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Centre assessed exam 1 Flashcards

1
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What are Porter’s five forces?

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  • Threat of new entrants
  • Buyer power
  • Supplier power
  • Threat of substitutes
  • Rivalry
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In Porter’s five forces model, what is threat of entrants all about?

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How new competitors will affect businesses

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In Porter’s five forces model, what is buyer power all about?

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Buyers want products at a lower price as possible and how much power they have to demand this.

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In Porter’s five forces model, what is supplier power all about?

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How much power suppliers have to demand the highest price possible.

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In Porter’s five forces model, what is the threat of substitutes all about?

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How likely customers are to buy alternative products

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In Porter’s five forces model, what is the rivalry within the industry all about?

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How much competition there is within the industry

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What are some strategies to raise barriers to entry?

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  • Patents or trademarks
  • Established businesses may take control of distribution channels
  • Threatening new entrants with a price war
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What are some strategies to influence buyer power?

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  • A company might buy the supplier out

- Similar businesses could form a buying group in order to buy in bulk and offer better deals

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What are some strategies to influence supplier power?

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  • Businesses can try to tie buyers into long-term contracts
  • Suppliers can use forward integration to gain power
  • Businesses could develop new products and patent them to gain supplier power
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What are some strategies to reduce the threat of substitutes?

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  • Businesses can make it expensive or difficult to switch to substitutes
  • they could differentiate to create more brand loyalty
  • Identify gaps in the market and target the needs of these customers
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What are the main reasons for Market research?

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  • It helps businesses spot opportunities
  • It helps them decide what to do next
  • It helps them see if their plans are working
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What are the setbacks of doing market research?

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  • Can be expensive

- Bad research can lead to terrible business decision being made

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What is qualitative research?

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It looks into feelings and motivations of consumers through using open-ended questions?

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What is quantitative research?

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It produces numerical statistics through the use of closed-end questions

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What is primary research?

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It is gathered first hand through the use of questionnaires, interviews, surveys and focus groups.

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What is secondary research?

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Secondary research involves the summary of existing research that was collected by someone else.

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What is SWOT analysis?

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It is a four-factor model that details the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats facing a business.

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18
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What is the equation for Market Capitalisation?

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Number of shares issued x current share price

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19
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What is a zero-hour contract?

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This is when employees are not guaranteed any hours on a weekly basis

20
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What is a full-time contract?

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When employees must work a minimum of 35 hours weekly and are very beneficial financially and security-wise.

21
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What is a part-time contract?

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Similar to a full-timer but employees can work less than 35 hours a week

22
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What type of decisions do SWOT analysis help with?

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Strategic decisions

23
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What is the current ratio?

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Current assets/ current liabilities

24
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What is the ROCE equation?

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(Operating profit/ equity + non-current liabilities) x100

25
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What is the inventory turnover equation?

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Cost of sales/average number of stock held

26
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What is the payables days equation?

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(Payables/ cost of sales) x365

27
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What is the receivables days equation?

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(receivables/cost of sales) x 365

28
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What is the gearing ratio?

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(Non-current liabilities/ equity + non-current liabilities) x100

29
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What is the chain of command in a tall structure?

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Long chains of command

30
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What is the chain of command in a short structure?

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Short chain of command

31
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What is the span of control in a tall structure?

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Narrow

32
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What is the span of control in a short structure?

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Wide

33
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What is delayering?

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This is the removal of a layer in the hierarchy of a business to decrease costs

34
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What are the advantages of a centralised structure?

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  • Leaders have lots of experience
  • Decisions are consistent throughout the business
  • Senior managers are not biased to certain departments
  • Decisions are made quickly
35
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What are the disadvantages of a centralised structure?

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  • May not be experienced for such large decisions
  • Can de-motivate employees as they are excluded from decisions
  • Takes a long time to implement
36
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What are the advantages of a decentralised structure?

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  • Involvement will motivate employees
  • Employees can use expert knowledge of their sector
  • Day-to-day decisions can be much quicker
37
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What are the disadvantages of a decentralised structure?

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  • Junior managers may not have the experience
  • Inconsistencies between departments could occur
  • Junior managers may not see the overall situation of the business
38
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What is the equation for labour productivity?

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Output/ number of employees

39
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What are ways to increase efficiency?

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  • Improve worker motivation
  • Training workers
  • New technology
40
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What is JIT production?

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This means only ordering materials when they are necessary in order to minimise storage costs.

41
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What is time-based management?

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Companies try to be the first to get their product on the market.

42
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What are advantages of time-based management?

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  • It reduces lead time
  • Gives the company a competitive advantage
  • More varied product range
  • Drives innovation by decreasing R&D time
43
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What are the advantages of a capital-intensive production?

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  • Cheaper in the long term
  • Machinery is more precise
  • Available 24/7
  • Machines are easier to manage than people
44
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What are the disadvantages of a capital-intensive production?

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  • High set-up costs
  • Machines are inflexible
  • Can be long delays if machines break
  • Workers can become demotivated
45
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What are the advantages of a labour-intensive production?

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  • People are flexible and can be retrained
  • Cheaper for small-scale production
  • Cheaper if Low-cost labour is available
  • Workers can solve problems and input ideas
46
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What are the disadvantages of a labour-intensive production?

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  • It’s harder to manage people than machines
  • People can be unreliable
  • People need breaks or holidays
  • People will demand higher wages
47
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What is the market share equation?

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company sales / total sales x 100

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