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Theme 1: Understanding External Influences on Business

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What you'll learn

The outside factors a new business must consider.

Key ideas

  • Stakeholders and their differing interests.
  • Technology, legislation (consumer and employment law).
  • Economic factors: interest rates, unemployment and consumer income.

Exam tips

  • Explain how each factor affects the business.
  • Consider several stakeholders.

Common mistakes

  • Describing factors without applying them.
  • Ignoring stakeholder conflict.
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