AQA GCE Business Studies
BUSS1- Planning & Financing a Business
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The Party
Entertainer
Enterprise and Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs
Explain a personal
characteristic of the
entrepreneur (3)
Motives for starting a
business
Downsides of
starting a business
Risk and reward
Opportunity cost
Define opportunity
cost (2)
Government and
entrepreneurs
State two ways in
which the
government
supports
entrepreneurs (2)
Generating and Protecting Business Ideas
Sources of business
ideas
What makes a good
idea?
Franchises
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Evaluation of
decision to set up
as an independent
business rather
than buy a
What is meant by
the term
“franchisee”? (2)
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franchise (17)
Protecting a
business Idea
Explain two
possible benefits
from having a
patent (7)
Analysis of benefits
of a franchisor
protecting business
idea & products (10)
Transformation Resources into Goods and Services
Inputs to the
transformation
process
Outputs from the
transformation
process
Adding value
Define adding value
(2)
Explain how
personalizing a
product can add
value (4)
Business Plans
Contents of a
business plan
Limitations of a
business plan
Sources of
information and
guidance
Market Research for a Start-up
Primary Research
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Define primary
State an alternative
method of primary
Explanation of why
a startup chooses to
Evaluation of the
strength of market
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market research (2)
research to the
ones used (1)
Analysis of the
limitations of the
primary research
undertaken (9)
use primary market
research (6)
research carried out
(15)
Secondary Data
Quantitative and
qualitative research
What is meant by
the term “qualitative
market research”?
(2)
Sampling
Explain how results
of qualitative market
research benefited
the business (6)
Define quota
sampling (2)
Define random
sample (2)
Understanding Markets
Defining a market
Calculate market
share (3)
Calculate the size
of the market (4)
Calculate the size of
the market (4)
Define an electronic
market (2)
Geographical
markets
Factors affecting
demand
Evaluation of the
factors that affect
demand for case
study products (13)
Introduction to
market segmentation
Why use market
segmentation?
Explain two benefits
of targeting a
market segment (6)
Demographic
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Explain an
advantage of
targeting a niche
market (4)
Explain two
problems of moving
away from a market
niche (6)
Defining what is
meant by a market
segment (2)
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Entertainer
Analysis of benefits
of having a bank
overdraft (10)
Analysis of reasons
for choosing
personal sources of
finance rather than
a bank loan (10)
segmentation
Geographic
segmentation
Limitations of market
segmentation
Analysing market
data
State formula for
calculating market
share % (2)
Choosing a Legal Structure
Defining the different
structures
Comparing the
different structures
Discussion of the
decision to change
from being a sole
trader to a private
limited company
(14)
Analysis of two
benefits of forming
a partnership (10)
Social enterprises
Sources of Finance for a Start-up
Internal sources
External sources
Analysing two
benefits of
arranging a bank
overdraft (10)
Personal sources
Choosing the right
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source of finance
choice of venture
capital over bank
loan as source of
finance (14)
Choosing the Business Location
Factors affecting the
choice of location
Evaluation of the
choice of location for
the new business
(17)
Define the term
“infrastructure” (2)
Evaluation of the
decision to locate a
business in a city
centre (15)
Technology & homebased start-ups
Employing People
Full-time employees
Part-time employees
Temporary contracts
Consultants and
advisers
Flexible working
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Explain two
advantages of using
part-time employees
in the business (6)
Analyse the
possible reasons
for employing a
mixture of
permanent and
temporary
employees (10)
Analyse the benefits
of using a
consultant (9)
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Calculating Costs, Revenues and Profits
Meaning & importance
of profit
Measuring sales
Calculation of
forecast customer
numbers (3)
Measuring costs
Definition of “fixed
costs” (2)
Calculation of profit
Calculation of
expected profit in
the first year of
trading (5)
Calculation of
budgeted profit (5)
Calculation of
expected profit (3)
Calculation of
added value (3)
Using Break-even Analysis in Decision-making
Contribution
Break-even level of
output
Calculation of total
contribution (4)
Calculate the
forecast “total
contribution” for in
2010 (5)
Calculation of total
contribution (3)
Calculate breakeven quantity (5)
Calculation of
change in forecast
break-even output
(7)
Using a table to
calculate break-even
output
Using a formula to
calculate break-even
output
Using a chart to
calculate break-even
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Amending a breakeven chart to show
Using break-even
chart to calculate
and illustrate breakeven calculations
(6)
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Entertainer
Calculate the
change in breakeven output (6)
Analysis and
evaluation of
options to reduce
the break-even
output (15)
output
impact of two
changes (4)
Changes to breakeven
Strengths and
limitations of breakeven analysis
Cash Flow Forecasting
The nature of cash
flow
How to forecast cash
flow
Why cash flow
forecasting is
important
Limitations of cash
flow forecasting
Sources of information
for cash flow forecasts
Setting Budgets
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Define the term
cash flow (2)
Complete the cash
flow forecast by
calculating missing
figures for opening
balance & net cash
flow (2)
Evaluation of the role of
cash flow forecasting in
determining success of
the business (15)
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Why businesses use
budgets
Sales budget
What is meant by
the term “income
budget”? (2)
Expenditure budget
Explanation of
problems with
expenditure budget
setting (6)
Profit budget
Calculation of profit
budget (5)
Calculation of
budgeted profit (3)
Methods of setting
the budgets
Limitations of
budgets
Discussion of
difficulties faced by
the entrepreneur in
setting a first budget
(14)
Assessing Business Start-ups
The risks and causes
of business failure
Assessing the
business plan
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Evaluation of
whether the startup
will achieve its two
key objectives (16)
Evaluate whether
the business is
likely to achieve its
business
Evaluation of the role
of business planning
in the early success
of the business (16)
Evaluating the
overall strength of
business planning
(16)
Evaluation of
whether the startup
is likely to achieve
its main objective
for the first year (15)
Evaluation of
whether shortfalls
against plan are
outside of
entrepreneur’s
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control (15)
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