Global Markets and Business Expansion (Edexcel A-Level Business): Flashcards
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Push factors
Push factors
Adverse conditions forcing business to seek overseas opportunities
Pull factors
Pull factors
Attractive opportunities enticing businesses into new markets
Saturated market
Saturated market
Market where most potential customers already own the product
Economies of scale
Economies of scale
Increasing production scale reduces cost per unit of output
Off-shoring
Off-shoring
Moving operations to lower-cost locations in other countries
Outsourcing
Outsourcing
Transferring business function to specialist external provider
Labour productivity
Labour productivity
Amount of goods/services produced by one hour of labour
Risk spreading benefit
Risk spreading benefit
Protects business from over-dependence on single market
UK global exporter rank (2013)
UK global exporter rank (2013)
Fourth largest exporter globally
Product life cycle extension
Product life cycle extension
Selling in markets at different development stages
