Revsion Quickers Flashcards
Business role in society
Create jobs
Increase tax levels
Businesses create wealth by what?
Adding value as it goes through the production line things are added to the product to make it worth more money
Advantages and disadvantages of a business
A- they create jobs, results to more being spend and higher demand
Dis- environmental impact
Sectors of economy?
Private
Public
Third
What is a private limited company and it’s ad tables and disadvantages?
They are a business that are owned by shareholders and are financed through family and fiends and personal shareholders investments.
A- limited liability, no loss of control, accounts are private
D- shared profit, legal process. Is difficult, limited capital
What is a public limited company?
They are businesses owned by shareholders and run by boards of directors on the behalf of the tax payers.
A- they have large amount of finance, banks trust them, limited liability
d- control is lost, hard to set up, accounts are publicised
Compare LTD to a PLC?
Shares
Accounts
Limited liability
What is a franchise?
When a franchiser gives permission to a franchiser to use the businesses logos and products in another branches in return of a percentage of the franchises profit.
Advantages and disadvantages for a franchiser?
A- profits %, new markets, failure split
D- could have made more proof it’s itself, training and support, reputation
Advantages and disadvantages for a franchisee?
A- gets support and training, no advertisement costs, profit is already sure to be made.
D- high amount of capital needed to start up, % of profit is given to franchiser, cannot make large strategic decisions
What is a multinational?
When a businesses operates in more than one country
Advantages and disadvantages of a multinational?
A- new geographical markets, legislation is different in other counties, cost for highly skilled employees are cheaper
D- language barriers, the currency exchange, political state of a counties
What is a local enterprise?
A local social enterprise is a organisation set up to provide goods and services for a profit which then they reinvest into the business to help a good cause
The advantages of this are that governments see this as good so they give government grants to help them expand and help the society
Compare objectives in a public limited company to a public sector organisation?
Plc- maximise profit private sector - maximise services
Plc- maximise customer sat fiction private sector - use taxes wisely
Plc- maximise sales private sector - increase the standard of living
What is a mission statement
A summary of the business’s aims and objectives and they are normally starve tic sections made by senior managers