Exam 9: Multibusiness Strategy

Ensuring that certain issues are addressed,objectively assessed and assisting in any resolution may be a parenting opportunity that could add value.These issues--like attracting and keeping people with specialized skills--are:

Crabtree Soup has been facing intense competition and suffering low profit margins for a year now.The market for their specialty soups has matured and the firm is being managed for short-term cash flow to supplement SwissCo's corporate-level resource needs.Which type of firm is Crabtree Soup?

Which type of business involves differentiated products with low brand loyalty,easily replicated technology and minimal scale economies?

How many strategic approaches are suggested by the Industry Attractiveness-Business Strength matrix?

Realizing ____ from shared capabilities and core competencies is a key way value is added in multibusiness companies.

Consider Vepco,a company that began as a rocket propulsion development firm and grew through vertical integration.The firm is trying to figure out how to keep pace with the accelerated trends toward outsourcing that has developed in the last 10 years.Which type of parenting opportunity does this represent?

_________ are those that have few sources of advantage,but the size is large--typically the result of scale economies.

Governments,regulators,unions and suppliers represent ________ who potentially could be managed more effectively by the parent,than by the individual business units.

Corporate strategists found the growth-share matrix's singular axes

For the ABC Company,the Delta business has a lowmarket share position in a fast growing market.As per the BCG matrix,Delta is a

As per the BCG matrix,which of these are cash guzzlers because of their uncertain profit potential?

The strategic logic of patching is to:

The _________ perspective sees multi-business companies as creating value by influencing the businesses they own.

Which matrix allows one way for multi-business companies to rationalize what businesses they are in--businesses that share core competencies and associated competitive advantages.

_______ is the process by which corporate executives routinely remap businesses to match rapidly changing market opportunities.

Which type of simple rules help managers rank the accepted opportunities?

The two dimensions in the BCG's Strategic Environments matrix are ____ and _____ of competitive advantage.

What was the key challenge as companies jumped on the diversification bandwagon?

Skills in achieving differentiation characterize winners in ________ businesses

The least profitable firms are: