Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Entrepreneurship

Chapter

Enterprise growth Strategies

Question:
Which of the following is NOT a form of external expansion for a business?
Options:
Mergers
Acquisitions
Franchising
None of the above
Correct Answer:
None of the above
Explanation:
All are forms of external expansion.
External expansion refers to business combination where two or more concerns combine and expand their business activities. In the process of combination, two or more units engage in similar business or related process or stages. Sometimes stages of the same business join with a view to carry on their activities or shape, their polices on common basis some other or in coordination for mutual benefit or maximum profits. The combination may be among competing units or units engaged in different processes. After combination, the constituted firm pursues some common objectives or goals.