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Hello fellow IBs, I'm doing an IA on developmental economics and just wanted to see what what your thoughts are on how suitable this article is to use. Here is the link http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18419643
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Hello! I apologise that this is the first topic I am making on this forum but I just needed to ask people this: why exactly do you like Economics? Or even if you don't, what is your motivation to study it? Because my exams are coming up in 3 months and I found myself utterly unmotivated to study it anymore. Obviously, I don't want to fail and realise that I need to study but I think finding out about what motivated other people to study it, what it is that they find exciting about the subject, will help me even more. And potentially other students just as well.
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Hello! I'm an IB student taking Business and Management SL, which is the subject i chose for my EE. my question's just another frequently asked question.. Is my research question general or specific enough and appropriate for the EE? Can I write 4000 words with this question? This is the question: To what extent has the external environment affected Chinese Restaurant's decision to advance into the banquet hall market? I'm planning to use a PEST analysis, Ansoff's matrix, and talk about change of management in my analysis. Chinese Restaurant is a private limited company whose owner i am closely acquainted with, so background data won't be a problem. I'm into my introducti…
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Hi guys People doing Business and Management SL IA, what ideas do you have for your research question? Also people who have done and got high marks before, can you also share your research questions...
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Hey guys I'm having a tough time developing my IA. I have my question and it is... In what different ways can The Active Network use Human Resource Management to improve their cash flow? I've found some great supporting documents but I'm having a tough time getting past this question and getting into some good analysis. Help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! http://seekingalpha.com/article/1173301-active-network-additional-signs-point-to-structural-insolvency http://seekingalpha.com/article/965321-the-active-network-accounting-problems-masking-functional-insolvency
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Hi everyone, I'm thinking of doing my Econ IA on fossil fuels, and how as they run out (scarce resource with negative externalities) they should be replaced with renewable energy. I was thinking of this article: http://www.care2.com/causes/renewable-energy-is-actually-cheaper-than-coal-and-gas-in-australia.html Could any of you look at it and give me an idea of what I can analyze economically in the article? Meaning, how can I translate this to a microeconomics IA?
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I was wondering which one would be best to choose for my article? And what should I focus on in a macro commentary to score high? http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_14/02/2013_483071 http://nvonews.com/2013/01/31/us-gdp-falls-unemployment-rate-high-yet-experts-sanguine/ http://www.themoscowtimes.com/opinion/article/reasons-to-be-reasonably-bullish-about-russia/475728.html http://theconversation.edu.au/obamas-pledge-to-raise-the-minimum-wage-is-good-policy-12258 http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/07/economic-growth-in-india-to-fall-to-five-percent/
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I had my Economic mock today (both papers), it was the sample paper. How did everyone find it/what questions did you do. I found it quite hard!!
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Hey everyone! I usually don't come here asking for help, but I'm quite helpless this time. When I handed in my margin notes for the IA (microeconomics), the teacher said the article was great, and when I did the IA, when she gave it back, she yelled at us for not even being able to chose an article and also told me without a second look that my article isn't fit for the IA purposes. Could you please take a look and tell me what you think? Because I'd rather keep the article, cause obviously I can't find better ones. Thank you in advance! the article : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9707673/Multi-buy-alcohol-deals-face-ban-under-minimum-price-plans.html
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What pricing strategy should company X use to regain lost market share?
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Oh well. Hi! I listen B&M on SL and I was wondering if I can do some kind of primary research (a research project) for my IA?? I would really like that! I wanted to take HL B&M but you can't really have 5 HL subjects, can you?? My teacher said it shouldn't be a problem but that he isn't really sure . Help???
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http://themoscownews.com/business/20130130/191188882/Kazakhstan-may-ban-Russian-oil-products.html OR http://en.ria.ru/business/20130130/179124175.html Which article would be better for my 3rd ia. They're both over the same thing: Kazakhstan putting a quota on Russian imports of oil products. I could talk about the effect of a quota/embargo on both economies, etc. So yay or nay?
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Hi, I'm starting with my B&M IA, and I want to know what do you think about my RQ, If it is narrow enough, and which of them is the most appropriate. RQ: Should XYZ SA invest in the improvement of their promotional mix with the aim of rising their sales? or Should the promotional mix from XYZ SA be improved in order to rise their sales? In both cases I want to apply the same analytical techniques, On the other hand, which research method do you think is the best for those RQs, because I'm considering using the observation for their cashflow and more or less just that, because I don´t consider an interview with the manager could give me the information that I need.
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Need ideas for what I should write about for this article as well as different graphs I can make. It would help a lottttt I was thinking obviously subsidies and maybe positive and negative externalities but anything specific would help http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/opinion/sunday/the-end-of-clean-energy-subsidies.html?_r=0
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Hi there guys, 1. Is it okay if I will copy paste definitions from economics textbook for my definitions and pretty much of my explanations (but I will still of course relate it to the article) ? should I use citation/ footnotes? 2. Should I explain every single component in the diagram as part of the analysis to achieve full marks? (e.g. why is that MSB curve is located under MPB curve in negative consumption externality) Thanks in advance!
