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Leaving Cert Business: Global business

How often Global business comes up on the Business papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

HL Asked on 4 of the last 10 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025.

OL Asked on 2 of the last 10 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2024.

June 2027 is the first exam on the new Business course. These come from the 2016–2026 papers, so read them as a guide.

Global business, Higher Level(4 marks)

Quick ones on Global business.

(a)Buying materials from the cheapest suppliers anywhere in the world is…
  1. Offshoring
  2. Global sourcing
  3. Dumping
(b)'Think global, act local' describes…
  1. Deregulation
  2. Protectionism
  3. Glocalisation
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(a) Global sourcing

(b) Glocalisation

Your turn: Higher Level questions on Global business.

Higher Level

Asked on 4 of the last 10 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025.

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Not asked
2025Section 1 Q2
2024Not asked
2023Section 2 ABQ
2022Not asked
2021Not asked
2019Section 3 Q3
2018Not asked
2017Section 1 Q7
2016Not asked

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

Ordinary Level

Asked on 2 of the last 10 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2024.

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Not asked
2025Not asked
2024Section 2 Q3
2023Not asked
2022Not asked
2021Not asked
2019Not asked
2018Not asked
2017Section 2 Q3
2016Not asked

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Global business questions

Global business, 2 marks

A global business…

  1. Sells its products only in Ireland, through local shops and online
  2. Is owned by a government and run as a State enterprise
  3. Sees the world as one market and sells the same product worldwide
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Sees the world as one market and sells the same product worldwide

A global business such as Coca-Cola or Nike sells the same product under the same brand in almost every country.

Global business, 2 marks

Which of these is a global business?

  1. A parish credit union
  2. Coca-Cola
  3. A local butcher in Tuam
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Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola sells the same drinks, with the same brand and logo, in almost every country in the world.

Global business, 2 marks

Globalisation means…

  1. The world's economies becoming more linked, so the world acts more like one market
  2. Countries putting up barriers and stopping most trade with each other
  3. Businesses selling only online and closing all their shops
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The world's economies becoming more linked, so the world acts more like one market

Goods, money, people and ideas now move between countries more easily than ever, so firms can buy and sell all over the world.

Other Business topics

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