Global Industries and Companies | Edexcel A-Level Business (9BS0)
Global Industries and Companies
- 86 questions
- 3 subtopics
- Theme 4: global business
- Paper 1 and Paper 3
Global industries and companies closes Theme 4.
It covers what a multinational does to the country it operates in, the ethical questions that follow it across borders, and the political, legal and public pressures that hold it to account.
Sample questions from Global Industries and Companies
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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The impact of MNCs
Why are environmental problems from MNC operations often more severe in certain host countries?
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Because weaker environmental regulations allow MNCs to operate with fewer restrictions on pollution and resource use. -
The impact of MNCs
What is skills transfer and how does it occur through MNC activity?
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Skills transfer occurs when MNCs train local workers in new techniques, management practices, and technical knowledge that can then spread to other parts of the economy. -
Ethics
State three ethical issues associated with business emissions.
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Carbon footprint from manufacturing and transportation, air pollution affecting local communities, and contribution to climate change. -
Ethics
Define misleading product labelling.
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Providing false, incomplete, or deceptive information about a product's contents, origin, quality, or environmental credentials. -
Controlling MNCs
How do pressure groups use campaigns to influence and control MNCs?
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Pressure groups organise targeted campaigns that highlight specific corporate practices, mobilise public opinion, and demand changes in MNC behaviour through sustained media attention and coordinated action. -
Controlling MNCs
Why does the ability to exploit differences in national laws complicate legal control of MNCs?
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MNCs can take advantage of weaker regulations in some countries by locating certain activities there, effectively choosing which legal standards to operate under and undermining stricter controls elsewhere.
The 3 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
|---|---|---|
| The impact of MNCs | Effects on local labour, wages and working conditions, on local businesses and communities, and on the national economy through FDI flows, tax and technology transfer. | 28 |
| Ethics | Stakeholder conflicts, pay and working conditions, emissions and waste disposal, exploitation of labour in supply chains, and misleading marketing. | 28 |
| Controlling MNCs | Political influence and the threat of nationalisation, legal control, pressure groups, boycotts and social media, and the limits on how far each can control a multinational. | 30 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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