1.5

  • Economies of scale

  • Diseconomies of scale

  • Costs

  • Fixed costs

  • Variable costs

  • Total costs

  • Quantity

  • Average costs

  • Cost per unit

  • Scale of operations

  • Efficiency

  • Internal economies of scale

  • External economies of scale

  • Internal diseconomies of scale

  • External diseconomies of scale

  • Purchasing EOS

  • Marketing EOS

  • Risk-bearing EOS

  • Managerial EOS

  • Regional specialisation

  • Inert working culture

  • Marketing DOS

  • Business growth

  • Business size

  • Market share

  • Revenue

  • Profit

  • Workforce

  • Capital employed

  • Internal (organic) growth

  • External (inorganic) growth

  • Brand recognition

  • M&As

  • Acquisition (takeover)

  • Hostile takeover

  • Integration

  • Horizontal integration

  • Vertical forwards integration

  • Vertical backwards integration

  • Conglomerate merger (conglomeration / diversification / conglomerate integration)

  • Synergy

  • Joint venture

  • Strategic alliance

  • Franchising

  • Franchise

  • Franchisor

  • Franchisee

  • Royalty payments