IB BUSINESS MANAGEMENT:
UNIT 3 – FINANCE AND ACCOUNTS Finance and Accounts in IB Business Management is one of the five core topics and is assessed in both Paper 1 and Paper 2 SL and HL examinations. Finance is the management of money, credit, banking and investments. Accounting is the preparation of business accounts such as the profit and loss account and an organisation's balance sheet.
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Key learning outcomes:The IB Business Management Accounts and Finance unit covers the following topics:
3.1 Introduction to finance 3.2 Sources of finance 3.3 Costs and revenues 3.4 Final accounts 3.5 Profitability and liquidity ratio analysis 3.6 Debt/equity ratio analysis HL 3.7 Cash flow 3.8 Investment appraisal 3.9 Budgets HL |
Enron: an introduction to accounts and financeBefore Lehman Brothers sank link a stone and heralded the start of the Great Financial Crisis, ENRON was the prime example of financial and accounting mismanagement, leading to what was then the largest corporate bankruptcy in the history of corporations.
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Finance and accountsThe IB Business Management course Finance and Accounts topic aims to give the student a good overview of:
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