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Hi everyone! My Eco HL exam is coming up in the week and a bit eeppp! I'm trying to find real life examples for Micro and Macro and was wondering if anyone could share some of the ones they have and are planning to use? I'm really desperate for examples concerning market failure, monetary policy and supply-side policy :/// Please help!!
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In the IB Economics HL paper 1 of last 3 years, I have noticed that in the Micro part one question is from Market Structures (only HL) and the other is from the core. Can one take the risk of studying only Market Structures properly?
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In my economic textbook, it separates the Aggregate Supply curve into LRAS, which is a vertical line, and SRAS, which is a curve. However, I buy a guidebook of IB economics, inside, it says the AS is only one line, which is demonstrated as a curve, without the vertical line; also they did not separate into two components, long run and short run. So which one is the correct version of the Keynesian model?
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I've tried the May Paper 1 questions for HL econs and found them to be doable but quite tricky as compared to the previous years. Does anyone have any random predictions on what may be tested for the November paper? I'm thinking Economic Growth for one of the macro questions...
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I have this essay in business and management where we are supposed to write an essay about Starbucks and their vision for CSR. My question is: How should I include the main results and finding as the raw data has revealed? What does this mean? Please help! Here is the real question: “Main Results and findings: The main results and findings section should clarify what the raw data has revealed. This should include a summary of the data collected and of the findings made, and should, where appropriate, be supported by tables, graphs and statistics” (IBO, 2015).
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Hello, I am currently taking the following courses: HL Mathematics HL Physics HL English Language & Literature SL Music SL Japanese Ab SL Economics I am considering changing my SL Economics course to HL; this change will leave me with 4 HL and 2 SL subjects. How large is the difference in difficulty between HL and SL Economics? I'm aware that, for instance, the difference in difficulty between HL Maths and that of SL Maths is relatively large. Currently, I am able to maintain full grades in SL Economics, and after comparing the textbooks of SL and HL, it seems as if there is not much of a difference in the two courses. …
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Hey guys, I am going to be brief. I am a little bit lost with my 2nd commentary. It seems easy as it is a very straight-forward work and doesn't require much research. The thing is I guess I haven't actually grasped the essence of writing an Economic commentary. Is it supposed to just explore and explain the discussion in the article, illustrating it with economic theory and diagrams? Or should I produce a discussion myself, with arguments in favor and against, even if they are not mentioned in the article? For example, I am doing on tariffs on China. And as you know there are several arguments against and in favor as to protectionist policies. One that occurs to me …
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Ive missed my deadlines cause i'm struggling to find a company, my fam doesnt own their own business.. what should i do? should i just pick a local business and then conduct a reaserch question? like i honestly dont know how to go about with this? Would really appreciate replies
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Does anyone have a really good link that shows the structure of Business HL IA?
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How can company X deal with poor customer service offered by its staff to maintain its position as the market leader in banks? How can staff at company X be motivated in order to improve customer service? Would non monetary motivation methods reduce poor customer service offered by the staff to improve company X customer service? Please please could someone give me feedback to which question is the best one
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Should coampany X deal with poor customer service offered by its staff to maintain its position as the market leader in banks? This is my research question can someone pls tell me if it is clear and focused?
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I find an article I really fond to, it is about pollution and I decided to talk about externalities, but it includes info-graphic data, not sure if I can use that one...
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I am starting an extended essay in economics and I want to write about Mylan's monopoly on the epinephrine auto injector market, the government, and the possible creations of generics. I am having a difficult time wording a research question. My rough research question is "To what extent has the regulations and costs of the Food and Drug Administration enabled Mylan to create a monopoly of the epinephrine auto-injector market?" I would appreciate any feedback I receive I am currently waiting on an email from my economics teacher, but I am trying to get this done as quickly as I possibly can.
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I am now fishing up my Economics SL commentaries, but I wonder if bibliographies are necessary because most of the sample commentaries I have seen online, for instance scrbid,com, did not actually contain any citing. Is it necessary to write the bibliography? If so, is it alright when I just put a small number next to a sentence, and cite it on the bibliography only(not in-text)? Thanks!
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Hello, I am just starting my IA in macroeconomic. http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/05/news/economy/reserve-bank-india-interest-rates/ Do you think this is a suitble article? I am in a struggle, please help! Anne
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Hello all, I'm trying to pick a good article for my practice IA and ... 1) Does the article have to be a piece of actual, this-has-just happened news? 2) Does the article itself have to be really about economics, or can I choose an article regarding the growth of an industry (w/o econ terms, just general stuff) and manage to derive economic meaning from it? Please help... Thank you!
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Hello, I've been struggling with finding the right article for my IA in macroeconomics. I found this: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/07/palestine-integrate-technical-education-public-schools-labor.html However, is it possible to use Palestine as the main focus of the task, in a way? As, it is not a country, is it not allowed to write about? Thanks!
