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MENTAL MODEL · M1305

Crown Jewel Defense

Crown Jewel Defense
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

A self-harming anti-takeover strategy. To avoid a hostile takeover, the target company proactively sells its most valuable core assets (the crown jewels) to a third party, thereby making itself less attractive to the acquirer.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

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Reduce cognitive load

Extreme stop-loss. It metaphorically represents a tragic choice of sacrificing core interests for survival. In personal decision-making, sometimes to escape a fatal control or entanglement, one has to give up what one treasures most.

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Refers to the most valuable and strategically significant core part of an asset portfolio, which needs to be protected with priority.

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