Assertion (A): Despite the trend towards larger businesses and multinational, many businesses remain small.Reason (R): Business owners value independence
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
A is true but R is false
A is false but R is true
Which of the following is NOT a diseconomies of scale?
Size
Bureaucracy
Low employee morale
Technical economies
in what terms can you measure the size of a business?
Output method
Revenue
Capital employed
All of the above
What is the other name given for internal growth?
Mechanic growth
Organic growth
Lateral growth
Vertical growth
Which of the following mergers are often defensive?
Vertical merger
Horizontal merger
Lateral merger
Diversifying merger
What is the other name given to a conglomerate merger ?
Which of the following methods is the most inaccurate method of measuring the size of a business?
Profit
If a sugar milling factory buys a sugar plantation, what is the activity termed as?
Takeover
Acquisition
Identify the type of merger involved when a national newspaper buys a paper mill in China.
The disadvantages businesses can get from expanding or growing too large are called.
Economies of scale
Diseconomies of scale
Economies of scope