Exam 6: Corporate-Level Strategy Creating Value through Diversification

3M leverages its competencies in adhesives technologies to many industries, including automotive, construction, and telecommunications. This is an example of creating value by using

Portfolio models are used to assist a firm in

For a core competency to create value and provide a viable basis for synergy among the businesses in a corporation, it must at least create superior customer value and it must be difficultto imitate.

Diversification initiatives include all the following except

The Hewlett-Packard and Autonomy merger in 2011 is an example of a successful merger.

A cash cow, in the BCG framework, refers to a business that has

Portfolio models such as the BCG Portfolio matrix are limited in value because they only compare the SBU on four dimensions.

Firms have several choices of diversification initiatives that can be used to create value. Which of the following is not one of them?

Transaction costs include all the following costs except

Through joint ventures, firms can directly acquire the assets and competencies of other firms.

Which of the following is not a way a corporation tries to create shareholder value in using portfolio strategy approaches?

The primary means by which a firm can diversify are ________, ________, and ________.

Proctor and Gamble is a large multinational organization that has many business sharing distribution resources. Diversification strategies take advantage of the ________ that exist intheir organization.

Portfolio management should be considered as the primary basis for formulating corporate-level strategies.

The Coca-Cola acquisition of its bottlers failed because

Restructuring requires the corporate office to find either exceptionally performing firms with realized potential or firms in industries on the threshold of significant, negative change.

According to the text, corporate restructuring includes

The downsides or limitations of mergers and acquisitions include all of the following except

In 2014, Apple purchased Beats Electronics for billion USD. While Apple valued the product portfolio of Beats, its primary aim was to pull the founders of Beats, Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre (aka Andrew Young), into the Apple family. This is an example of acquiring firms using acquisitions to acquire

For a core competence to be a viable basis for the corporation strengthening a new business unit, there are three requirements. Which one of the following is not one of these requirements?