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Strategy frameworks & analysis · Working

Cash cow

Also called: BCG cash cow

ELI5

A mature strong business that produces cash.

Used in conversation

“Do not starve the cash cow of necessary investment.”

Definition

In the BCG matrix, a high-share business in a lower-growth market expected to generate cash.

Here “Cash cow” means: In the BCG matrix, a high-share business in a lower-growth market expected to generate cash.

Pitch context

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Sources & evidence · 5

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.