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Even though there are several guides here on IBS on how to write the Evaluation in Economics Internal Assessment I thought I could add this to it! There is a very useful acronym that can be used for evaluating in Economics IAs called CLASPP. Under is the explanation of the different letters and what you should aim at doing in the evaluation and the individual points/letters. (d.) — A clasp is something that holds things together. But (spelled with 2 P’s) it’s also an acronym for the 6 types of evaluation in IB Economics. Try to do all 6 parts. Conclusions What can we conclude from the theory (that you’ve explained in your analysis)? Long-term and short-term effec…
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NOTE: This thread was written based on the syllabus for exams in 2012. A lot of this stuff is still useful for the 2013 syllabus though Ready to own economics? Alright, here we go! We’ll tackle this paper part by part. For paper 1, you will always have a choice of 4 questions. Each question has 2 parts, part A and part B. Each question usually relates to a specific section of the syllabus. For example, there could a question about price ceilings from microeconomics, a question about unemployment from macroeconomics, and so on. And you just have to choose ONE out of the four! So, it makes sense to pick the easiest question! Pick the question that you are most knowledgea…
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Ladies and Gentlemen, After snooping around in the Economics section of this board and using the search tool, I couldn't seem to find any links to internet sites, where you can read economics articles and possibly find one that suits a prospective commentary. So I came up with this idea that we can link websites that normally have relatively good articles to each other, so people can read them on a daily basis and eventually find some articles for their furture commentaries. I don't know if this will work out, but it's worth giving a try. Google News is a great source! It is updated like every 5th minutes and in the search box you can for instance search wine demand/pork …
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B&M HL or Eco HL? 1 2 3
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im looking at a career in business, my school offers both B&M and Eco, so is B&M HL worth it?? -since unis don't really care if you take it or not- or should i take both eco and B&M??? and is it virtually impossible to get a 7 in eco?!?! may 2010 candidate
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What is an IA? An internal Assessment in Economics is a written commentary based on an economics article that you have chosen. The article you choose should allow you to explain and analyze economic events. For Economics SL, your IA represents 25% of your total IB score for Economics. For Economics HL, your IA represents 20% of your total IB score for Economics. How it is assessed: There are 5 IB Criteria on which your commentary will be assessed: A - word limit+ IAs cover more than 3 sections of syllabus. [2 marks] B - 4 different sources + appropriate use of diagrams. [4 marks] C - Economic terms are used and are defined correctly. [5 marks] D - Theory explained an…
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Hello IB economists! I just made an app that includes comprehensive notes for the post-2013 examinations IB Economics syllabus (currently only supporting all SL topics). The app has detailed notes with corresponding diagrams for all topics (micro, macro, international, and development) and are made perfectly according to subtopics of the syllabus! I will soon upload some example responses marked by my Oxford teacher along with three of my internal assessments that were marked 44/45 overall. The link to the app is https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=economics.ib&hl=en. Feel free to check it out! Happy revising! :')
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Just got the case study from my teacher this morning..... Overall it seems so different from the previous ones. Let us discuss possible concepts that may appear in exams! PS: Dont know if it is appropirate, if not.. please delete this thread.
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Hey all I am uploading the Case Study for Paper 1 We have to prepare ourselves on this thoroughly Even if you could suggest the questions which are likely to appear. PAPER 1 - case study 2011.pdf
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Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum and will begin my IB diploma program next year. If I would like to study business in university should I consider choosing Business Management HL or Economics HL? Will I learn the same things in university if I took Business Management? Thanks.
