Gsometimes a company can short-circuit the task of building an organizational capability in-house by either acquiring a company that has already developed the capability or else acquiring the desired capability through collaborative efforts with outsiders having the requisite skills, know-how, and expertise. using benchmarking and the adoption of best practices to imitate a capability that rivals have already developed. putting in high-incentive bonuses to reward individual employees who train hard to develop the desired capability. empowering a team of employees to develop the capability however they best see fit. launching an extensive training effort to develop the capability quickly with newly hired employees.