February 2025

The Business Environment: Introduction

By |2025-02-12T08:59:29+02:00February 12th, 2025|Cambridge AS A Level Business Studies, Notes, ZIMSEC A Level Business Studies, ZIMSEC Business Enterprise Skills|

Cambridge AS A Level Business Studies/ ZIMSEC Advanced Level Business Studies/ Business Enterprise Skills Notes: The Business Environment

  • Businesses do not operate in a vacuum
  • There are a number of factors/players that affect the way a business operates
  • For example, a business has suppliers and customers both who are critical to its operations
  • These factors can […]
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AS A Level Business: Sole Trader Business

By |2025-02-12T09:25:09+02:00February 12th, 2025|Cambridge AS A Level Business Studies, Notes, ZIMSEC A Level Business Studies, ZIMSEC Business Enterprise Skills|

Cambridge AS A Level Business Studies/ ZIMSEC Advanced Level Business Studies/ Business Enterprise Skills Notes: Types of businesses: Sole Trader

  • One popular form of business is a sole trader business
  • It is also known as a sole proprietorship
  • This is because there is only one owner (proprietor) who owns and usually runs the business

Characteristics/Features of a sole trader […]

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AS A Level Business: Public Sector Businesses

By |2025-02-12T08:56:13+02:00February 12th, 2025|Cambridge AS A Level Business Studies, Notes, ZIMSEC A Level Business Studies, ZIMSEC Business Enterprise Skills|

Cambridge AS A Level Business Studies/ ZIMSEC Advanced Level Business Studies/ Business Enterprise Skills Notes: Introduction To The Public Sector

  • As said in the introduction to business sectors
  • All business can generally be classified as either belonging to the public sector or private sector
  • A sector is simply a group of businesses that share […]
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The External business Environment (PESTEL)

By |2025-02-12T09:01:08+02:00February 12th, 2025|Cambridge AS A Level Business Studies, Notes, ZIMSEC A Level Business Studies, ZIMSEC Business Enterprise Skills|

Cambridge AS A Level Business Studies/ ZIMSEC Advanced Level Business Studies/ Business Enterprise Skills Notes: The External business Environment (PESTEL)

  • As mentioned in our introduction to this topic
  • Businesses do not operate in isolation
  • There are external factors which also exert their influence on its operations
  • These external factors together constitute the external business environment
  • The […]
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AS A Level Business: Partnership Businesses

By |2025-02-12T09:27:43+02:00February 12th, 2025|Cambridge AS A Level Business Studies, Notes, ZIMSEC A Level Business Studies, ZIMSEC Business Enterprise Skills|

Cambridge AS A Level Business Studies/ ZIMSEC Advanced Level Business Studies/ Business Enterprise Skills Notes: Types of businesses: Partnership

  • Partnerships are another popular form of business
  • Individuals with a shared business interest can start a partnership from scratch
  • However, it is also common for two or more sole traders to join forces and become a partnership
  • This allows […]
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AS A Level Business: Going Public

By |2025-02-12T09:00:07+02:00February 12th, 2025|Cambridge AS A Level Business Studies, Notes, ZIMSEC A Level Business Studies, ZIMSEC Business Enterprise Skills|

Cambridge AS A Level Business Studies/ ZIMSEC Advanced Level Business Studies/ Business Enterprise Skills Notes: Going Private 

  • A lot of companies start as private limited countries for various reasons
  • However eventually a lot of companies eventually “go public”
  • Going public-is when a private limited company is converted into a public limited company
  • When a […]
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Enterprising/ Entrepreneurship : Introduction

By |2025-02-12T09:03:15+02:00February 12th, 2025|Cambridge AS A Level Business Studies, Notes, ZIMSEC A Level Business Studies, ZIMSEC Business Enterprise Skills|

Cambridge AS A Level Business Studies/ ZIMSEC Advanced Level Business Studies/ Business Enterprise Skills Notes: Enterprising/ Entrepreneurship : Introduction

  • As said elsewhere there are four factors of production
  • These are: capital, land, labour and enterprise/entrepreneurship
  • An entrepreneur can be defined as an individual who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on financial risk to […]
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AS A Level Business: Private Limited Companies

By |2025-02-12T09:32:53+02:00February 12th, 2025|Cambridge AS A Level Business Studies, Notes, ZIMSEC A Level Business Studies, ZIMSEC Business Enterprise Skills|

Cambridge AS A Level Business Studies/ ZIMSEC Advanced Level Business Studies/ Business Enterprise Skills Notes: Types of businesses: Private Limited Companies

  • As we have already mentioned, there are many specific types of limited liability companies in existence throughout the world
  • However, there are two main general types of limited liability companies:
    • Private limited […]
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AS A Level Business: Going Private

By |2025-02-12T09:01:11+02:00February 12th, 2025|Cambridge AS A Level Business Studies, Notes, ZIMSEC A Level Business Studies, ZIMSEC Business Enterprise Skills|

Cambridge AS A Level Business Studies/ ZIMSEC Advanced Level Business Studies/ Business Enterprise Skills Notes: Going Private 

  • We have already looked at what it means to go public
  • Going private is the opposite of that
  • Going private is when a company goes from being a public limited company whose shares are available for public trade […]
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Characteristics Of A Successful Entrepreneur

By |2025-02-12T09:06:29+02:00February 12th, 2025|Cambridge AS A Level Business Studies, Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, ZIMSEC A Level Business Studies, ZIMSEC Business Enterprise Skills|

Cambridge AS A Level Business Studies/ ZIMSEC Advanced Level Business Studies/ Business Enterprise Skills Notes: Enterprising/ Entrepreneurship : Characteristics Of A Successful Entrepreneur

  • Now that we have looked at what an entrepreneur is and what they do
  • In simple terms, an entrepreneur is a person who brings together the factors of productions to produce goods and […]
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