Economist levelling a scale of exports and imports illustrating correcting balance of payments disequilibrium
Entrepreneurship, Managerial Economics

Quick answer: Balance of payments disequilibrium is corrected through automatic adjustment (exchange rates and prices) and deliberate measures. Monetary measures

Company island linked to government, society, nature and market islands, illustrating the business environment
Entrepreneurship, Marketing & Sales

Quick answer: The business environment is made up of internal and external factors that are interdependent and constantly changing. It

National ledger with current, capital and reserve columns, illustrating balance of payments format
Managerial Economics, Marketing & Sales

Quick answer: The balance of payments records all economic transactions between a country’s residents and the rest of the world.

City split between public and private sectors joined by a bridge, illustrating a mixed economy
Managerial Economics, Marketing & Sales

Quick answer: A mixed economy combines private enterprise and market prices with state ownership, planning and welfare. Advantages: economic freedom

State planning office sharing goods equally among citizens, illustrating a socialist economy
Managerial Economics, Marketing & Sales

Quick answer: Advantages of a socialist economy: less inequality, basic needs covered, low open unemployment, rapid build-up of heavy industry,

Free-market street with a scale weighing wealth against hardship, illustrating pros and cons of capitalism
Managerial Economics, Marketing & Sales

Quick answer: A capitalist economy runs on private ownership, profit and free markets. Its advantages are efficient production, good use

Manager and worker shaking hands at a table with a government mediator
Managerial Economics, Marketing & Sales

Quick answer: Industrial relations is the relationship between employers, employees and their unions, and the government. It has three faces

City divided between office towers and a poor neighbourhood bridged by education and jobs
Managerial Economics

Quick answer: Social injustice in the business environment shows up in unequal access to income, jobs, education, health, water and

Head office linked to local and foreign branches, illustrating branch accounting
Accounting

Quick answer: Branch accounting records the transactions of each branch separately so a business can see each branch’s profit. The

Department store floors with an accountant dividing shared expenses
Accounting

Quick answer: Departmental accounts show the profit of each department of a store separately, so management can see which departments