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Here are the links to the notes and sample works for B&M and Economics that we have on our Files archive. To be able to download files, you have to be a VIP member or a VIP subscriber. Please see the FAQ for information on how to become a VIP or how to buy a VIP subscription. If you want to donate and contribute files to our archive, please see this announcement or this FAQ section. Business and Management Notes Sample Internal Assessments Economics Notes Sample Internal Assessments
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B-PHARMA B-Pharma, a public limited company, is one of the biggest multinational companies (MNC) in the pharmaceutical industry. It employs over 30000 people globally. The corporate headquarters are in Tsukuba Science City, Japan. B-Pharma was founded in 1973 by Yukio Nakamura. Strong demand in the mid-1980s and a period of economic boom in Japan enabled B-Pharma to grow and expand within the Pacific Rim. In 1986, a first subsidiary was established in Seattle, United States (USA). B-Pharma has also opened smaller subsidiaries in other countries such as Canada, Chile, Mexico, New Zealand, South Korea and Vietnam. Subsidiaries are responsible for both production …
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Hi, my HL Business IA first draft is due next week, and I created a good research in terms of how the acquisition of company y will affect company x's long term financial sustainability. However, when researching, I found out that there are no financial statements or balance sheets for company y to properly evaluate how it will affect company x. If I use mostly qualitative data, I will get marked down. Should I just revise my research question or should I continue? I'm already late and can't change my selected business company x.
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Hey guys! I was going to start preparing for paper 1 but unfortunately there aren't many resources online So I thought this may be a good platform to share notes/ideas/tips for the May 2014 case study For example, the case study focuses on the conflicting leadership style of Susan and Martin quite a lot. That is a possible question, as is the comparison of the three options. Any other ideas? Most of us are not too familiar with this paper, so its best to get all the help that we can!
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Hey Guys, As you know, the case study for 2014 has been released! I looked around the forum and didn't find any discussions on this subject, hence I decided to create a new post. So feel free to discuss the questions and possible concepts that you think might appear on the Paper 1. I have also attached the case study for your referral. SO LET'S HELP EACH OTHER AND ACE THIS! Cheers. PS I found tutor2u.com quite helpful, so you might want to check that out!? 2014 Case Study - PAPER 1.pdf
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Hello guys i hope you are doing well, so I'm taking business hl class and econ sl but i don't do well in both classes. in econ it's kind of fine but not because I understand the lessons i just learn them word by word but i want to understand them and in Business it's really bad i do understand the basic but it's not much so if you have some tips or any resources please share them it'll be helpful.
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Hi, all ib survivers! I am working on my third commentary now! I found a preview of an article about the subsidy and I want to use it as chosen article Does anyone have an acount on Bloomberg? please gift me an article!! I will be really appreciate it! I really need it for my econ 3rd commentary! best!
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HELLO! im currently doing my micro IA on monopolies, but im really struggling as I dont know how to structure, analyze or even write up an IA. can anyone please help me PLEASEEEE as it is due on Wednesday and my teacher isn't helpful at all. pls dm me on @ iwant.moneypowerglory on insta if u can help!! thanks
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I have been struggling with the entire subject the whole year, but I am tired of this, this first draft will be so good that there will not be any neccessity to improve it as it counts for the homework and the final year project, and I think that if I manage to get a nice sample, my work will be excellent. One last thing, no, my teacher didn't want to provide us with any sample, not even a draft :'(
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I have taken B & M SL but i wont mind books recommended for HL =[]
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Hey all! I'm completing SL Business Management online through Pamoja and was given the task of converting an organisation's balance sheet to the IB Format. I'm really struggling with the billion extra terms on the company's balance sheet, and am not quite sure where they fit into IB format. Help would be much appreciated. Link to Balance Sheet: https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/aapl/financials Link to IB Format (pg 90): https://v2res1.assessprep.com/direct_uploads/pamoja_assets/1328/d_3_busmt_gui_1402_4_e.pdf
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I have huge struggle of creating my reaserch proposal for my Bussines Managment investigation! Can anyone give me some suggestio?
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I am willing to major in Astronomy/astrophysics, which is making me wonder if taking HL chemistry will help me get into better universities as it is more related to my major than business, but Business HL might be easier (I'm unsure of that). So what am I supposed to choose to have a higher chance at top universities? The subjects I'm taking are: Math HL, Physics HL, Business HL(which I'm considering to drop and take Chem HL and Business SL instead), Chemistry SL, English A SL, Arabic A SL
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My Ia question is to what extent would the use of e-commerce help business Y improve brand awareness to further increase sales? However, I'm not sure what tools I should use or what questions to ask.
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Hey guys, Im currently working on my EE in business and my question will focus on Chapter 4 of the Business Syllabus, as I will talk about the use of an omnichannel strategy. In my question, I want to discuss if this will provide the Business with a USP, however Im unsure which analytical tools to use to analyse a USP, so now im thinking of potentially rewording my question and to analyse if it increased sales, attracted new customers, gained a larger customer base, etc. something like this. Can anybody help me with the problem?
