DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING: DIVERSIFICATION According to investment word. Com diversification is a portfolio to reduce exposure to risk by combining a variety of investments‚ such as stock‚ bonds and real estate‚ which are unlikely to all move in the same direction. It can also be defined as manufacturing business terminology used to describe the act of increasing choices for when to order what supplies from whom to bring products to the market. Assof
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|Growing International Market | |Worldwide operational centers |Expected growth in GDP | |Product Diversification |Shifts in consumer preferences and emergence of internet | |Large Market Share |Growth in Business Population Size
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describe the four product/market expansion grid strategies and explain which strategy Google implemented with the Nexus One. The four product/market expansion grid strategies are Market Penetration‚ Market Development‚ Product Development‚ and Diversification. The Market Penetration strategy is when a company is introducing a new product into the market that has similarities to current products in the market. One of the most effective ways to use this strategy is to encourage their current customers
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Reasons for acquisitions Companies follow acquisition strategies for a variety of reasons‚ including: 1) Increased Market Power A primary reason for acquisitions is that they enable companies to gain greater market power. While a number of companies may feel that they have an internal core competence‚ they may be unable to exploit their resources and capabilities because of a lack of size. A company may be able to gain the size necessary to exploit its core competence by becoming larger
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INC. Low level of diversification (1976-1996) To examine what strategies have been used by Apple‚ we divided the period into two ages. The first age is in between 1976 until 1996 were we can observe that all the products sold by Apple were computer related. They started with Apple 1 and continuously developed their products up until the evolutionary of Macintosh. However‚ their development restrained only to computers‚ chips and software which indicates low diversification applied by Apple at
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Global perspectives • Strategy in emerging markets: Oprah Inc. Chapter 7: Responsible for: • What is corporate diversification? • Figure 7.1 – Levels and types of diversification • The value of Corporate Diversification • Table 7.1 – Different types of economies of scope • Table 7.3 – The competitive Implications of Different Economies of Scope • Corporate Diversification and Sustained Competitive Advantage • Table 7.4 - Costly duplication of economies of scope • Can equity holders realize
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be more effective than having grown horizontally. Is concentration better than diversification? I believe that diversification is better than concentration‚ because it reduces risk in business. If one end of business fails‚ the entire business doesn’t have to. On the other end‚ if a business lacks concentration to the point of lacking competency‚ this also would result into failure. For RDF‚ diversification has worked because it diversifies its profit centers (Feedmill‚ Farm‚ Meatshop). This
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International Diversification and Returns Firms have numerous reasons to diversify internationally.134 International diversification is a strategy through which a firm expands the sales of its goods or services across the borders of global regions and countries into different geographic locations or markets. Because of its potential advantages‚ international diversification should be related positively to firms’ returns. Research has shown that‚ as international diversification increases‚ firms’
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Case Study Report Strategic Management 313 Unit Index Number 3522 Semester 1‚ 2006 BMW Automobiles [pic] Group Members Daniel Smentek‚ 13264679 Melanie Bernroitner‚ 13264682 Marie-Charlotte Neumann‚ 13264640 Submitted on‚ May 16‚ 2006 Table of Contents Executive Summary 4 Introduction 5 BMW and the Automobile Industry 6 Aspects of the Automobile Industry 6 Historical Background of BMW 6 BMW in the Global Environment 9 General Environment of the
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Role of Finance Companies Traditional role of Finance Companies The finance companies are much smaller in scale compared with commercial banks‚ and they are also saddled with more restrictions which will be discussed later in the report. Traditionally‚ they relied on their personalized and flexible services to attract clients. This is because there are always consumers who are rejected by the commercial banks because adding these consumers to their portfolios would be uneconomical for these commercial
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