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Chapter 3





                           The impact of regulation on the firm







                               Regulation is any form of government interference and is required
                               to ensure the needs of stakeholders can be met and that
                               businesses act in the public interest.



                                                   Regulation should be





                     Effective – ensuring a safe and             Efficient – the total benefit to the
                     effective product/service is                nation should be greater than the

                     delivered, whilst not inhibiting the        total cost.
                     function of the business.


               There are also schemes of voluntary regulation, for example corporate governance
               in the UK.



                  Illustrations and further practice



                  Now try TYUs 12 and 13 from Chapter 3.

                  Read illustration 11 from Chapter 3.





















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