Homework Cristian STAN 1035 1. A growth strategy is a plan created by an organisation for facing current and future challenges that may appear to achive its goals and achieving a higher level on the market share. 2. The six growth strategies mentioned in the article are: market penetration, market development, alternative channels, product expansions, market segmentation, partnerships. 3. I think the best way for small businesses is parternships this way they will need less resources which they probably can’t affoard and this way they will grow. 4. Start-up = a company in the first stages of operation, Market share = Out of total purchases of a customer of a product or service, what percentage goes to a company defines its market share Market saturation = Market saturation arises when the volume of a product or service in a marketplace has been maximized. At the point of saturation, a company can only achieve further growth through new product improvements by taking existing market share from competitors or increasing overall consumer demand. B2B marketing = is a process that involves selling a certain product manufactured by one company to another Remarketing = the tactic of serving targeted ads to people who have already visited or taken action on your website Merger = is an agreement that unites two existing companies into one new company Acquisition = is a corporate action in which one company purchases most or all of another company's shares to gain control of that company Sole trader = is a self-employed person who owns and runs their own business as an individual