Action Acquisitions & Alliances CORPORATE STRATEGY AND DIVERSIFICATION Learning objectives After reading this chapter‚ you should be able to: Key terms ● Identify alternative strategy options‚ including market penetration‚ product development‚ market development and diversification. ● Distinguish between different diversification strategies (related and conglomerate diversification) and evaluate diversification drivers. ● Assess the relative benefits of vertical integration
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carry out diversification such as developing new lines and products‚ joint ventures and acquiring firms in unrelated lines of business‚ to improve on their corporate efficiency and benefits of the shareholder. For example‚ if a firm’s business focuses on seasonal products such as selling heating equipment‚ sales will do well during the autumn and winter months. However‚ to ensure the firm’s survival and maintain its business during the summer‚ it will need to carry out diversification such as establishing
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with… * Diversification: * What are the five “good” reasons for diversifying? * What is related and unrelated diversification? * What theories or ideas are related and unrelated diversifications based on? * There is an inverted “U” relationship between firm diversification and firm performance. In other words‚ at some point increased diversification is thought to impede performance. Why is this? * What does “fit” mean regarding related diversification *
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Matrix was first presented by H. Igor Ansoff in the Harvard Business Review of 19571. A tool used since then for analyzing growth‚ the matrix presents main strategic choices (ie. Market penetration‚ Market Development‚ Product Development‚ and Diversification) which managers can use to determine the direction their company wants to take moving forward. Ansoff Growth Strategy
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Growth Growth can be promoted internally by investing in expansion or externally by acquiring additional business divisions - - Internal growth = can include development of new or changed products External growth = typically involves diversification – businesses related to current product lines or into new areas Grand Strategy: Stability Stability‚ sometimes called a pause strategy‚ means that the organization wants to remain the same size or to grow slowly and in a controlled
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future for Virgin? Diversification is often seen as the last evolution for a company. However‚ there are ways and options to adapt your strategy after you diversify in order to make it more efficient to this new change. Virgin is‚ as we’ve seen in the previous parts‚ a well-diversified company. There are usually 4 paths a diversified company could use after it diversified‚ and we can use them to analyse the potential future of Virgin. 1 Broaden the diversification base Virgin’s essence
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Baseball franchise‚ books and magazine publishing‚ interactive software and internet sites‚ and The Disney Store retail shops. •Based on the above list‚ determine whether or not Walt Disney’s lineup reflects a strategy of related diversification‚ unrelated diversification‚ or a combination of related and unrelated. Explain your answer and be prepared to justify the extent to which
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Strategic Management Project- Integration & Intensive Strategies Submitted to Dr. Ravi Raj Kumar Professor& Dean School of business- Alliance University Submitted By Group 5 Marketing-Jan 12-14 Batch Sec-B 1|Page Ackonwledgement Its been a great pleasure for me to work under people of immense subject matter expertise and its time for me to acknowledge all of them without whom this work would not have been fruitful. It is great pleasure and honour for us to owe gratitude to my
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San Miguel Corporation on Diversification San Miguel Corporation‚ one of the top manufacturers of food and beverages in the Philippines on a journey to diversify into energy‚ mining‚ and other utilities. Introduction When we hear the name‚ “San Miguel Corporation”‚ the first things that come to our mind are food and drinks‚ especially alcoholic beverages namely‚ San Miguel Beer. A decade ago‚ people see San Miguel Corporation as a strong player of Food‚ Beverages and Packaging Market
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Existing new existing market penetration product development market extension diversification new Above I made Ansoff matrix‚ according to this matrix marketer can sell his products in existing market or in totally new market. On the behalf of this matrix‚ we will discuss in detail‚ how Apple Inc. can
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