Learning objective
Outline entrepreneur characteristics such as hard work, innovation, organisation and willingness to take risks.
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The purpose and nature of businesses
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Enterprise and entrepreneurship
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Short explanation
A strong answer here, Outline entrepreneur characteristics such as hard work, innovation, organisation and willingness to take risks sits within Enterprise and entrepreneurship and The purpose and nature of businesses for AQA GCSE Business 8132. Use a business such as SwiftServe serves business clients while changing promotion; the case evidence includes supplier lead time of ?8,169, sales of 659 units, and a 12% change in costs or demand to keep the explanation applied. The important reasoning is to connect risk, innovation, entrepreneur with the business objective, the financial implication, and the effect on shareholders. Avoid treating stakeholders and shareholders as the same thing. A high-quality answer should explain the commercial trade-off, use precise evidence, and finish with a judgement that depends on the context rather than a generic definition.
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