Internal (organic) growth
What Internal (organic) growth means in Business GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Expansion from within the business, such as launching new products developed through innovation and research and development.
Growth that uses a firm's own resources, such as opening new outlets or expanding via e-commerce to reach global markets.
Topics that use Internal (organic) growth
- Expanding a business (AQA GCSE)
- Business growth (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Takeover
- Business growth
- Diseconomies of scale
- Economies of scale
- External growth
- Fixed Costs
- Franchising
- Horizontal, vertical and conglomerate integration
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