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hi guys, is there any specific instruction of what fonts and size to be followed for IA? Plus single spacing/ 1.5 spacing requirements? Thanks!
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Imagine you are a reporter in StarIndia - News channel.You have just received the news that thailand,mexico,czech republic,china and swiss devalues its currency.present this as a news analysis to a layman.(terms used have to explained clearly,the MLC,J-curve has to be used - be very createive in doing this- you can even an economist on board - I would suggest Paul Krugman,its upto you).
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Hello, So I was wondering if anyone had advice on getting high marks in HL Business and Management, for the exams? This is the first year that my school has introduced the option of business, so my teachers don't have any experience about what to expect. And I am aiming for a level 6 or 7 for my exams (which are next year). I just want to start preparing early because I know this is a very tough course. And any advice from people who have also taken this subject in the past would be extremely beneficial! Thank you
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Hi guys, I'll be doing my mock exam this month! Does anyone have some useful HL Business notes? Cheers.
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Hi, I've chosen a music store for my BIA project. Although i've done my research on the company. I'm not to sure what i should base my IA on. A simple SWOT analysis won't help me fill up the IA with details and information. Please help me find a good bunch of questions to ask them.
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So I have the Oxford University Press IB Economics Course Companion for the IB Diploma (2nd Edition) and I got the version with the disc. However the disc seems to not work. I run a MacBook Pro with Mountain Lion. Does anyone know what I would have to download in order to run the disc properly?
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Topic for an extended essay in Business and management....
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So, hi everyone! I'm on the outlook for good HL Economics commentaries IA 2011-2013 because this is my first to write a microeconomics commentary. I wanted to see the samples of good economics commentaries format and structure to give me an insight. So, if you do have any links or pdf to share please do! It's going to help me very much. Thank you in advance!
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My article is about how the fall in coal price -> reduction of coal firms supply -> fall in heavy equipments. I'm told that it's better to have 3 diagrams in an IA, but so far I can only think of 2 First, is just a simple diagram of movement in supply curve of coal firms. Second, is a leftward shift in demand curve of heavy equipment. I don't think I can talk anything related to tax because there's no such information on the article. ANY INSIGHT PLEASE? Thanks in advance!
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Hi there, I'm about to make my first commentary on microeconomics. What is the recommended length/ word count of the original article? Is 400 words article okay? Can anyone please tell me what is the best range of word count for the original article? Thank You in advance.
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Hey guys. I recently had a REALLY intense week with assignments and culminatings and test after test. I'm sure you've all had similar experiences. All I have left now are exams but I'm having trouble being able to concentrate because of something... You see, I recently submitted my second economics commentary. At the time -since I was in such a difficult situation, and because I was having trouble reducing my word count- I just stopped at 758 words. 8 words over the word count. I just reasoned that they wouldn't be able to to tell 8 words since it is submitted in hard copy, unless they counted every single word and just handed it in. One of friends was telling me after s…
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Heyy everyone, So, I am writing my Economics commentary on negative externalities of consumption of alcohol and tobacco. As far as I know, I need 3 diagrams to evaluate and to support my argument. So far, I have only included a diagram about the negative externalities and the market failure. I need 2 more diagrams, do you guys have any ideas about what else I can talk about? Thank you so much!
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I recently received back the corrected IA draft in microeconomics and what confused me was the comment by the teacher - I have no models of economic theory in margin notes of the article. What exactly are 'models of economic theory' because what I have are definitions of key terms regarding the article and complementary graphs where possible. Could You, please, explain and give examples? Thank You!
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Hello, i would like to ask how shall i cite websites in the Bibliography section and in whether in the Appendices i can put only the source e.g. APPENDIX 1: Maslow's theory See page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs Can i actually do that and not lose marks????
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Hey guys, I'm studying for a economics test on externalities and I have some trouble understand the graphs. For example: If I want to look the externalities of smoking ciggarettes. So on my graph, S = MSC and D = MPB. Smoking is a negative externality because it affects people around you in a negative way. So now I know that the new curve will be to the left of either S or D.I thought that the new curve should be to the left of the demand curve because the marginal social benefit is lower that the marginal private benefit. But this is apparently wrong. My book is calling the "initial" supply curve for S = MPC (marginal private cost) and then the new supply curve is S = MS…
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can the definitions of economic terms be added in the foot notes instead of the portfolio itself because when definitions are added it is hard to stay within the word limit.
