Business Leaders Benefit from Understanding Pros and Cons of Organic, Transactional Growth Strategies

In this expert Q&A, Jagadeesh Sivadasan, a professor of business economics and public policy at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, explores his study of U.S. firm growth. The study highlights how organic growth strategies are more common than transactional ones. Sivadasan discusses the surprising relationship between growth strategies and long-term survival, as well as the broader impacts of the 2008 financial crisis on firm expansion.