Business A-Level
integration cost
What integration cost means in Business A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of integration cost
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The risk of external growth, where promised savings need two workforces, two software systems and two cultures to cooperate.
Topics that use integration cost
- Assessing a change in scale (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- capacity utilisation
- Economies of scale
- external growth
- Franchising models
- gearing
- interest cover
- Methods of external growth
- organic growth
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