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Every WJEC A-Level Business exam question on 3.7 Strategy and implementation, 2016–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 27 questions on Strategy and implementation, as a list
- Summer 2025, Unit 3, Q3 (10 marks): Jobs at risk at Northern Automotive Systems Northern Automotive Systems is a car parts manufacturer based in Gilwern, Monmouthshire. In 2020 the owners of the c
- Summer 2025, Unit 4, Q4.1 (10 marks): Strategy and implementation 4 1 Describe how Ansoff’s Matrix may be a useful management tool to a business experiencing a fall in sales in a saturated UK market
- Summer 2025, Unit 4, Q4.2 (20 marks): Strategy and implementation 4 2 “There are no disadvantages of outsourcing production. It will only benefit a business and its stakeholders.” Discuss. [20]
- Summer 2024, Unit 3, Q2(a) (2 marks): Dyson Ltd Dyson Ltd is a technology company established in the United Kingdom by Sir James Dyson in 1991. Dyson’s corporate strategy states that “efficiency is
- Summer 2024, Unit 3, Q2(b) (12 marks): Dyson Ltd Dyson Ltd is a technology company established in the United Kingdom by Sir James Dyson in 1991. Dyson’s corporate strategy states that “efficiency is
- Summer 2024, Unit 3, Q4 (10 marks): Reggae Reggae Sauce In 2006 Levi Roots was spotted at the World Food Market by a BBC researcher and was invited to appear on the programme Dragons’ Den. In exch
- Summer 2024, Unit 3, Q5(a)(i) (1 mark): State what is meant by vertical integration. [1]
- Summer 2024, Unit 3, Q5(a)(ii) (3 marks): Explain one advantage of vertical integration to Starbucks. [3]
- Summer 2024, Unit 3, Q5(b) (8 marks): Evaluate Costa Coffee’s growth through the use of franchising. [8] Additional space for Question 5(b) only.
- Summer 2024, Unit 4, Q1.4 (12 marks): Read the case study below and answer the questions that follow. Google Google is an internet-based business operating on a global scale. Google began in 1998 by
- Summer 2023, Unit 3, Q3 (8 marks): Reports suggest that the United Kingdom is now the second-largest outsourcing market in the world. Businesses can outsource operations such as production or cus
- Summer 2023, Unit 3, Q5 (10 marks): Unilever is a leading consumer goods business that has some of the strongest brands in the consumer goods industry. In 2012, Unilever had 53.7% market share of
- Summer 2023, Unit 4, Q1.2 (8 marks): Read the case study below and answer the questions that follow. McDonald’s McDonald’s is one of the world’s largest chains of fast-food restaurants. The company
- Summer 2022, Unit 3, Q2(a) (8 marks): Explain the advantages and disadvantages of horizontal integration for Sainsbury’s. [8]
- Summer 2022, Unit 3, Q2(b) (3 marks): To what extent do you agree that horizontal integration was the best form of growth for Sainsbury’s? [3]
- Summer 2022, Unit 3, Q6 (10 marks): Pendragon Furnishings Ltd is a furniture manufacturer with a factory based on an industrial estate in Cardiff. The company produces three-piece suites and sofa
- Summer 2022, Unit 4, Q1.3 (12 marks): 1 Read the case study below and answer the questions that follow. The car industry The car industry is dominated by large multinational companies. The biggest m
- Summer 2019, Unit 3, Q3 (12 marks): Tesco’s £3.7bn takeover of Booker given green light In 2017, Tesco’s £3.7bn takeover of wholesaler group Booker was given the go-ahead by the Competition and Ma
- Summer 2019, Unit 4, Q1(c) (12 marks): Read the case study below and answer the questions that follow. MARKS AND SPENCER – M&S Founded in 1884, Marks and Spencer (M&S) has grown from a single market
- Summer 2019, Unit 4, Q1(e) (12 marks): Read the case study below and answer the questions that follow. MARKS AND SPENCER – M&S Founded in 1884, Marks and Spencer (M&S) has grown from a single market
- Summer 2018, Unit 3, Q4 (8 marks): Barclays Bank Banking had been considered a safe and steady business. However, after British banks suffered from poor liquidity in the economic downturn of 2008
- Summer 2018, Unit 3, Q5 (8 marks): Caws Cenarth In 2018 Caws Cenarth celebrates 31 years of exceptional cheese-making. The business was started by Gwynfor and Thelma Adams in response to difficul
- Summer 2018, Unit 3, Q6(a) (4 marks): Outline two requirements which may be expected of ChipsAway in return for the £15 000 payment. [4]
- Summer 2018, Unit 3, Q6(b) (12 marks): Discuss the view that expanding a business through franchising is significantly more effective than other methods of growth. [12]
- Summer 2018, Unit 4, Q1(d) (12 marks): Read the case study below and answer the questions that follow. Amazon.com: It is a jungle out there Source of the Amazon.com Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com,
- Summer 2017, Unit 3, Q3 (10 marks): Greggs bakery faces up to new challenges The fast food industry contains thousands of independent outlets as well as large multinationals such as McDonalds, Sub
- Summer 2017, Unit 4, Q1(d) (10 marks): Read the case study below and answer the questions that follow. Innocent Drinks Small beginnings Rich, Adam and Jon, friends from university, went on a snowboar
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