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Hi Students, There will be another economics study group this Sunday. Last time we had four people attend and we did some paper 1 questions on supply side in a google doc. Basically we used Skype call to discuss the concepts and the question. The last two economics Skype sessions were at: 7:30-9PM (Bangkok/Jakarta/Hanoi) time. That's around afternoon time for you people in Europe and evening for those in Asia. If you are committed to this you can PM me to see last week's review. This week we will take a vote on the topic. If you are interested just PM me with your Skype ID and I will add you to the Skype group. We could do Paper 1 or 2 questions from the Tragakes CD. U…
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Hi i'm having trouble with finding an article on international economics... What are some keywords that I can search for? Everyone is saying international economics is easier to find an article than developmental economics but we haven't really learned international and he's expecting us to write on for thursday... Also, what would you talk about? What graphs would you use? any help is appreciated
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Hy everyone i am writing my ee over the next year to be honest but i wanted to finish writing at least half of it in this month and i would like all of you to suggest me a topic to write about in only microeconomics any help would be appreciated
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International Economics IA help needed
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Hey there, I'm writing my third commentary on the following article: http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/822899.shtml#.UwzWrvldWSq I chose it because it's pretty concise and it does not analyze the situation for me. However, this is the topic I paid least attention to and besides a tariff diagram and the effect of different stakeholders, I don't really know what to add. Can anyone suggest anything? I have to hand it in in less than two days, please help Thank you very much in advance, Stefan
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What's the best way to practice business? Any resources you use that you could share? Thanks. /
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I want to go to Stern Business school for my undergrad how do you think my class choices are Math SL Econ SL Bio HL Bus HL English HL History HL
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I am in the process of deciding on what should my EE be about. I definitely want to do it in Business&Management, but I have very little idea regarding the topic itself. I was considering writing about Durex company, but I'm not sure if that is ok…you know, ee on condoms, would that be treated seriously?
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So, for my BM IA - I want to do it on a restaurant. What are the possible research questions I can use, or even an outline of one would be greatly appreciated!
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Hi! I'm starting the first commentary for my Economics portfolio and want to focus on the topic of market failure. I have a few articles but am unsure which one is the best to do a commentary on? Apparently it is better that it doesn't mention any economic policies or methods to improve situations at all?? (My Economics teacher briefly looked at the articles which I showed him, but was not of much help!) - First article on obesity in young children: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/30/science/obesity-takes-hold-early-in-life-study-finds.html?_r=0 - Second article on increasing the smoking tax: http://news.sky.com/story/1189244/tobacco-tax-hike-would-save-200m-lives - Third…
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Does anyone have a list of the vocabulary required/needed (from the syllabus) for Economics SL ???
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Hi, I'm writing my commentary in the Development economics section and I've included a poverty cycle in my commentary. My question is: Does this count as a diagram? If not, it will count as 15 words and I'm above the word limit. Thanks!
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Hello, My economics teacher told us that if you put your name and candidate number in the header of the commentaries it counts towards the word count. She also told us adding the word count at the end also adds to the word count. Is this true?
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To students studying economics. Could you please help and explain to me the exact format of the commentaries. It says I have to cite 4 sources? Should it be articles (because before I've read sample works without any citations of other articles) Also, I would be very grateful to you if you could tell me for sure, do I have to add a diagram (even if I am writing on development economics)? THANK YOU!
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hi guys, I'm in 10th grade now and im choosing my ib lessons. Im taking Turkish HL,English HL,Biology SL and TSS Sl. But the problem is I dont know about should i take the business and management hl or math hl?i wanna study economics or business in US colleges and now im confused.If i take math sl is there any problem for college? HELP ME!
