Organic business growth is related to the growth of natural systems and organisms, societies and economies, as a dynamic organizational process, that for business expansion is marked by increased output, customer base expansion, or new product development, as opposed to mergers and acquisitions, which is inorganic growth.
What it excludes is the boost to growth from acquisitions, and the decline from sales and closures of whole businesses.
[citation needed] Relating to organic input in an organisation, it can also relate to the act of closing down cost centers through established organic methods instead of waiting for a Finance list.
[3][4] An early reference to "organic growth" appeared in Inazo Nitobe's 1899 book The Soul of Japan.
Organic Growth is evolving to a new concept within the social media marketing of the 21st century.