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Hello all. I am a Junior in IB about to become a Senior, which means that the whole EE thing is being shoved down our throats. I chose Economics for my area of study due to a combination of interest and ease (for myself). However, I am having trouble finding a topic. My teacher wants us to do a microeconomic study because in his words "IB grades those higher". I live in Daytona, which has the famous Daytona International Speedway, so I was initially thinking to maybe analyze it's yearly economic impact on Volusia County (the county in which it's located). However, I'm having second thoughts. While the information that I can find should be fairly straightforward, I'm not s…
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Im currently struggling with dp course selection, should I study economy or business, what is the difference between the two subjects.
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Has someone thought about writing the business management EE on f1 marketing strategies and viewers decline if yes how did you tackle that topic and if someone has done it already how did it go
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Hey everyone, hope you are fine I am a second year IB student, and i am facing serious issues regarding my business management IA (SL). My topic is about the jubilee financial system an whether or not it can survive in the UK. 15 days before the final submission our teacher has told me that this topic is not acceptable because i cannot interview anyone about it. although i do not have interviews i have gathered primary data from internet. can anyone tell me if i should really write another IA or i should convince my teacher about this topic. I am really stressed out. Thankssss in advance!
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Can someone show me how to draw a subsidy aplied over a negative externality of consumption? Please I beg you, my econ IA 1 deadline is tomorrow
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Are there any articles that are easy to work on the Econ IA in the Microeconomics section?
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I have a test in a couple of days in economics and the teacher already told us what the question will most likely be however I am not that good at economics so I need a bit of help. The question is 'Discuss the effectiveness of government intervention as a response to abuse of market power in oligopolies?' How should I answer this question using graphs etc. Thanks
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Hello , I am studying in a Canadian school offering the national baccalaureate and the IB. As I am on my way to passing the MYP, I would like to make sure I take the right course choices next year. I would like to take the following courses: economics HL, global politics HL, MATH AA HL, biology SL, Philosophy SL, french SL. First of all, do you think I should change certain course choices.And in a second step, I saw in a similar topic that SL AA math could have better advantages. I would like to integrate a Business School in the long term to study management finance/economics.Thanks for your advices.
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Please suggest to me some good topics
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In DP Business Management Standard Level Internal Assessment. The students are required to choose up to 5 sources of information to use to to conduct a business analysis. The students are also required to include the entire publication in their Internal Assessment with the bits that they have used highlighted very clearly. These highlighted articles are in the Appendix and are called Support Articles 1-5. I want to know if it is allowed for students to cite the supporting article within their text with the reference [Supporting Article 1]/ [Appendix 1] etc. Or do they need to use the author of the publication's name and date of publication to cite in text? Thank you for y…
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Hello Everyone, So next year I'm starting IB (already doing MYP).... and I'm really curious which subjects to take. For my group 3 i'm gonna take Global Politics HL and choose between Econ and BM HL. I also considered History HL but I know it's extremely tough... so which one of the two you think I should take? Thanks a lot!
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Hey, so it's almost February and I just gave up my previous EE topic. I want to write about hospitality and my best ideas were to write about 1) capsules hotels vs traditional; 2) airbnb and traditional/luxurious hotels and another one about competitions among the hotel chains and oversaturated market
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Hello. Im IB student and Im writing IA for Business management in HL. And my research question is Should Company S use non-financial methods of motivation to retain workers during the Covid-19 pandemic? However, I don't know what business tool to use so can someone help me to find? :((((
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Hey guys, I'm about to start my second year of IB (**** my life). I feel like Chemistry HL has too much content to go through so I'm a little apprehensive about continuing because I don't want to learn so much content, especially additional organic chemistry where the content is just ****ing unbearably huge. In addition, I want to move from SL business to HL business management. I've already done a practice IA in SL where I got a high 6. I'm getting 7s in BM SL. I hope that the HL IA won't be that much harder, but I've heard that it is a little hard. The thing is, I just don't want to do something which I'll be hating (HL organic chemistry). SL chemistry seems very m…
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I see that most people do it as their first tool in their IAs, and I also read an article with tips on how to structure the IA and they said qualitative tools first. However, as I understand it, any conclusion drawn from my other tools could be a force right? Like let's say I find, using ratios, that the business's financial position is not very good. Wouldn't that be a restraining force? Maybe I don't understand well enough how this tool works, if you feel that way please tell me. But for me it sounds like a good idea to leave the force field analysis for the end and partially base it on the other tools. Will that look bad or penalize me, or is it alright?
