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Acquisition Avoidance: When Organisations Turn Their Back on M&A
Most organisations want to grow... but turn their back on one of the most powerful tools in their arsenal: acquisitions.
Why? Because they don’t feel ready to manage the complexities and high stakes of acquisition, and that leads to widespread Acquisition Avoidance.
In the eighth article of The Growth Blind Spot series, I explore why this bias exists and what to do about it.