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Hello fellow IB people! In a couple of weeks I will start IB1, and I feel like I should be preparing but I really don't know how and where to start. Are there any online study guides or materials that I should run through before I go to my first class? I forgot to mention that I'm taking A Language SL English B HL Economics HL B&M HL Environmental Studies SL Math Studies I want to be prepared for the first week, especially for Economics, so please, feel free to share tips, websites and experiences. Thank you in advance BTW, I'm thinking of maybe switching environmental studies to Biology SL, because I feel like I under…
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Hi! I've just begun my IB course, and I'd like to print the syllabus content for economics so I can use it when revising or checking which topics I've gone over, but I don't know where I can get the official syllabus. I'm also not sure which edition to use (is it the 2013 version? or was there a syllabus change like the sciences?) I'll be sitting my final exams in 2018 since I've just begun the course. If anyone can help redirect me to a link or show me how, it would be very helpful! Thanks
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I have to start my IA this week, and I cannot decide on what aspect of business I should base it on? Should I focus on work force motivation? Production? or finance? please help, I'm really confused and my teacher didn't give us much support before the break.
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I chose a social enterprise as my organisation, the business issue is the low efficiency in production due to the time consumed training disabled workers and the 1:1 ratio of disabled workers to normal workers causing iBakery hard to compete with other businesses. Is "To what extent could iBakery improve its productivity by introducing non-monetary motivation methods?" a good and relevant research question? How can i improve on the question? Thank you
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hey i need a research question i already have one but i need some help with it, what can i improve on it? we have a business and we just started its a cosmetics centre my question is How could company x increase their annual profit as a new business in a competitive market? i wanna go in that direction as i see it as an opportunity since they just started to write about it, what do i need to do to refine the question? or is it good already thanks a lot!
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With reference to one or two organization that you have studied, discuss how marketing strategies may differ in two cultures you are familiar with? Need help with how to answer
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Has anyone been able to get their hands on the November 2016 Business Case Study? I'm assuming it hasn't been released yet...? Anyone know when to expect it?
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Hello, What type of unemployment is greatest in Spain? Structural, right? And what really causes the unemployment there?
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So I'm currently in year 12 and I have started the IB with 4 HL subjects (history, lang & lit, economics and spanish b) with the intention of dropping one to SL. I'm either dropping Spanish B or Economics to SL. I'm interested in getting a degree in politics and international relations later on in college. I started Econ and I'm not crazy about the content we're learning and have been doubting taking it at an HL as SL would give me basic content (is that enough for college)? My question is which subject would you guys recommend that I drop (econ or spanish) in order to be successful in a politics and international relations degree? Thank youu :))
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Hi, So Im really behind on my EE and have no idea what to do? Is there a basic structure we should follow? I got very few instructions from my supervisor Im doing mine in Business and the first draft is due in August 15th but i currently have nothing, not even a research question. So i'm really behind :'( I want to focus it on Nike's use of social media in marketing but I'm not sure how to form a research question out of this or if it's maybe too specific and therefore wouldn't be able to cover 4000 words. Also wondering if I should compare it with another company, so do 2 companies instead? So basically a question like "To what extent has social me…
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Can anyone PLEASE give me some good tips for how to study(revise) Business and management? I really regret that I chose to do B&M but semester 1 has already passed and there's no way I can change my subject at this stage. So I know that though B&M is not my type, I really have to get into it and try really hard to get at least 5 or 6 at the end (To raise my overall grade as high as I can). The problem is that the textbook is so huge and I have no idea where to start and how I should revise since I couldn't actually concentrate during class time. Whenever I open the book trying to revise, my brain just goes totally blank by the amount of text and facts laid in fro…
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Hi, I am taking IGCSE Business Studies in my school (but will not take the business exam as I am new). However, I am thinking to take Economics for IB. Is it recommended? Is there anyone who scored 5-7 without taking it in Years 6-10?
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hello teachers of IB! I need suggestion for the best book for my Econ students. Do you use the one written by Ellie Tragakes?
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Could I assume the price of a good increase in a certain extent, and to test how will the consumers respond to the change in price, in order to find out the PED? Are there any limitation?
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Hey!, I was wondering how much Maths do you need for Econs? I'm in Maths Core grade 10 right now and I get 7s but Im going to be doing Studies next year, and I'm doing Literature and Geography so I don't really have experience in Econs. Would it too hard for me? I'm not really into Science/Maths. I'l also be doing HL History without prior experience. Is it too stressful to take Econs + History HL without doing in pre ib?
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Hi I'm going to start my IBDP in a week and I need help with my subject selection. These are my chosen subjects as of now : English language and literature HL Spanish AB initio Math SL Economics HL Business management HL Design technology SL I really want to get into the field of Marketing. I'm aiming for universities in London.so I would like to know if the subjects I've chosen as of now will do for marketing related courses.
