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)