{"id":14263,"date":"2019-06-05T09:39:59","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T13:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/sponsored-project\/strategic-growth-plan\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T11:47:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T15:47:39","slug":"strategic-growth-plan","status":"publish","type":"sponsored-project","link":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/sponsored-project\/strategic-growth-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategic Growth Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Project:<\/strong> COMACO had recently been approached by the Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries (Norfund, www.norfund.no) which invests in the establishment and development of profitable and sustainable enterprises in developing countries. Norfund was interested in investing in COMACO\u2019s for-profit activities. The SGE Immersion team worked with COMACO to clarify the financials associated with their food business \u2013 both individually by product, and collectively as a business unit \u2013 to develop a five-year strategic growth plan for the organization that could be presented to potential investors, including Norfund. 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