As most have seen with regard to the current financial meltdown, growth for growth’s sake is not always the best way to approach a long-term growth strategy. Picking and choosing targets of opportunity, with an eye for maintaining growth is, in some instances, a better way to go. Stability and a long-term strategy are the key considerations in boom times, and an approach that will help investors avoid pitfalls when times and trends turn against prevailing patterns.

Premier Power Renewable Energy Inc., a solar power energy systems installer and integrator, works to install and integrate solar energy systems for residential, commercial, agricultural and industrial end users. The company has recently undergone a reverse merger and private placement to become a publicly traded company.

As the solar marketplace continues to find its place within the alternative energy industry, many companies are beginning to stake their place as leading developers, installers and manufacturers.

The larger a corporation, the more likely it is to depreciate its suppliers and distributors. The culture of inorganic growth has also fostered a value to own every entity of any worth. Tight credit conditions could force companies to collaborate without dominating each other’s board-rooms. However, the best companies will always excel at associate relationships during phases of rapid growth. This could prove to be the least crowded route to business expansion as markets pull out of the 2008 trough.

Supply and logistic chains have all the resources of corporations they serve. Co-operation with a competitor may be a contradiction in terms, but companies that synergize rather than replicate strengths of peers with which they do business will gain first in every upswing.

Losses of know-how and control are management phobias that prevent corporations from leveraging supply and distribution chains better. Lack of trust is always a hurdle in addressing market opportunities