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Hello all, I am entering my final year in the IB diploma and have chosen to complete my extended essay about oligopolistic pricing and interdependent behaviour with respect to prices in the UAE (where I currently live) international airline industry. This is data I have collected over the past month, consisting of prices of flights with the two largest airlines to nine different destinations, however I am struggling to analyse the data with consideration of the theory of interdependent pricing. It would be greatly appreciated if someone could enlighten me with methods of analyzing such data or make any conclusions based off of it. For those concerned, my …
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Hi, So after a long search I've finally found a business willing to participate in my IA. However, the business is a very local one and don't have proper documentations eg. business plan nor digital records of past sales and such. They've only just established a computerised system 2 weeks ago. I was wondering if I could still do my IA on them despite the lack of official docs and insight on past trends. Also there are no secondary research that I would be able to collect on them ( which is a section in the research proposal structure i was given by my teacher) as they do not have anything online at all, no website or page. Thanks
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Hi everyone! my brother is 3 marks away from a 6 in SL economics, and 9 from a 4. He thought he did really well, so he's considering requesting a remark. We got the mark breakdown: paper 1: 33 (scaled=26.4) which is a 6 paper 2: 18 (scaled=18) which is a 4 and his lowest internal assessment: 34 (scaled=15.1) which is a 6 do you think we should remark? Is there a real risk that his mark could go down to a 4? Thank you so much!!
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I need help in finding the possible solutions for the Income Inequality. In this discussion please include the different causes of income inequality, the affect it has on the country and how to fix the problem. The solutions can vary from microeconomics ones to international one (like aid). This is a discussions so please feel free to challenge other peoples points also. Hope this leads to a good discuss which leaves us all smarter. Regards, Kunal Geed
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I have a doubt in the philips curve. If the inflation rate is to remain the same while the unemployment rate increases, what is this situation called because on the philips curve it shifts to the right. Please answer quick. What is that situation exactly called or does it not have a name
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Is this a good article for my macroeconomic commentary? http://in.reuters.com/article/steel-demand-global-idINKCN0XA11P I appreciate any and all feedback.
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Hi! I am having some trouble coming up with a topic for my business standard IA, does someone have any suggestions? What did you do for yours? Thanks!
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Hi, I have chosen the following article for my Econ IA: http://www.thelocal.es/20160428/spain-sees-jobless-rise-during-first-quarter-of-2016 However, I am not sure how to structure it etc... I got 13/14 on my commentary in micro, but seem to not really grasp how to do this in macro. Any tips/ideas??
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Hello all, I need to shortlist my organisation for my IA in BM. My teacher has said that I can keep it limited to HR and Finance since I'm already doing my EE on marketing. One option could be my Dad's company but I want to look deeper for organisations that might provide ideal situations in terms of HR issues that I could then link to Finance. Any suggestions on how to research for one/any suggestions for organisations?
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I want to use a book as a supporting document for my business internal assesment. I know I can't include a whole book in the supporting document section of my word document, can I stil use it? do I have to paste the parts I use? Thanks!
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I'm trying to figure out which economics textbook I should get. At my school we use one that doesn't have all the contents of the IB syllabus, so I'm trying to get one that is as complete as possible. Anyways, I need your recommendations/ reviews about the economics books and I would really appreciate it !! Also, is there any revision guide that you may recommend ?
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Does anyone else find that the exam was really easy this year? Like literally really easy imo.. there wasn't much finance except for calculating percentages and things like that o_O
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Hello, I am in IB1 and my IA proposal for business is due tomorrow. I can postpone the latest to Monday. I have found my company, but have difficulties to come up with a research question. My company is a food trading company, as it gets food from other countries and trades it here, in UAE. I have only studied about HR, marketing and Business organisation so far. Can someone please please help me come up with a research question soon!! The help will be trule appreciated. Thanks, Riya
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I am extremely pressed for time right now as I have only only 1 day left to revise Macro and some of Micro Econ. (I am in HL) A lot of students in school seem too suggest to not revise Theory of the Firms as it tends to come up as paper 1 or paper 3 choices (so completely neglect it) and I don't need to choose to answer these choices. Would you say this is recommended?
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Hi, I'm currently doing my Business IA but I'm struggling to find a business to research on Most People have family friends or family who owns a business but I don't have that. I found a business before and even did my research proposal on them but just last night they pulled out on me and now I'm desperate to find a new business. What should I do? How do I approach a random business with no connections? Please help!!
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Hi guys, For my macroeconomics IA I found an article about the Japanese government's attempt to increase inflation through raising the minimum wage (I've attached the article). Would it advisable to analyse this economic proposal from both monetarist and Keynesian points of view, or to just choose one view and stick with it? Thank you! high wage japan.pdf
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Hi, I have chosen the following article for my IA: http://www.thelocal.es/20160428/spain-sees-jobless-rise-during-first-quarter-of-2016 . However, I am a bit stuck on how to structure the whole commentary: I was thinking: 1) Introduction: brief summary and definition of unemployment. 2) Diagram illustrating the rise in unemployment, with explanation of the diagram 3. Evaluating what the effects of this is 4. Possible solutions to the rising unemployment Do you have any thoughts about this article and different policies I should write about etc? Again, I am just not sure on the whole structure and "set-up" of the commentary,…
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