> any business wants to acquire an "asset" at the lowest possible cost. In the short term potentially. If the price at which you acquired the asset has knock

> any business wants to acquire an "asset" at the lowest possible cost. In the short term potentially. If the price at which you acquired the asset has knock on effects, on e.g. the effectiveness of that asset, employee turn over, whether you can sleep at night, whether the economy as a whole has enough people earning enough to buy your product, whether you are considered to be fair minded and honourable in contracts and disputes, then you might well want to think about it in a little more depth. There are many reasons why blindly acquiring an asset at the lowest possible short term cost might not be in your interests.