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Acquisition: both businesses remain fully separate.
Merger: one business closes permanently.

","correct":false,"explanation":"An acquisition changes control rather than leaving both businesses fully independent, and a merger does not simply mean closure. It combines businesses into one organisation."}]},{"id":"260ade59-4790-4832-a1c3-7056fb9c9728","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"Why can franchising expand a brand with lower franchisor investment?","back":"Franchisees provide much of the capital.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"Franchisees provide much of the capital.","correct":true,"explanation":"Franchisees usually fund their own outlets, equipment and initial operating costs. This allows the franchisor’s network to grow without financing every new location directly."},{"text":"The franchisor provides all of the capital.","correct":false,"explanation":"If the franchisor financed every outlet, franchising would not reduce its investment requirement. 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Horizontal integration occurs at the same stage."},{"text":"Horizontal integration combines businesses at the same stage of the different industries.","correct":false,"explanation":"Businesses from different industries are not horizontally integrated, even if their operating stages appear similar. Horizontal integration combines businesses at the same stage of the same industry."},{"text":"Horizontal integration combines businesses at the different stages of the different industries.","correct":false,"explanation":"This confuses horizontal integration with unrelated diversification and vertical relationships. Horizontal integration specifically combines businesses operating at the same stage of the same industry."}]},{"id":"5ad393bb-53c0-4d5a-8135-8534aeab2183","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"Why might horizontal integration be investigated by the CMA?","back":"It may reduce competition.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"It may reduce competition.","correct":true,"explanation":"Horizontal integration combines businesses at the same stage of production, potentially increasing market concentration and reducing competition, so the CMA may investigate its effect on consumers."},{"text":"It may reduce costs.","correct":false,"explanation":"Lower costs may create efficiencies and are not themselves the CMA’s main concern. The CMA investigates horizontal integration because it may reduce competition and harm consumers."},{"text":"It may reduce demand.","correct":false,"explanation":"Increasing demand would not normally prompt a competition investigation. Horizontal integration attracts CMA scrutiny because fewer independent rivals may remain, reducing competition in the market."},{"text":"It may reduce debt.","correct":false,"explanation":"Lower debt is primarily a financial benefit rather than a competition concern. The CMA may investigate horizontal integration because it can reduce competition between businesses."}]},{"id":"d289e899-d12c-4e22-af77-483eab6f51a3","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"Backward vertical integration moves towards [ ]; forward vertical integration moves towards [ ].","back":"Backward vertical integration moves towards suppliers; forward vertical integration moves towards customers.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"Backward vertical integration moves towards suppliers; forward vertical integration moves towards customers.","correct":true,"explanation":"Backward integration takes a business towards earlier stages of the supply chain, such as suppliers, while forward integration takes it closer to the final customers."},{"text":"Backward vertical integration moves towards customers; forward vertical integration moves towards suppliers.","correct":false,"explanation":"This reverses the two directions. Backward vertical integration moves towards suppliers, whereas forward vertical integration moves towards customers and later stages of distribution."},{"text":"Backward vertical integration moves towards competitors; forward vertical integration moves towards customers.","correct":false,"explanation":"Competitors are at the same production stage, so acquiring them is horizontal integration. Backward vertical integration instead moves towards suppliers, while forward integration moves towards customers."},{"text":"Backward vertical integration moves towards suppliers; forward vertical integration moves towards shareholders.","correct":false,"explanation":"Shareholders own the business but are not a later stage in its supply chain. Forward integration moves towards customers, while backward integration moves towards suppliers."}]},{"id":"07cf86ae-f5f0-49ee-a290-d52b50460a84","cardType":"basic","points":1,"front":"A clothing manufacturer buys fashion shops. 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Clothing manufacturing and fashion retail occupy connected stages of one supply chain, so this is forward vertical integration."}]},{"id":"6439b73e-6398-4c51-9fb9-f5feb5d0c7c2","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"Why can conglomerate integration reduce business risk?","back":"Weak performance in one industry may be offset by another.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"Weak performance in one industry may be offset by another.","correct":true,"explanation":"Conglomerate integration diversifies activity across industries whose performance may differ. Weak results in one industry can therefore be offset by stronger results elsewhere."},{"text":"Weak performance in one business may be offset by itself.","correct":false,"explanation":"Operating in only one industry concentrates rather than spreads risk. Conglomerate integration reduces risk because weak performance in one industry may be offset by another."