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Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies

1.4.1Different types of business organisation

Different types of business organisation in Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives

What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.

  1. 1.4.1.1Describe sole traders, partnerships, private limited companies and public limited companies and their advantages and disadvantages.
  2. 1.4.1.2Recommend and justify a suitable type of business organisation for a given situation.
  3. 1.4.1.3Describe franchises, joint ventures and social enterprises and the advantages and disadvantages of franchises and joint ventures.

Lessons

  • Franchises, joint ventures and social enterprises

    25 min

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  • Private and public limited companies

    30 min

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  • Sole traders and partnerships

    30 min

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Sample question

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Different types of business organisation: sample question

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Which is an advantage of a franchise to the franchisee?

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