Corporate Strategy
Management 449 with Hostager at University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
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By: Joe McCabe
Textbook:
Crafting and Executing Strategy: The Quest for Competitive Advantage: Concepts and Cases
Created: 2009-03-07
Size: 14 flashcards
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Crafting and Executing Strategy: The Quest for Competitive Advantage: Concepts and CasesCreated: 2009-03-07
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What are the three tests for judging whether a diversification move can produce added value for shareholders?
1. the industry awareness test
2. the cost of entry test
3. the better off test
2. the cost of entry test
3. the better off test
What are the three strategies for entering new businesses?
1. acquisition of an existing business
2. internal start up
3. joint ventures
2. internal start up
3. joint ventures
What are the four situations in which strategic fit exists?
1.transferring competitively valuable expertise
2. combining related value chain activites
3. exploiting common use of a well know brand
4. cross business collaboration to create competitively valuable resource strengths and capabilities
2. combining related value chain activites
3. exploiting common use of a well know brand
4. cross business collaboration to create competitively valuable resource strengths and capabilities
What are the three types of acquisition candidates that are of particular interest?
1. businesses that have bright growth prospects but are short on investment capital
2. undervalued companies that can be acquired at a bargain price
3. struggling companies whose operations can be turned around with the aid of the parent company's financial resources and managerial know-how
2. undervalued companies that can be acquired at a bargain price
3. struggling companies whose operations can be turned around with the aid of the parent company's financial resources and managerial know-how
What are the four types of value chain match ups a diversified company can gain from?
1. opportunities to combine the performance of certain activities thereby reducing costs and capturing economies of scope
2. opportunities to transfer skills, technology, or intellectual capital from one business to another, thereby leveraging use of existing resources
3. opportunities to share use of a wll respected brand name
4. opportunities for sister businesses to collaborate in creating valuable new competitive capabilities
2. opportunities to transfer skills, technology, or intellectual capital from one business to another, thereby leveraging use of existing resources
3. opportunities to share use of a wll respected brand name
4. opportunities for sister businesses to collaborate in creating valuable new competitive capabilities
What are the six paths to competitive advantage contained within a multinational diversification strategy?
1. full capture of economies of scale and experience learning curve effects.
2. opportunities to capitalize on cross business economies of scope
3. opportunities to transfer competitively valuable resources both from one business to another and from one country to another.
4. ability to leverage use of a wellknown and competitively powerful brand name.
5. ability to capitalize on oportunities for cross business and cross country collaboration and strategic coordination
6. opportunities to use cross business or cross country subsidization to out compete rivals
2. opportunities to capitalize on cross business economies of scope
3. opportunities to transfer competitively valuable resources both from one business to another and from one country to another.
4. ability to leverage use of a wellknown and competitively powerful brand name.
5. ability to capitalize on oportunities for cross business and cross country collaboration and strategic coordination
6. opportunities to use cross business or cross country subsidization to out compete rivals
what are the two tools in business strategy of competing well
generic competitive strategies
five forces industry analysis
five forces industry analysis
what are the two tools in corporate strategy of investing well
1. generic corporate strategies
2. portfolio analysis (BCG)
2. portfolio analysis (BCG)
What is unrealated Diversification?
occured in 60s and 70s. Acquiring companies in industries not linked to your core business
the investment focus includes?
smoother revenue streams and balancing risk
what is related diversification?
occured in the 80s
-horizontal integration
-b and f inegration
Reasons
1.decrease cost
2. increase control
3. achieve operating synergies
-horizontal integration
-b and f inegration
Reasons
1.decrease cost
2. increase control
3. achieve operating synergies
what is vertical disintegration?
occured in the 90s
-theme of retrench to core and outsourcing
Reasons
1. leverage another company's assets
2. focus on what you do best
3. fast agile competitive responses
-theme of retrench to core and outsourcing
Reasons
1. leverage another company's assets
2. focus on what you do best
3. fast agile competitive responses
What is an agile corporation?
1. outsourcing non core functions
2. temporay alliances
-motorola
2. temporay alliances
-motorola
What is a virtual corporation?
1. virtual storefront
2. virtual office
3. virtual workforce
4 virtual corporation
a series of contracts
2. virtual office
3. virtual workforce
4 virtual corporation
a series of contracts
About this deck
By: Joe McCabe
Textbook: Crafting and Executing Strategy: The Quest for Competitive Advantage: Concepts and Cases
Created: 2009-03-07
Size: 14 flashcards
Views: 14
Textbook:
Crafting and Executing Strategy: The Quest for Competitive Advantage: Concepts and CasesCreated: 2009-03-07
Size: 14 flashcards
Views: 14
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