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Q&A STUDY & REVISION NOTES
There are now several hundred study notes in Q&A format here on the business studies blog. They are organised into the following categories:
- Q&A Starting a Business
- Q&A Leadership & Culture
- Q&A Business Aims & Objectives
- Q&A Business Basics
- Q&A Business Organisation
- Q&A Business Strategy
- Q&A Economic Environment
- Q&A People
- Q&A Accounts & Finance
- Q&A Marketing
- Q&A Operations & Production
The latest additions to the Q&A revision notes are listed below.
Q&A: What are synergies in takeovers and mergers?
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Q&A - What is a partnership?
Sunday, May 01, 2011
Q&A - How does the acid-test ratio differ from the current ratio?
Saturday, January 08, 2011
Q&A - How is the current ratio calculated and interpreted?
Q&A - What is the “creditor days” ratio?
Q&A - How can the debtor days ratio be calculated and interpreted?
Q&A - Explain the asset turnover ratio
Q&A - How is stock turnover calculated and interpreted?
Q&A - What is “profit quality”?
Friday, January 07, 2011
Q&A - What factors determine the amount of working capital in a business?
Q&A - What is “working capital”?
Q&A - What is depreciation?
Q&A - Who are the main users of financial accounts?
Q&A - Outline what are meant by financial accounts
Q&A - What are the main ways a public company can raise finance from shareholders?
Monday, January 03, 2011
Q&A - Describe the main kinds of intermediary involved in distribution channels
Q&A - Should a business avoid intermediaries and sell direct?
Q&A - What factors determine the type of distribution channel used by a business?
Q&A - How many stages does a distribution channel have?
Q&A - Outline the role of a distribution channel
Q&A - What is the role of “place” in the marketing mix?
Q&A - What is personal selling and merchandising?
Sunday, January 02, 2011
Q&A - Outline the role of public relations and sponsorship in promotion
Q&A - Describe the main features of advertising as a method of promotion
Q&A - What is the difference between “above” and “below the line” promotion?
Q&A - What are the main aims of promotion?
Q&A - What is promotion?
Q&A - How can a business use contribution pricing?
Q&A - What is competitor-based pricing?
Q&A - Outline the main methods of sales promotion
Q&A - Describe the main ways direct marketing is used in promotion
Q&A - Why might a business use psychological pricing?
Q&A - What is price discrimination and why do businesses use it?
Q&A - What is predatory pricing?
Q&A - Outline what is meant by cost-based pricing
Q&A - Outline how market research can help a business set its prices
Q&A - Distinguish between price and cost
Q&A - Should a business use a “loss leader” as part of its pricing tactics?
Friday, December 31, 2010
Q&A - What is the role of sampling in market research?
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Q&A - What is qualitative market research?
Q&A - What is quantitative market research?
Q&A - What are the main uses of market research?
Q&A - What are the main ways in which a business can obtain information on a market?
Q&A - What are key parts of product life cycle theory?
Q&A - How can the Boston Matrix help a business manage its product portfolio?
Q&A - Why do most businesses sell more than one product?
Q&A - What factors does a business need to consider when deciding whether to outsource?
Q&A - Explain what is meant by outsourcing
Q&A - What is the difference between outsourcing and offshoring?
Q&A - Evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of international expansion options
Q&A - What are the main issues in operating a multi-site business?
Q&A - Explain what is meant by industrial inertia
Q&A - How important is location in determining business success?
Q&A - Who does what in a company?
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Q&A - What are SMART objectives?
Q&A - Outline the role of functional objectives
Q&A - What is the cost of absenteeism and does it vary from firm to firm?
Q&A - Outline the ways in which a business can better manage stakeholder conflict
Q&A - Why might the objectives of stakeholders be in conflict?
Q&A - What power do stakeholders have over what a business does?
Q&A - What is absenteeism and what can businesses do about it?
Q&A - Why might high labour turnover be bad news for a business and what can it do about it?
Q&A - Explain what labour turnover is and why it happens
Q&A - Outline some ways in which a business might improve its labour productivity
Q&A - Explain what is meant by labour productivity and how it can be measured?
Q&A - Why do acquisitions often fail to deliver acceptable returns?
Q&A - What is meant by “synergy” in the context of a business acquisition
Q&A - Why are acquisitions so popular as a method of business expansion?
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Q&A - Explain what is meant by acquisitions or takeovers
Q&A - Should a business use franchising as part of its growth strategy?
Q&A - Explain “organic” or internal growth
Q&A - How can the expansion of a firm be measured?
Q&A - What is the difference between niche and mass marketing?
Friday, January 15, 2010
Q&A - Outline the main business benefits from market segmentation
Q&A - What is market segmentation?
Q&A - Explain the role of marketing objectives
Q&A - Explain how a marketing orientation differs from a production orientation
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Q&A - What is the purpose of marketing?
Q&A - What are the advantages and drawbacks of marketing planning
Q&A - What factors affect the marketing budget?
Q&A - Outline the main stages in the marketing planning process
Q&A - What methods can a business can use to expand into international markets?
Q&A - Explain Ansoff’s Matrix
Q&A - Is there an optimal level of gearing?
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Q&A - What is gearing?
Q&A - Explain price skimming
Monday, December 21, 2009
Q&A - What is the difference between pricing strategies & tactics?
Q&A - Explain what is meant by price positioning
Q&A - What factors should a business consider when setting its prices?
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Q&A - How does pricing link to the objectives of a business?
Q&A - What is price and why is it so important in the marketing mix?
Q&A - Which is best - quality control or quality assurance?
Q&A - How can benchmarking help with managing quality?
Q&A - What is involved in quality assurance
Q&A - Explain what is involved in quality control
Q&A - Can quality be measured?
Q&A - What are the costs of poor quality?
Q&A - Why is quality so important in business?
Q&A - Define what is meant by quality
Q&A - What is the continuum of leadership?
Friday, October 30, 2009
