Assessing Economies as a Production Location and Market
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A UK cosmetics brand is deciding whether to start selling its products in Bracknall Vale, where average household disposable income has been rising steadily for the past six years, giving households increasingly more spare income to spend on non-essential goods. Which factor does this describe?
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Edexcel Economics B (9EB0) Theme 3 'The global economy' (Paper 2), Unit T3-2 'Business expansion and global companies' — spec ref 3.2.2. The factors a firm weighs up when deciding WHERE to locate production and WHICH markets to enter overseas: for a PRODUCTION LOCATION — costs of production (incl…
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Lesson outline
- Do Now — Retrieval
- Hinge Check — Which Factor Is This?
- What Makes a Country Attractive for PRODUCTION?
- What Makes a Country Attractive as a MARKET?
- Hinge Check — Production Factor or Market Factor?
- Location Decisions — Mapped
- Production Location vs Market — Side by Side
- Hinge Check — Both, or Just One?
- Worked Example — Wage Rate vs Unit Labour Cost
- Quick Check — Calculate Unit Labour Cost
- Misconception Check
- Main Activity — TrailBlaze Outdoor Gear
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