Indeed. Very often organisations tend towards buying solutions without appropriately gauging the situation. One easy example from IT is buying servers vs rentin

Indeed. Very often organisations tend towards buying solutions without appropriately gauging the situation. One easy example from IT is buying servers vs renting them, but fortunately it seems that IT people have found the, for some uncomfortable, balance of "it always depends", and the analysis might turn multifaceted pretty quickly. I also feel that people often discount the cost of up top decisions that people below don't like.