The Controversy Surrounding External Versus Internal Growth Finds

question 52

Multiple Choice

The controversy surrounding external versus internal growth finds

• A) external growth appears to be superior financially to internal growth.
• B) internal growth appears to be superior financially to external growth.
• C) there appears to be no financial advantage to either.
• D) acquisitions have a lower survival rate than new internally generated business ventures.
• E) strategic alliances are superior to both.

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Conscious Experience

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Cannon-Bard Theory

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