Survive and prosper - emerging markets in the global recession

The Economist Intelligence Unit has just published a report that seeks to examine the business opportunities within emerging markets in the context of the current economic climate.  They have surveyed over 500 companies during July and August 2009 to identify the issues and concerns of businesses that either already operate in emerging markets, or are actively considering doing so.

Emerging Markets - China’s Growth in Charts

Here are a series of up-to-date charts which help illustrate the rapid economic growth in China and its effect on key consumer markets of interest to businesses in developed economies…

Halloween - packed full of business studies lesson ideas

Its over for another year (thank goodness).  But the seasonal horror fest that is Halloween is a great source of business teaching material, as demonstrated by this BBC Video…

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Q&A - How are businesses affected by unemployment?

Businesses are affected in a variety of ways depending on whether unemployment is high or low, and rising or falling.

Q&A - What are the main causes of unemployment?

The causes of unemployment can be described under four main categories:
- Seasonal unemployment
- Frictional unemployment
- Structural unemployment
- Cyclical unemployment

Q&A - Explain what unemployment is and how it is measured

Unemployment arises when the supply of those making themselves available for work is greater than the demand for workers.  Unemployment is, therefore, the excess supply of labour in the labour market.

Managing Cash Flow - Beware the Economic Recovery

An excellent recent article in the ACCA magazine examines an interesting phenomenon - more businesses collapse at the beginning of a recovery than during the depths of a recession. Its all to do with working capital…

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Strictly and X-Factor Drive Demand for Pizza

A hat tip to Gavin Chatterton for flagging this super news story that provides a neat alternative to the useful lesson on Dominos Pizza…

A textbook example of how rising unemployment affects demand

The substantial rise in youth unemployment in the UK is starting to hit certain markets harder than others.  Here is a great example to use with business students…

Demand is booming for UK Cinemas

When Tim Richards (VUE Cinema CEO) spoke to Business Teachers at the 2009 National Business Teacher Conference, he was pretty upbeat about prospects for the UK cinema industry.  Turns out Tim was right to be optimistic!