the value chain is referred to as horizontal integration. This form of expansion contrasts with vertical integration by which the firm expands into upstream or downstream activities. Horizontal growth can be achieved by internal expansion or by external expansion through mergers and acquisitions of firms offering similar products and services. A firm may diversify by growing horizontally into unrelated businesses. Some examples of horizontal integration include: * The Standard Oil
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Assignment #2 Diversification Strategies “Virgin Group and Benetton Group” Gilbert Feliciano II Professor- Dr. Brian Collins Strayer University CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS- BUS 508 2 ABSTRACT The diversification literature has largely focused on the degree of applicability of firm resources to a new industry: A firm should diversify into more related industries since synergistic benefits decrease with the distance between the new industry and the firm’s primary industry. It argues that
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Regional Integration For and Against Articles Regional Integration For and Against Articles The Asean Economic Community (AEC) will create a common regional market consisting of more than 600 million people in Asean countries such as Thailand‚ by 2015. Numerous corporations have started arranging themselves to meet the objections and openings of the Asean Economic Community. Benefits of Regional Integration for Thailand The integration will create more regional collaboration and will
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1) Give some examples of economic integration‚ today and in the past. Although there exists more than 500 free trade agreements in some shape or from worldwide‚ I contemplate two of the major ones when addressed with this question. Namely EU and NAFTA. EU also known as the European Union formerly known as the European Community has a long and rich history that I will not go into detail about here. I will however note that it was a result of two world wars there left the independent countries poor
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Unilever: Leadership Knows No Boundaries Leadership is a complex subject that has been defined by numerous experts and theorists in nearly every industry around the world. There are as many definitions for leadership as there are companies that profess to be focused on leading their firms effectively. But merely talking about leadership and its application to the business world is no match for the application of leadership principles used to guide a firm’s decision-making and strategy. According
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Regional Integration Chris Fischbach University of Phoenix MGT 448 Global Business Strategies January 25‚ 2012 John O’Brien‚ MBA “ Describe the advantages and disadvantages of regional integration and relate the stage of economic development of the economically integrated region to potential business opportunities.” In the following paper will attempt
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are in favour of economic integration. Since this is the case economic integration is not a novelty to West African states as the sub-region has witnessed numerous attempts at integrating economies. In fact much more than any other sub-region of Africa‚ West Africa has attempted to apply the instrument of economic cooperation and integration to enhance its economic and political landscape1. CONCEPTUAL AND THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC INTEGRATION Economic integration is a very wide concept
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Single Parenting “No one can be a single parent‚ and likewise‚ no one can alone bring a child into this world.”…Shoshana Alexander A young twenty four year old girl who just finished college should have nothing but her whole life to look forward to. A girl who just got a job as an aide in an elementary school‚ has many friends and a family who loves her. She is a girl who loves to hang out and be as normal and free as a twenty-four-year-old should be. But she has come to the conclusion that
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Task was: Project: As part of the team working on The Eurasian Union Project announced by the Russian Government‚ you have been asked to submit a report on what form of economic integration it should take to achieve maximum efficiency. Submit your report and prepare a presentation about your findings. Chairman of the Board Eurasian Economic Commission‚ Viktor Khristenko said: “We live in a time of major change. A new global economic architecture is emerging that is set to define development
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[pic] A. Explain the concept of regional integration. B. Outline the attempts that have been made at regional integration in the Caribbean and discuss the factors that help to hinder integration in the region. [pic] Name: Sushana-Gay Shepherd Institution: Justice Training Institute Lecturer: Farrah Christian Due Date: October 20‚ 2009 Assignment No. 1 Regional Integration can be seen as a good plan for the betterment of the entire region to come together and live as one
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