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GCSE Bitesize was launched in January 1998, covering seven subjects. For each subject, a one- or two-hour long TV programme would be broadcast overnight in the BBC Learning Zone block, and supporting material was available in books and on the BBC website. At the time, only around 9% of UK households had access to the internet at home.
Business studies, often simply called business, is a field of study that deals with the principles of business, management, and economics. [1] It combines elements of accountancy, finance, marketing, organizational studies, human resource management, and operations.
[citation needed] Entrepreneurs act as managers and oversee the launch and growth of an enterprise. Entrepreneurship is the process by which either an individual or a team identifies a business opportunity and acquires and deploys the necessary resources required for its exploitation.
There are four basic resources or factors of production: land, labour, capital and entrepreneur (or enterprise). [1] The factors are also frequently labeled "producer goods or services" to distinguish them from the goods or services purchased by consumers, which are frequently labeled "consumer goods". [2]
The BBC Learning Zone (previously The Learning Zone) was an educational strand run by the BBC as an overnight service on BBC Two. It broadcast programming aimed at students in Primary, Secondary and Higher Education as well as to adult learners.
Entrepreneurship education sets to provide students with the knowledge, skills and motivation to encourage entrepreneurial success in a variety of settings. Variations of entrepreneurship education are offered at all levels of schooling from primary or secondary schools through graduate university programs.
The Invention of Enterprise: Entrepreneurship from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Times (2010) 566 pp. ISBN 978-0-691-14370-5; Landes, David S. "French Entrepreneurship and Industrial Growth in the Nineteenth Century," Journal of Economic History (1949) 9#1 pp. 45–61 in JSTOR; Magnuson, William. For Profit: A History of Corporations (2022) excerpt
The National Enterprise Academy was founded in 2008 by the entrepreneur Peter Jones (known for his television appearances on Dragon's Den), through his Peter Jones Foundation for Enterprise. Between 2008 and 2011, the scheme was awarded £3.6 million by the government via the Skills Funding Agency .