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Do you think these research questions below can work in SL Business IA? Do you have any advice? - How does Apple deal with the new market of 5G against other competitors? - How should Apple deal with the new market of 5G against other competitors? - Should Apple prioritise using their financial sources for the 5G product development rather than the 4G product development?
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Hey I am currently struggling with my business IA Sl topic to choose any suggestions of good ia topics to use?
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Hi guys, recently I've been contemplating on switching from Physics HL to SL and from Business SL to HL (still on my first year in IB). However, I am planning to take a Computer Science major in either Canada, USA, or Australia. Is it a wise decision to change from Phys HL to SL? I've heard that Physics is a necessary subject for most CS-related majors. Also, how hard is Business HL compared to SL? I used to be a Science student but I've been getting really good grades in my Business SL tests and it seems really easy to me. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Hi, I have a question about My IA. My IA HL is about how to improve productivity using business models and tools. The business I'm doing is the store that sells sports equipment. I have two questions relate to that: I may be proposed for them to use Total Quality Management/Quality Circle to solve the problem. It is necessary that I have to have the same mindset as the management team at the business? I mean if I use it but the business doesn't plan to use it, is ok? But in my work, I will also identify some costs of apply TQM / Quality Circle. I am planning to use TQM/Quality Circle to survey the company's employees to see what problem they enco…
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Hi all, I'm currently working on the Research proposal for my B&M Internal Assessment and the more I try to find a tangible, realistic research question, the less ideas come to my mind I've already contacted the company I want to analyse: it's a cupcake shop in my former city (in Italy, while I'm living in Poland atm), therefore quite a small business. My teacher told me it's much better to focus on such companies rather than on big multinationals, because of the difficulties one could encounter when it comes to data fetching, timing and so on. At first I wanted to explore human resources but it wasn't realistic: how many employees could a store which is at the larg…
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BM IA
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please can someone send me a bm ia that uses ansoff matrix, diversification. I need reference from a good graded ia and I can’t find it. I need to submit it in 3 days. Please please please help
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The IBO has announced that section C in paper 2 is removed for both N22 and M22. (the CUEGIS question one) Does this mean we don't have to care anything about change, culture, ethics, globalisation, innovation, and strategy anymore? Because we don't have that essay anymore? Or do we still need to apply these concepts to other content? I'm just wondering if it's fine to skip this concept in the textbook. (because you know there are always descriptions about CUEGIS concepts at the end of the chapter but if it's fine to completely not study that for the exam then I won't waste time.) Does anyone know about this?
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Hi, I have a doubt with respect to the selection of the article done by the HL students. Are they allowed to search the micro IA based only on the HL topic ? Or they can choose the article based on the SL topic? Can you please clarify this doubt. Thank you in advance
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Hi! For my Business IA I'm focusing the company's issue on cultural clashes. I've decided I'd use a fishbone diagram to search for the root of the clashes based on a survey that aims to classify how well accommodated the new employees feel. Do you have any suggestions of more diagrams I could use for differences of culture? If you have an example of IAs that have cultural differences as the main issue I'd appreciate you send it to me because I haven't actually found any yet despite being a topic included on the area of the ib syllabus. Thank you for your attention! I appreciate it!
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Hi. I am currently working on a practice IA and needed some help. For my IA, I have chosen an article that essentially talks about a fossil fuel rebate and how it should be removed. So far I have written that the fossil fuel industry causes negative externalities and the removal of these rebates would help reallocate resources for incentivizing more sustainable methods. I know that rebates are essentially subsidies given to consumers to increase consumption, however I am stuck on the diagram as I am confused on how rebates affect the diagram. Would you please help me? Thanks in Advance
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Hello, I'm doing my IA on HR and I was wondering what business tools can I use?
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