Edexcel A-Level Business answers, written to the spec
4 topics · specification 9BS0 · explanations and examiner marking in Edexcel’s own language
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This is the full Edexcel A-Level Business specification, code 9BS0, as elid holds it — 4 topics, each with the terminology Edexcel marks against. Every explanation and every mark elid gives you is written against this list, not a generic A-level one, because the same question answered in AQA, CAIE or OCR language loses marks it should have earned.
The Edexcel A-Level Business specification, topic by topic
Marketing and people
Assessed in Paper 1, 3
Specification terms elid matches
Mass markets
Niche markets
Market segmentation
Product differentiation
Market positioning
Market research
Demand
Supply
Price elasticity of demand (PED)
Income elasticity of demand (YED)
Marketing mix
Design mix
Promotion
Distribution
Named studies and theories
Taylor (1911)
Mayo (1933)
Maslow (1943)
Herzberg (1959)
Managing business activities
Assessed in Paper 2, 3
Specification terms elid matches
Internal sources of finance
External sources of finance
Liability
Business plan
Cash flow forecasting
Sales forecasting
Sales volume
Sales revenue
Fixed costs
Variable costs
Break-even point
Margin of safety
Budgets
Variance analysis
Named studies and theories
Break-even theory
Variance analysis models
Business decisions and strategy
Assessed in Paper 2, 3
Specification terms elid matches
Corporate objectives
Mission statement
Shareholder vs stakeholder
Ansoff matrix
Porter's Generic Strategies
SWOT analysis
PESTLE analysis
Porter's Five Forces
Growth
Organic growth
Inorganic growth
Mergers
Takeovers
Quantitative sales forecasting
Named studies and theories
Ansoff (1957)
Porter (1985)
Carroll (1991)
Lewin (1951)
Global business
Assessed in Paper 1, 3
Specification terms elid matches
Globalisation
Emerging economies
Trading blocs
Global markets
Multinational corporations (MNCs)
Offshoring
Outsourcing
Global marketing strategy
Ethnocentric
Polycentric
Geocentric
Named studies and theories
Bartlett & Ghoshal (1989)
How the papers are weighted
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Paper
Share of the qualification
Paper 1
35%
Paper 2
35%
Paper 3
30%
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