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O-LevelBusiness StudiesFinancial information and decisionsMay/June 2015

The company Balance Sheet helps David assess the performance of the business.

O-LevelBusiness StudiesExternal influences on business activityMay/June 2015

Identify and explain four factors DD should consider when packaging cakes if they are exported.

O-LevelBusiness StudiesUnderstanding business activityMay/June 2015

The Insert contains the case study.

O-LevelBusiness StudiesMarketingMay/June 2016

EDGE makes mobile (cell) phones. It operates in a competitive market. The Marketing manager believes that because EDGE is good at maintaining custo...

O-LevelBusiness StudiesPeople in businessMay/June 2016

Bushall is a farm. This primary sector business grows award-winning fruits such as pineapples and bananas. Bushall has 10 full-time and 50 part-tim...

O-LevelBusiness StudiesOperations managementMay/June 2016

Rafiq is the Operations manager at a small factory. The business makes a range of soft drinks using batch production. Last year Rafiq successfully ...

O-LevelBusiness StudiesUnderstanding business activityMay/June 2016

Nuwan is a sole trader. He has a specialist sports shop selling a wide range of cricket and tennis products. His 3 employees are trained to provide...

O-LevelBusiness StudiesOperations managementMay/June 2016

Saltan makes a range of cars. The level of inventory is too high so it plans to decrease production at its factory. Employees were told the busines...

O-LevelBusiness StudiesMarketingMay/June 2016

F&G is a leading fashion retailer. It has 20 shops in country C. The business uses market segmentation. Its target market is men aged between 25 an...

O-LevelBusiness StudiesFinancial information and decisionsMay/June 2016

Alex and Raul are business partners. They started a bicycle repair business with their own savings as the bank would not give them a loan. Raul doe...

O-LevelBusiness StudiesExternal influences on business activityMay/June 2016

KLG is based in country X. It specialises in making electrical parts which it sells to washing machine manufacturers in country X. The Managing Dir...

O-LevelBusiness StudiesUnderstanding business activityMay/June 2016

Identify and explain one advantage and one disadvantage to Rosa and Eduardo of forming a business partnership.

O-LevelBusiness StudiesPeople in businessMay/June 2016

Identify and explain two methods of training employees to use the new computer system.

O-LevelBusiness StudiesFinancial information and decisionsMay/June 2016

The Government is expanding the public sector provision of health care including dentist clinics (see Appendix 1). Identify and explain two externa...

O-LevelBusiness StudiesMarketingMay/June 2016

Identify and explain four factors Rosa and Eduardo should consider when choosing larger premises.

O-LevelBusiness StudiesExternal influences on business activityMay/June 2016

Identify and explain two possible reasons why Thao and Liang have set 'excellent customer service' as the main business objective.

O-LevelBusiness StudiesMarketingMay/June 2016

Identify and explain two possible benefits to FF from changes in IT. See Appendix 1.

O-LevelBusiness StudiesFinancial information and decisionsMay/June 2016

Identify four stakeholder groups who would want to see FF's accounts and explain why each group would want to see them.

O-LevelBusiness StudiesFinancial information and decisionsMay/June 2016

The Government has increased interest rates to reduce inflation. Identify and explain two ways an increase in interest rates might affect FF.

O-LevelBusiness StudiesUnderstanding business activityMay/June 2017

QCH is a multinational company which makes a range of luxury cars. Last year it made a profit of $700m. One of QCH's objectives is to enter new mar...

O-LevelBusiness StudiesFinancial information and decisionsMay/June 2017

Josh owns an office cleaning business. He has a number of large and small business customers. Josh employs 6 full-time cleaners who are all given o...

O-LevelBusiness StudiesMarketingMay/June 2017

Wilde Soup Stop (WSS) makes a range of soups and hot drinks. It owns 30 shops and has sold its franchise to 10 other shops in country Z. The Market...

O-LevelBusiness StudiesExternal influences on business activityMay/June 2017

GKK makes plastic bottles for a range of products from food to chemicals. GKK buys its raw materials from a low-cost country. GKK's organisational ...

O-LevelBusiness StudiesMarketingMay/June 2017

Cheung owns a small retail shop in the city centre selling fashion clothing for children. As it is a competitive market, Cheung knows market resear...

O-LevelBusiness StudiesFinancial information and decisionsMay/June 2017

LWM makes car tyres in 15 different sizes using batch production. Last year LWM sold 60 million tyres including 40 million tyres of its best-sellin...

