AQA

With the use of examples, explain the various ways in which a business may grow in size.

(AQA, June 2006)

Evaluate the view that the economic advantages resulting from the growth of firms always exceed the disadvantages.

(AQA, June 2006)

Explain the functions of profit in an economy.

(AQA, June 2006)

Firms may grow internally by investing in new production capacity, or they may grow externally through merger of takeover. Using the data and your economic knowledge, assess the case for and against firms growing solely by merger or takeover.

(AQA, January 2006)

Discuss the case for and against a government regulating the amount of profit firms are making.

(AQA, January 2006)

Explain how and why firms grow in size.

(AQA, June 2003)

OCR

Discuss the extent to which monopoly is a realistic market structure.

(OCR, June 2006)

Explain the price and output decisions of a firm with substantial monopoly power, stating your assumptions.

(OCR, January 2006)

Explain what happens to the level of profits and efficiency within an industry when it becomes more contestable.

(OCR, January 2003)

Discuss whether profit maximization is the only realistic objective for all firms.

(OCR, Summer 2002)