Evaluating Business Growth: Overtrading, External Growth, and Retrenchment Challenges

The video explores various aspects of business growth, including overtrading, cash flow challenges, and the balance between long-term and short-term objectives. It discusses the risks associated with external growth through takeovers, using the Royal Bank of Scotland's acquisition of ABN Amro as a case study. The video also covers retrenchment, highlighting its impact on staff morale and productivity, and suggests strategies like natural wastage to mitigate these effects.

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