The phrase "alternative to improving" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing options or methods that serve as substitutes for the act of improving something.
Example: "We need to consider an alternative to improving our current marketing strategy if we want to see better results."
Alternatives: "substitute for enhancing" or "option instead of upgrading".
The alternative to improving the efficiency of solar cells is simply decreasing their cost.
The Better Work program offers an innovative alternative to improving working conditions in developing country apparel factories.
Of course, an alternative to improving a particular form of technology might be to discard it altogether as too risky or too damaging.
As an alternative to improving visual search performance through experimental manipulations, an individual differences approach found that those with higher working memory capacity were better at finding rare targets.
The culturally adapted, audio HIV program that we tested offers a feasible and cost-effective alternative to improving HIV knowledge in such settings.
However, when promoting the method as an alternative to improving the cause of death data, it is important that during roll out, researchers have a clear understanding of the processes and their effects, on the response rates, the quality of the data, and on the well-being of those involved.
Heat treatment is an attractive alternative to improve decay resistance of low natural durability wood species.
"We decided that the integration of the two companies was the best alternative to improve and develop our business," Yoichi Shimogaichi, president of NKK, told reporters.
Lightweight architected cellular cores have been introduced as an advanced alternative to improve the overall performance of sandwich structures.
To address the undesired effect of chemotherapeutants in aquaculture, ozone has been suggested as an alternative to improve water quality.
This paper provides an overview of the SNEDDS of the gemfibrozil as a promising alternative to improve oral absorption.
