AQA BUSS4 - Research Theme for 2010 - UK Recession

The AQA BUSS4 research theme for the June 2010 and January 2011 sittings has been released.  The theme is The Recent Recession in the UK.

The specific research bullets contained in the research theme are as follows {source AQA]:

Research Theme – The Recent Recession in the UK

In your research on the recent recession in the UK you should consider:

- how the recession can create opportunities and threats for businesses and industries
- the long-term strategies and short-term plans adopted by businesses in the recession
- factors influencing the strategies businesses adopt in the recession
- strategies that businesses could have adopted to prepare for the recession
- the possible impact of the recession on stakeholders and on relationships between businesses and their stakeholders
- the case for and against different businesses and industries receiving government financial support during a recession.

Your research should consider the effects of and reaction to the recent recession in the UK in relation to different businesses and industries.

Regular readers of the Business Studies and Economics Blogs will know that there is a substantial quantity of research material available for the above research bullets on tutor2u. We've got a terrific team of AQA teachers and authors who are now working to help teachers and students conduct their research - both via the tutor2u blogs and using our terrific BUSS4 Pre-Release Research Toolkit - which will contain detailed analysis and evaluation of possible exam approaches to the research bullets.

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