[Review] Build, Borrow, or Buy: Solving the Growth Dilemma (Laurence Capron) Summarized.

[Review] Build, Borrow, or Buy: Solving the Growth Dilemma (Laurence Capron) Summarized.
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[Review] Build, Borrow, or Buy: Solving the Growth Dilemma (Laurence Capron) Summarized.

Sep 01 2026 | 00:07:10

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Episode • September 01, 2026 • 00:07:10

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Build, Borrow, or Buy: Solving the Growth Dilemma (Laurence Capron)

- Amazon USA Store: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1422143716?tag=9natree-20
- Amazon Worldwide Store: https://global.buys.trade/Build%2C-Borrow%2C-or-Buy%3A-Solving-the-Growth-Dilemma-Laurence-Capron.html

- Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/how-kirsty-jenkins-stole-the-elephant/id1654411164?itsct=books_box_link&itscg=30200&ls=1&at=1001l3bAw&ct=9natree

- eBay: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Build+Borrow+or+Buy+Solving+the+Growth+Dilemma+Laurence+Capron+&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5339060787&customid=9natree&toolid=10001&mkevt=1
- Read more: https://english.9natree.com/read/1422143716/

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Build, Borrow, or Buy: Solving the Growth Dilemma by Laurence Capron and Will Mitchell is a management and strategy book focused on corporate growth decisions. Published by Harvard Business Review Press, it examines how firms should expand not only through internal development but also through alliances, partnerships, licensing, and acquisitions. Its central purpose is to help executives move beyond a narrow preference for organic growth or M&A and instead evaluate growth as a resource acquisition problem. The book argues that companies often fail because they choose the wrong path for obtaining needed capabilities, even when they execute well. Rather than treating growth as a single strategy, it offers a framework for deciding when to build capabilities internally, borrow them through collaboration, or buy them through acquisition. The result is a practical, research-based guide for leaders who must align strategy, resources, and timing when pursuing expansion.

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