O-LevelBusiness StudiesUnderstanding business activityMay/June 2017

Five years ago Manisha started making cakes for celebrations, such as weddings and birthdays, from her home. Now she has a small shop and 3 employe...

O-LevelBusiness StudiesPeople in businessMay/June 2017

Steppa is a shoe manufacturer in the private sector. Steppa has 200 employees who all receive a high hourly wage rate. The Human Resources Director...

O-LevelBusiness StudiesOperations managementMay/June 2017

Identify and explain two ways in which TT might achieve quality production.

O-LevelBusiness StudiesPeople in businessMay/June 2017

Identify two motivational theories and explain how TT could use these theories to help increase worker motivation.

O-LevelBusiness StudiesMarketingMay/June 2017

Identify two communication barriers which might occur within TT and explain how each barrier might be reduced.

O-LevelBusiness StudiesFinancial information and decisionsMay/June 2017

Identify and explain one reason why TT will need short-term finance and one reason why TT will need long-term finance.

O-LevelBusiness StudiesFinancial information and decisionsMay/June 2017

Identify two financial statements the directors will need to see before expanding CC. Explain why they will want to see each of these statements.

O-LevelBusiness StudiesPeople in businessMay/June 2017

Identify and explain two reasons why on-the-job training is important for new employees at CC.

O-LevelBusiness StudiesFinancial information and decisionsMay/June 2017

Identify and explain one advantage and one disadvantage to CC if it changes to a public limited company.

O-LevelBusiness StudiesMarketingMay/June 2017

Fizz Bomm is in the development stage of the product life cycle. Identify and explain four other stages of Fizz Bomm's product life cycle.

O-LevelBusiness StudiesMarketingMay/June 2018

GKA is a food retailer. It has 300 shops located in areas where average consumer incomes are low. GKA sells a limited range of own-label products i...

O-LevelBusiness StudiesExternal influences on business activityMay/June 2018

SJD is in the private sector. It makes steel for construction businesses. SJD plans to make 3500 of its 9000 employees redundant. The Operations Di...

O-LevelBusiness StudiesFinancial information and decisionsMay/June 2018

IBH is a family-owned private limited company. It makes a range of shoes for children, using batch production. It is a competitive market. Like man...

O-LevelBusiness StudiesPeople in businessMay/June 2018

Ben owns a small gardening business, which he started 15 years ago. Ben believes providing a quality service is important to his success. Ben's bus...

O-LevelBusiness StudiesFinancial information and decisionsMay/June 2018

Adele started a dance school five years ago. Every year Adele pays herself a salary and makes $1000 profit. The school offers a range of dance and ...

O-LevelBusiness StudiesFinancial information and decisionsMay/June 2018

JSF is a business in the private sector. It has 50 production workers who operate machines. JSF makes a range of household products including towel...

O-LevelBusiness StudiesExternal influences on business activityMay/June 2018

DPC operates 200 takeaway pizza shops. Over 75% of its pizzas are ordered through e-commerce. The Managing Director thinks 2017 was a successful ye...

O-LevelBusiness StudiesPeople in businessMay/June 2018

JKL uses job production to make clocks. JKL buys all its raw materials locally and exports 60% of its products. The business has high fixed costs. ...

O-LevelBusiness StudiesMarketingMay/June 2018

Identify and explain two ways a business plan could have helped Peter when setting up Value Gym.

O-LevelBusiness StudiesFinancial information and decisionsMay/June 2018

Identify and explain four reasons why making a profit is important to Peter.

O-LevelBusiness StudiesFinancial information and decisionsMay/June 2018

Identify and explain two legal controls that could affect Peter when recruiting and employing workers.

O-LevelBusiness StudiesExternal influences on business activityMay/June 2018

Identify and explain one advantage and one disadvantage of leasing all the equipment used in the business.

O-LevelBusiness StudiesExternal influences on business activityMay/June 2018

The business described in this question paper is entirely fictitious.

O-LevelBusiness StudiesUnderstanding business activityMay/June 2019

Y2M is a bus operating company in the public sector. One of its objectives is to break even on every bus route. Most of its competitors are in the ...

O-LevelBusiness StudiesUnderstanding business activityMay/June 2019

Kate is an entrepreneur. Two years ago she left her job as a fashion designer at a multinational company. She started up BBB, a women's sportswear ...

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