marketplace A concentration strategy focuses on a single business competing in a single industry A strategy of concentric diversification involves moving into new businesses that are related to the company’s original core business. In contrast to concentric diversification‚ conglomerate diversification is a corporate strategy that involves expansion into unrelated businesses. For example‚ General Electric Corporation has diversified from its original base in electrical and home
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Part A Task 1 1. What type of organization is Australian Beverages Limited? Family owned? Private? When it was founded? Founded by whom? Currently run by whom? 2. What industry‚ product segments/ markets does ABL operate in? nd 2 largest Core activities Product categories and segments Foreign or domestic ? Distribution channels Stages in the value chain 3. What is the current life-cycle position of the industry? p. 2.24 The Australian bottled water manufacturing industry is currently in a growth
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West Fraser Timber further cutting capacity Hank Ketcham‚ CEO of West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.‚ said that lumber producers will have to further reduce capacity because of low product prices. He said that to determine the right operating strategy‚ “we’re looking at our operations daily.” West Fraser’s output has already been cut “by 13 percent during the long recession in the forest industry.” Because of the collapse in the housing market‚ the industry has gone through “extensive suffering”‚ and has
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GROUP I. TIME CONTEXT There was no mention regarding the specific time context on both cases but the time context can be assumed to have occurred during the 1990s. The company has a diversified operation and it was during that period where diversification ‚ acquisition and mergers prevalently took place. II. VIEW POINT Frances Rampar‚ President of Rampar Associated‚ a management consultant‚ who conducted a management survey into the problems facing the Wallace Group. Her task is to develop
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of scale & scope‚ create management structures and invest in research & development • Once a firm loses the opportunity to be a first mover‚ it is difficult to regain competitive advantage Secondary Claims: • Growth through unrelated diversification is a poor business strategy • Business ownership patterns have diminished the likelihood of many firms’ long-term success CONCEPT LIST Economies of scale: Large companies can produce products at a much lower cost than small
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Strategic Management T2 1 | | 11 | | 21 | | 31 | | 41 | | 2 | | 12 | | 22 | | 32 | | 42 | | 3 | | 13 | | 23 | | 33 | | 43 | | 4 | | 14 | | 24 | | 34 | | 44 | | 5 | | 15 | | 25 | | 35 | | 45 | | 6 | | 16 | | 26 | | 36 | | 46 | | 7 | | 17 | | 27 | | 37 | | 47 | | 8 | | 18 | | 28 | | 38 | | 48 | | 9 | | 19 | | 29 | | 39 | | 49 | | 10 | | 20 | | 30 | | 40 | | 50 | | 1. Which of the following is not an implication of the globalization
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A PROJECT REPORT ON Analysis Of Product Line Decisions Taken By Hindustan Unilever Limited Submitted to RANI DURGAVATI VISHWAVIDYALAYA‚ JABALPUR In the Partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of Degree of Master Of Business Administration Submitted by Ms. DEEPIKA NOTNANI MBA IVth SEMESTER GYAN GANGA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY Jabalpur 2010 * DECLARATION I declare that the whole information
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Describe the methods the Birla Group could use to unlock possible “conglomerate discount”. Unlocking conglomerate discount would need more focused approach on the businesses. We see that even in the case of Birla group. Idea cellular which when it was started was a Joint venture but later on it was separated. This more focused approach has enabled it to grow phenomenally. Idea in 2008 also acquired Spice Communications adding broadening its grip. Grasim Grasim was founded in 1947 as a textile manufacturer
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Industrial Organization Case Study Jack Welch & General Electric And Tata Group TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface Organizational Structure * What is organization structure * Traditional Organizational Structure * New Design Options * What major forces shape an organization’s structure Organizational Change * What causes change * Approaches to manage change * Resistance to change * Contemporary change issues for today’s managers About
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awareness of the western world and growing importance of beauty pageants‚ there have been significant changes and use of cosmetics is on the rise. Lakme‚ a brand originally introduced by the Tata group of India‚ now bought over by Hindustan Unilever (HUL) of the Unilever group‚ Tips & Toes‚ another domestic player‚ and Revlon dominate the US$ 60 million color cosmetics market. Multinationals‚ Revlon of the U.S. and L’Oreal’s Maybelline has a dominant share of the small premium lipsticks and nail enamels
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