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So my school is doing course selection for next year right now, and I have to choose my IB courses. I've chosen everything except what my group three is going to be. I can either take Psych HL or Business and Management HL, my class will be the first year to be able to take B+M. I have a couple of different questions, did people find B+M helpful in university? Part of why I want to take B+M is to see whether or not I want to go into business, will B+M actually help me with that? How time consuming is it? What about compared to Psych? Level of difficulty of Psych as compared to the level of difficulty to Business? Do I have a decent chance of getting a 7 in either? Which c…
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Hello Everyone! Could those who have chosen Economics HL give me a true, honest opinion on the subject. These are my current Subjects Maths HL (Will drop to SL) English HL Economics HL Latin SL Music HL Chem HL Will drop to 3 HL and SL's end of this year. I am currently scoring 7 in all exams. Could you please tell me how difficult is ecos HL? Is it a subject where the 'HL' lies in the actual amount of theory work or is it a 'HL' because the actual final exam papers are legit difficult like Maths HL. If a ****load of effort and work is put into ecos HL, will it secure a 7? For example, maths HL is theory heavy AND the final exam is very difficult. Therefore, regardless…
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Help with my first Economics SL IA
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Dear all, I am currently studying for my first year of the IB diploma in an international school in Italy. I am writing my first IA of Economics about and article on 'The Times of India' website (http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-28/india/34147534_1_price-control-nlem-essential-medicines) and would appreciate very much is someone could help me by telling me what do I need to include in the assessment since it has to be no more than 750 words. If you want to see my IA you can find the online document from Google Drive here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K6W4cU6-iUClfu8eqVsYRrm7GoSJFWsCvYMqnsHjbC0/edit?usp=sharing I've enabled the possibility to com…
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Hi, I would just like to know how essential is primary data for the HL Research Project? I have a topic, and a company, but I am unable to attain any primary data from them. Thanks
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Hi, i am in Year 11 currently and need to choose my IB subjects for next year. I plan to major in finance/commerce at US/Canadian universities. HL: Maths, Economics, Psychology SL: english lang/lit, arabic b or spanish ab initio, chemistry Is it necessary to take HL maths if i plan to major in finance in america/canada? I'm currently doing IGCSE additional maths and am getting B/C's (could get an A if i put effort but i don't because i dont plan on taking the exam and i've already gotten an A* in IGCSE maths) If i drop HL maths i'd probably switch it with HL Chemistry. If it helps im a US citizen, so taking HL maths would make a more competitive student but its not tha…
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Hi, my class recently just finished government intervention and i have a feeling that we are progressing slowly. So i was wondering if you anyone could tell me where they're at. ps: for 2015 examinations
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Hello! I am a Pre IB student and am aiming to take HL Economics next year(I wanted to take Business and Management but our school doesn't offer it). Is it relevant for me to take HL Maths? I am interested in international business/relationship and communication. Considering my current Math grades I think I am competent enough for HL, hopefully. Please share your experience, what does universities look for even? I am confused...
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I'm standard level, so for my research question, I was thinking of examining the business strategy of Chromatic Technologies (because I love chemistry and I find what they're doing so frickin' cool ). Here are two potential research questions I came up with: 1) Should Chromatic Technologies pursue organic or inorganic growth and why? 2) Which of the four growth strategies of the Ansoff matrix is most feasible financially and risk-wise for Chromatic Technologies and why? Do you guys have any advice for which one I should choose? Or should I scrap both and look at another aspect of the business? Thank you all so much!
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I haven't started on my internal assesment for bm yet and I would like to do it on a hotel. In bangkok right now, with the political situation, I think it may be interesting to look at how this has affected the tourism industry and the hotel and come up with a solution for it... I really need ideas for a research question, or just what aspect of the BM course to focus on.. or something. I am panicking and so stuck right nowww. Help is truly appreciated! Thank you so much!
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What the topic title said. I'm planning on doing both these subjects at a higher level and I read that it's generally a bad idea to do both courses and should only stick to one. I don't think I'll be switching out my subjects anymore but I'd still like to hear opinions from both Econs & BNM takers. And would I be able to get into a decent law school with these two subjects being my HLs and Lit being the third? Thanks in advance
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Heyy, can anyone help me find the business and management question bank free download link online?
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Heyyy! okay so i need help. My word limit has been greatly exceeded. So, my question is does the research plan get included into the word count? THANK YOU
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So, i was doing some research on the Blockbuster's drop in market share for my business internal assessment and i can't find anything about how they solved that problem, i have unreliable sources that it turned all its investment to online stores but i can't use it if i cant find it online. Anyway i was thinking if you could suggest good title questions for my IA and if you have any advice or tips or like an idea for a new IA id love you forever Thanks
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Hello, I am currently in IB 2 and I take business and management SL and my IA topic is analysis of a company opening up another company(result of a merger) in another country and how it would impact the country(the economy, government, citizens, competitors etc). So basically starting up a new company in a new market. And.. I have a small doubt about the IA As the syllabus says I can only write my IA on problems that are related to what I have learned in IB but says nothing about the solutions.. So..can I not use the decision making tools that are not in my syllabus? for example Porters Five forces or the five C's.. And if I can't use the tools that are out of the s…
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Hey guys, So I need help in formulating a BM extended essay topic. I want to do it on marketing and the business is my friends’ moms’ boutique. She designs clothes for women and girls along with accessories. I'm having a lot of trouble figuring out a question along those lines! Please help me! It's very urgent!
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Well I just started IB very recently and had my first DP economics class today. All classes start out at SL and we get to choose our HLs later on. I missed out on the first econs class as I had previously been doing history but switched out into econs after my first history lesson. My teacher asked the class who will be planning to do econs at a higher level for IB and I said I was. At this point he started ranting on about how incredibly difficult HL econs will be and that there will even be things that he will not be able to answer without personal research of the material of his own. He emphasized that there will be a lot of math used in econs and that there were a l…
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Hey guys! Recently I've become quite anxious with Economics because my teacher increased my grade. While I did work hard to achieve the better grade, I have practically no confidence that I will be able to get that grade for my final exams. And I don't want to disappoint my teacher. There's just so much to remember for economics and sometimes it's difficult to memorise the content because I find it hard to understand the concepts. Any of your tips, notes, opinions, your experience etc. on how you did well in HL Economics that you would like to share would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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Hi guys, since we received the preseen case study for the business course, (The Imperial), Do you have any possible questions that could come on it in the exam?