},{"text":"Weak performance in one product may be offset by itself.","correct":false,"explanation":"Dependence on one product leaves the business exposed if that product underperforms. Conglomerate integration instead spreads activity across industries, allowing one industry to offset another."},{"text":"Weak performance in one department may be offset by another.","correct":false,"explanation":"Different departments within the same operation can face the same market conditions, so this does not capture conglomerate diversification. Risk falls because performance is spread across industries."}]},{"id":"1fcbdd8f-b6a2-4b42-859d-23a9a88837cf","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"Why is sustainable growth not only about being “green”?","back":"It also covers financial sustainability, capacity and stakeholder trust.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"It also covers financial sustainability, capacity and stakeholder trust.","correct":true,"explanation":"Sustainable growth must be maintainable over time, requiring sufficient finance and capacity as well as stakeholder support, rather than focusing solely on environmental performance."},{"text":"It also covers short-term profitability, inventory and shareholder control.","correct":false,"explanation":"Short-term profit, spare stock and shareholder control do not ensure growth can continue. Sustainable growth also requires financial sustainability, adequate capacity and stakeholder trust."},{"text":"It also covers rapid sales growth, pricing and promotional intensity.","correct":false,"explanation":"Rapid sales, low prices and aggressive promotion may accelerate growth without making it maintainable. Sustainable growth also covers financial sustainability, capacity and stakeholder trust."},{"text":"It also covers market dominance, automation and managerial authority.","correct":false,"explanation":"Market dominance, automation and managerial authority may support expansion but do not define its sustainability. Sustainable growth also concerns financial sustainability, capacity and stakeholder trust."}]},{"id":"4cd066f7-86e9-411b-9750-411093816ec9","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"Retrenchment reduces business [ ] to cut costs, improve efficiency or refocus strategy.","back":"Retrenchment reduces business scale or scope to cut costs, improve efficiency or refocus strategy.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"scale or scope","correct":true,"explanation":"Retrenchment involves deliberately shrinking what a business does or how extensively it operates. Reducing its scale or scope can lower costs, improve efficiency or support strategic refocusing."},{"text":"market share","correct":false,"explanation":"Increasing market share describes expansion rather than retrenchment. Retrenchment reduces a business’s scale or scope by cutting activities, capacity or areas of operation."},{"text":"selling price","correct":false,"explanation":"Reducing selling price is a pricing decision and may increase demand rather than shrink operations. Retrenchment specifically reduces business scale or scope to cut costs or refocus."},{"text":"profit margin","correct":false,"explanation":"Reducing profit margin is usually an unwanted financial outcome, not the defining action of retrenchment. Retrenchment means reducing the business’s scale or scope."}]},{"id":"fb3f3cd3-f959-47ee-8b4b-7a022d855bf3","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"Why might interest-rate rises trigger retrenchment?","back":"They make debt more expensive.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"They make debt more expensive.","correct":true,"explanation":"Higher interest rates increase interest payments on variable-rate and newly arranged borrowing. This makes debt more expensive and can force a business to reduce its operations."},{"text":"They make debt less expensive.","correct":false,"explanation":"Interest-rate rises generally increase rather than reduce borrowing costs. Retrenchment may follow because higher rates make debt more expensive and place pressure on cash flow."},{"text":"They make labour more expensive.","correct":false,"explanation":"Interest rates directly affect the cost of borrowing, not employees’ wage rates. Retrenchment may be needed because rate rises make debt more expensive."},{"text":"They make capacity more expensive.","correct":false,"explanation":"Interest-rate rises do not directly increase production capacity. They can trigger retrenchment because debt becomes more expensive, raising finance costs and weakening cash flow."}]},{"id":"5a831790-0b73-4dad-a562-66bfc0a8168a","cardType":"basic","points":1,"front":"Which function is most directly affected by recruitment during growth and redundancies during retrenchment?","back":"Human resources.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"Human resources.","correct":true,"explanation":"Human resources manages workforce planning, recruitment, selection, training and redundancies. 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These are direct responsibilities of human resources."},{"text":"Operations.","correct":false,"explanation":"Operations is affected when staffing levels change, but the processes of recruiting employees and managing redundancies are handled most directly by human resources."}]}]}],"examCountdown":{"examDate":"2027-05-13","paperLabel":"Paper 1"},"heading":"Business growth","title":"Business growth Flashcards","topbar":{"backHref":"/a-level/business/aqa/flashcards"},"topicSidebar":"$L38"}]}],"topicId":"7a91d94e-8d05-5a47-b9f7-98c796926187","walled":"$L39"}],"$L3a","$L3b"]