Mainly, IBM in recent years has been known for using acquisitions in products such as cloud computing, analytics and consulting services to spark growth and improve profitability in a huge, mature company.

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In order to get investors interested, SpringLeaf needed to get its hands on a large-molecule drug that had already been through the regulatory gamut so that its novel delivery system would greatly improve that mature drug by giving patients greater convenience and control and thus boosting sales of the combination.

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The best way to improve returns on capital nowadays is to expand outside the mature markets in North America and Europe, where competition is most intense.

ECONOMIST: Oil industry