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Hey guys. I am currently doing my business IA on the topic Human Resource Management. My RQ being, (1.)"should business X change into a more formal organizational structure to solve low staff morale?". The main solution that I am trying to suggest is whether this business should take on line managers for HR since the business I am analysing about is an informal one and the owner multi-manages all aspect of the the company including finance, HR and production, esp HR. In a sense, the owner of this company acts as HR recruiter, manager and supervisor and oddly, the business does not have line managers since they've only opened 2 outlets. This business is a fast-food chain r…
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Is this article good? Also can anyone provide any suggestions of what I could talk about? http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/15/business/fed-chooses-jobs-over-fighting-inflation.html?_r=0
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Is this article for a macroeconomics commentary appropriate? http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/12/business/global/food-prices-lead-december-inflation-in-china.html?_r=0
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I have to write a research proposal for economics and i don't know what to write about... it's about elasticity, and i was thinking of writing about elasticity for luxury goods and how the demand is rising/decreasing according to price/supply, and how this applies to income elasticity of demand, or something like that. but i'm not sure.... can anyone please help? the assignment is to "create a clear and focused research question of your choice related to the topics of Price Elasticity of Demand, Price elasticity of supply, Cross-price elasticity of demand or income elasticity of demand."
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http://www.nytimes.c...idies.html?_r=0
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Hi everybody, So I've been doing some googling and I've checked out the Files section, but I feel like I can't find any really solid notes/revision guides for the Economic Development section. The notes around seem scarce and related to the old syllabus more. I was wondering if anyone had some good notes they were stashing... and if they were willing to share. Thanks, Ahmed
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I pretty much have the entire syllabus memorized, but I somehow can't find my HR notes, is it ok if anyone can attach some HR notes here? Thank you so much!
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Can the article be very small for a portfolio my article has only nearly 7 lines and I have finished my portfolio. Is it not acceptable to have a very small article for the portfolio?
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http://www.reuters.c...E89U0GV20121031 I have found this article although i'm quite confused how i can start my IA and which diagrams to use and how to evaluate this. I have read that the shorter the article and the precise, the better. So there it is...I know i can talk about Phillip curve as my diagram but what else? Please help me on this as soon as possible.
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Hey guys, I'm working on my IA and there are somethings in my article that are not so clear to me. My article is about the crisis in Spain and the it is talking about the government buying bonds in order to improve thier economy.Here is what I don't understand: "But supporters and critics of bond buying have questioned the ECB's insistence on government-approved conditions, saying it ties the ECB's hands in the event of severe financial stress and makes it too reliant on complicated and time-consuming European politics. If countries have to wait for an official aid program, "this could lead to a situation whereby the ECB is not able to act quickly enough to reduce differ…
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Please can anyone tell me if this commentry is fine to make a decent economics commentary? Any suggestions would be helpful. ECO commentary Shortlist 1.docx
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Hey guys. I was wondering, can we have more than one SWOT analysis in a business IA? My topic for research question is whether company X should change into a formal organization structure to assist in staff morale. I am halfway done and have already created swot to explain strengths and weaknesses for the business itself. But do you think its a good idea to make another swot to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of the company's potential decision to change into a formal organization? thanks
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Ok, so I've got my IA due for Business Management HL in a few weeks, but I have some problems. My teacher didn't give me the greatest feedback to work with after my draft so now I'm kinda faced with a couple problems. Ill start from the top. 1. I didn't actually use any business tools....I just kinda went with it and I didn't really feel that it needed like a SWOT or PEST analysis, or any tree or fishbone diagrams. On a scale from 1 - 10 (10 being the highest), how screwed am I if I continue with this? 2. I didn't really do any primary research. My company just sort of gave me information (a presentation one of the employees made and their P&L account for the year) an…
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I tried using my laptop for taking notes but then it became too hard to draw those diagrams which i had to draw every single class and it just took too much time and effort. Since i take a lot of notes every class, i think that doing it on paper is pretty much a waste when i got my laptop. Can you guys recommend me a good software/app which is specialized for this situation...
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I'm choosing this for my econ ia in international economics http://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/05/opinion/hong-kong-postcard/index.html?iref=allsearch (please only read up to the first 6 paragraph) It talks about how china keeps it's currency artificially low (mainly by buying a lot of US dollar to make the value of US dollar > china's yuan) and all that, ,my question is that since the demand of US dollar is increasing due to China's act and it's appreciating, how come in paragraph 6 it mentioned US dollar weaken? The only reason i can think of is that demand of China's export in US increases due to it's low value and thus people sell US dollar to buy Yuan, thus making US …
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Just wanted to know whether this article would be fine for a microeconomics commentary. This is my first commentary so any help would be appreciated. http://www.deccanher...-subsidies.html
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Hey , I'm having trouble with my B&M SL IA question. I'd like to write a commentary about Arsenal Football Club. are any of these questions ok? Can Arsenal maintain its financial stability without winning trophies? Should Arsenal sack their manager, Arsene Wenger? To what extent are Arsenal being effected by the current economic conditions? Thanks
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I have done an IA on externalities and i got like 60% on it which is not a problem because it was just a draft, although our teacher is asking us to submit another draft on microeconomics though based on another aspect. So what do you guys suggest i should do mine on, the easier aspect of course...
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My article is about the increase in the price of FOPs of turkeys, resulting in a shift upwards of the supply curve, while the quantity demanded remains constant. Can you please help me with the evaluation part of my commentary? What should I say? Thank You!
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