[kazen44]

beancounters are not in charge of the direction of the company. In a lot of cases, it makes a ton of sense to go for capex vs opex.

My old employer had a strategy which basically boiled down to owning everything inside this company expect for the coffee machines and cleaning crew. His reason being? This made it possible to run on very thight margins when the economy takes a downturn without having to scramble for money because of leased/loaned equipment etc.

In the 2008 crisis, this is how he stayed afloat with his company, and even made a pretty profit during a time of crisis too.