Build, borrow, or buy
Subtitle: solving the growth dilemma
By: Laurence Capron and Will Mitchell
Contributors: Mitchell, Will
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781422143711
Subjects: Strategic planning; Business enterprise; Finance; Decision making; Success in business
Description: How should you grow your organization? It is one of the most challenging questions an executive team faces and the wrong answer can break your firm. The problem is most firms' growth strategies emphasize just one type of growth but firms falling into this implementation trap usually end up losing out to a competitor whose approach is more inclusive. Drawing on decades of research and teaching, the authors find that a firm's aptitude for determining the best resource pathways for growth has a defining impact on its success. They have come up with a helpful framework, reflecting practices of a variety of successful global organizations, to determine which path is best for yours. Written for large multinationals and emerging firms alike, this book will help solve a perennial question and will guide you through change while priming your organization for optimal growth.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction: two funerals and a wedding; title: The resource pathways framework; title: When to build : internal development versus external sourcing; title: When to borrow via contract : basic contract versus alliance; title: When to borrow via alliance : alliance versus acquisition; title: When to buy : acquisition versus the alternatives; title: Realigning your resource portfolio; title: Developing your enterprise selection capability; title: Appendix I: The resource pathways framework; title: Appendix II: Research methodology; title: Appendix III: References.