I imagine that corp dev would probably get enough info to determine if the company would be better off building or buying to get in whatever space they want to

I imagine that corp dev would probably get enough info to determine if the company would be better off building or buying to get in whatever space they want to enter. What happens after that I suppose depends on the company. The other side is if you could get enough information about customer acquisition or some of the metrics that govern the business, you could likely jump ahead of where you would be if you build from scratch without having to learn from time and experience.