Business A-Level
organic growth
What organic growth means in Business A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Expanding from within, using retained profit to open outlets, launch products or widen distribution, so the firm keeps its culture, systems and quality standards and pays as it goes.
Growth using a firm's own resources to expand, such as by launching new products or opening new branches, which is often slower but less risky and easier to manage.
Topics that use organic growth
- Assessing a change in scale (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- capacity utilisation
- Economies of scale
- external growth
- Franchising models
- gearing
- integration cost
- interest cover
- Methods of external growth
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