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Hey, guys! I am writing my IA about motivation within a business, and agreed with the teacher that I should wait with my RQ until I was finished with the rest of the essay, and now he is sick!! I am looking into motivation in a business, and whether or not the management in the business and the people that work within production see the motivational work done in the business in the same way, if you get what I mean. I have interviewed the person who is responsible for motivating the employees, and then done a survey among the workers based on the information I got in the interview. Do you have any suggestions as to how I could alter the RQ? At the moment I have "Do the…
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Hi, I have a term paper coming up in 2 days and I haven't picked up the textbook yet. Is the textbook terribly important to study from, or is this like IGCSE where it's all common sense? I don't really feel like going through 118 pages in two days for business and management, any help would be appreciated P.S. anyone got any good notes?
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Hi guys, just like the title my question is: If I am going to include the financial extrapolation data of revenue costs in tables with figures is it part of 2000 word count? Because the syllabus said that "figures" are not ?
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Hey guys, I have to do an Econ Macroeconomics commentary soon. I am currently looking for articles, and these are the ones I found. http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/417531/philippines-is-fastest-growing-asian-country-for-first-quarter-of-2013 http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/11/11/philippines-economy-typhoon/3494517/ - Philippine Inflation/Growth rate http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9986806/Greek-unemployment-hits-a-fresh-record.html - Greek unemployment http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/european-business/spain-unveils-46-billion-plan-to-get-young-back-to-work/article9659563/%C2%A0/…
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Economics for the IB Diploma by Ellie Tragakes
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I was doing the test your understanding questions in my Econ book called Economics for the IB Diploma by Ellie Tragakes, I was wondering if someone could post the answers or a link to the answers so I can check to insure I am doing them correctly. Thank you!
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Or could I possibly do it on a small business I opened up myself? It isn't exactly a business, but it is one of my CAS activities, and I do sell services and make some money from it. Thanks!
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Hello I was wondering, do you know who grades the Internal Assessment for Economics SL? (The articles commentaries) At first, I thought that ALL IA for ALL SUBJECTS were going to be graded by the teachers and moderated by the IB people but maybe I am wrong
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Hello, I was just wondering how you should tackle the exam questions as my B&M teachers tell us to write in full sentences and have a ''discussion'' while in the mark schemes of past papers show that many of the answers are in bullet form and have almost no discussion or explanations, just simple answers to the questions. Any advice would be appreciated.
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If I want to pursue economics and management degree is this subject choice alright? HL- Chem Physics Eco SL- Math English Spanish I'm looking at colleges like Carnegie Mellon, NYU, UC's, LSE
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i've completed my iAs until i heard that a newspaper article online, if it has been published, it's considered a newspaper. no way i'm throwing away my IA for that. i might lose my rubric marks but is it true? is there even a newspaper online that is not published. where do you get that?
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Im doing it in market structure ee
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Hellooooo ~ I'm doing an article on inflation in Britain but I have absolutely no idea how to incooperate diagrams into this IA. Our teacher only taught us aggregate demand and aggregate supply right now but he expects us to finish this IA for tomorrow.. If you guys have any possible suggestions that'd be great ~! Someone told me the Phillips curve could work but I dont know... I want 2 diagrams atleast
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Hello guys, I was just wondering how hard it is to actually get a level 7 in HL business and management? Do you guys have any tips for the exam?
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Hi guys, So I just finished my IA on International Economics on India's widening CA deficit and I was going to turn it in. I was proof reading it one last time so I went to read the article, but unfortunately, the news source (Times of India) deleted the article So do I re do my IA, just submit what I have or find a similar article? Thank you
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So, I'm in DP1. And, my subject choice is: HL: Math, Economics, Business, Computer Sciences SL: English & Spanish I'm thinking of doing Economics in undergrad. And, I'm thinking of doing AP Macro/ Micro Economics or both? How much time would I have to invest? Also, would I have to do projects + Assignments. Do you guys know of any online AP sites? And, can I take the AP exams some time other than May. Thanks
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Hello, I have an exam tomorrow, and I lost my textbook. I would appreciate any notes on microeconomics (just chapters 1-5 are to be covered) or a pdf version of the textbook, if available. Thanks
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Hello! Do you think this article is good? http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/146715/timerman-calls-on-developed-nations-to-reduce-protectionism- Thanks a million
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Hey! I've been looking for a proper article for a while now and I'm getting pretty desperate... Do you think any of these are decent? http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90778/8330238.html http://www.china.org.cn/business/2012-01/06/content_24338697.htm http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-12-10/the-latest-danger-in-ukraine-currency-crash Thank you so much xx
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