Creating value through acquisitionsStuart E. Jackson, (2007),Creating value through acquisitions, Journal of Business Strategy, Vol. 28 Iss: 6 pp. 40 41A caution to readers who like nothing better than a headline-grabbing, out-of-the-blue acquisition: Im not one of you. In fact, as a rule, I am an advocate of organic growth, of growing out from the core of the business in ways that build on established strengths. That strategy is at the heart of a discipline that I call strategic