Exam 9: Corporate/multi-business strategy

'Parenting capabilities' imply that:

The ways that vertical integration can create value is NOT:

Product development strategy allows organisations to increase market share for new products in new markets.

'Defensive managerial goals' imply diversification to focus attention on existing performance.

In what ways can a 'corporate centre' add value to the corporation? Is it essential to have a 'corporate centre'?

Market penetration strategy allows organisations to increase market share for present products in the same markets.

Compare the BCG and GE tools and contrast their relative strengths and weaknesses as analytical devices.

Studies show that organisations which are vertically integrated are less volatile in activity and profitability than non-vertically integrated organisations.

According to Aw and Eng,diversification in Asia compared to Europe leads to different performance.

___ is the extent to which the organisation can use the capabilities that it already has in other businesses:

Collis and Montgomery's five implementation factors do NOT include:

Advantages of the diversified corporation do NOT include the claim that:

Discuss any two advantages offered by a parent organisation to a new business.

According to Hubbard,Rice and Galvin,one of the reasons for a single business wanting to diversify is that:

The five types of unrelated diversification that may create value are:

Hubbard,Rice and Galvin's four questions of corporate strategy do NOT include:

The first golden rule of corporate strategy suggests that the corporate centre's value creation should be equal to the coordination costs.

The golden rule of corporate strategy can be expressed as:

The objective of corporate strategy,as with business strategy,is to add value.

Increasing market share for current products in current markets is: