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Evaluating Firm Growth Strategies
A mid-sized manufacturing company has a strategic goal to triple its production output within two years. The leadership team is debating two different approaches to achieve this rapid expansion:
- Plan A: Fund all new machinery purchases exclusively through the company's retained profits and fill all new managerial and technical positions by promoting existing employees.
- Plan B: Secure a significant loan from the financial market to purchase state-of-the-art machinery and launch an aggressive recruitment campaign to hire experienced specialists and managers from the broader labor market.
Critique both plans. Based on the economic principles of how firms facilitate growth, which plan is more likely to succeed in achieving the company's ambitious target? Justify your evaluation.
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