12 marks
Q4(c) Data response: weigh up what an accountancy firm stands to gain by expanding from Brno to Prague (context: business concentration of 12% against 3.5%).
Edexcel · 4EC1
Business growth comes up in 21 questions across the Edexcel International GCSE past papers (4EC1), worth 86 marks between them. They run from 2019 to 2025 and appear on iGCSE Paper 1, iGCSE Paper 1R.
Tariffs run from 1 to 12 marks. The commonest instructions are Analyse (5), Explain (4), Define (3). Specification points covered: 1.2.4.
Q4(c) Data response: weigh up what an accountancy firm stands to gain by expanding from Brno to Prague (context: business concentration of 12% against 3.5%).
Q4(b) Data response: why spreading risk across more markets may benefit AirAsia (context: 150+ destinations in 25 countries).
Q1(e) Give the meaning of a takeover.
Q1(i) Data response: two factors bearing on an owner's decision to open a second martial arts club.
Q2(f) Give one reason a smartphone shop owner might choose to expand.
Q3(a) Multiple choice on why a firm might choose to remain small.
Q2(f) Set out one reason a firm might choose to remain small.
Q2(f) Give one reason an owner might keep her business small.
Q3(a) Multiple choice picking the definition of a merger.
Q4(c) Data response: weigh up expanding a family business against keeping it small.
Q2(e) Give the meaning of a takeover.
Q2(c) Name one reason firms remain small.
Q2(g) Give one thing bearing on whether an owner can expand her business.
Q1(i) Data response: why a healthcare firm chose to spread into more markets.
Q2(e) Give the meaning of a takeover.
Q1(h) Give one benefit to customers of an airline takeover.
Q3(a) Multiple choice on an advantage of being a small firm.
Q2(h) Data response: whether a small firm gains more by staying small than by growing.
Q2(f) Set out one thing that shapes whether a firm grows.
Q1(i) Data response: why a drinks multinational bought shares in a local rival.
Q1(i) Data response: why a small craft business might choose not to expand.
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