
f) Migration within and between economies.
g) Growth of the global labour force.
h) Structural change.
i) Impact on businesses of increased globalisation.
It includes a Teacher PowerPoint with all the answers in the slide notes and a student workbook which is fully editable.
a) Factors to consider:
o costs of production
o skills and availability of labour force
o infrastructure
o location in trade bloc
o government incentives
o ease of doing business
o political stability
o natural resources
o likely return on investment
This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a student worksheet
Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
a) Factors to consider:
o levels and growth of disposable income
o ease of doing business
o infrastructure
o political stability
o exchange rate
This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a student worksheet
Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
a) The impact of movements in exchange rates
b) Competitive advantage through:
o cost competitiveness
o differentiation
c) Skill shortages and their impact on international
competitiveness
This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a student worksheet
Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
Complete lesson including a student worksheet and a teacher PowerPoint written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business YBS11 (432) 3 / 4323 assessment production
ASSESSMENT OF A COUNTRY AS A PRODUCTION LOCATION
a) Factors to consider:
• costs of production
• skills and availability of labour force
• infrastructure
• location in trade bloc
• government incentives
• ease of doing business
• political stability
• natural resources
• likely return on investment.
This complete lesson includes a worksheet and a PowerPoint which is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation. This lesson includes the following topics:
a) Product and market orientation
b) 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
c) Limitations of market research, sample size and bias
d) Use of ICT to support market research:
websites
social networking
databases
e) Market segmentation
This complete lesson includes a worksheet and a PowerPoint and is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and includes the following topics:
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
