Elements of Alternative Growth Strategies:
Organic growth, Acquisition, Strategic alliance, JV
Principle:
Summary of advantages and drawbacks of strategic options
Issues:
Organic growth – utilizing recourses developing new competencies
Acquisition – Friendly purchase or takeover or merger
Merger – no goodwill to be written off
Applications:
To determine challenges in different strategies
Source of Alternative Growth Strategies:
Thompson and Martin (2010)