CLASS / COURSE: Strategic Management

QUESTION DESCRIPTION:

Questions:

1. Why this corporate strategy? In other words: Why diversify? or Why vertically integrate?
2. Why this tactic? In other words: Why an alliance? or Why build it out yourself? or Why a merger/acquisition?
3. Why this company? explain why these companies specifically (assuming the company isn't building it out themselves).


its is only supposed to be 3-3 pages
 

when answering the first question: address why vertical integration or why diversify in the following economies scopes:
-from operational scope (core competence and such..)
-from the financial economies of scope (capital allocation, risk reduction and such)
-anticompetitive economies of scope (multi point competition..etc)
-employee incentives to diversify

for vertical integration, discuss it in the following:
-threat of opputurtunism
-firm capabilities
-flexibility

you're going to choose on or the other based on the case

for question 2, its going to be either alliance, build out, or merger/aquisitoin and you have to answer it in the following:
corporate strategy:
-operational
-financial
-anticompetitive

and the last is why this company, what are the benefits, disadvantages..what do they gain ..etc etc.

 

 

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SUBJECTS / CATEGORIES:
1. Marketing
2. Business and Finance Case Studies
3. Strategic Business Management