如果这些基础工作引起了任何危险信号(比如你的技术过时了), 你的文化是孤立的, 或者你的过程很弱), 谨慎的做法是,在走上成长之路之前,先停下来想想该如何改造公司. 例如, you wouldn’t necessarily want to acquire a company when you are already experiencing downward performance trends; the odds are greater that you will end up simply decreasing the value of the new asset as well.