Editing Corporate development (section)

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'''Corporate development''' refers to the planning and execution of strategies to meet organizational objectives, primarily through mergers and acquisitions or divestitures. The kinds of activities falling under corporate development may include strategic planning, market and competitor mapping and tracking, phasing in or out of markets or products, arranging strategic alliances or partnerships or joint ventures, identifying and acquiring companies ([[Mergers and acquisitions|M&A]]), securing funding (various forms of equity or debt) or [[Corporate finance|corporate financing]], [[Divestment|divesting of assets or divisions]] or selling the whole company, listing on a stock exchange or undertaking various capital management initiatives.