Acquisitions can accelerate growth overnight - or destroy billions in value just as quickly. This episode explores the strategic battle between organic growth and buying size, using real examples of companies that mastered it… and others that paid heavily for chasing growth too fast.

Acquisitions can accelerate growth overnight - or destroy billions in value just as quickly. This episode explores the strategic battle between organic growth and buying size, using real examples of companies that mastered it… and others that paid heavily for chasing growth too fast.

The Growth Trap: Organic vs Acquisition

In this show we cover lots of different areas of business strategy to help you understand and revise key topics. We focus on showing you how the theory applies to the real world (and where it doesn't!)

Ben has been teaching strategy for 23 years and is a lecturer at Newcastle University, specialising in strategy and finance.

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In this show we cover lots of different areas of business strategy to help you understand and revise key topics. We focus on showing you how the theory applies to the real world (and where it doesn't!) Ben has been teaching strategy for 23 years and is a lecturer at Newcastle University, specialising in strategy and finance.

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The Growth Trap: Organic vs Acquisition

The Growth Trap: Organic vs Acquisition