The most obvious solution is to buy the product-making capabilities of others. These mergers and acquisitions simulate growth by devouring someone else's creativity. And since large umbrella structures seem inevitably to smother, rather than kindle, originality in an acquired company, there is an continual need to acquire more and more. As with Dracula, there is never enough blood. The current free market' mythology tells us that those are the breaks.
Capitalism is tough.
The weak die. The strong survive. The highest bidder wins and, anyway, small units are no longer profitable. What we are witnessing, according to our managerial capitalists, is a healthy weeding of our overgrown garden, a rationalization of the Western economy. Unfortunately, this hyperbole bears no relationship to what is actually happening.