A) are cost reductions that flow from operating in multiple related businesses. B) arise only from strategic fit relationships in the production portions of the value chains of sister businesses. C) are more associated with unrelated diversification than related diversification. D) are present whenever diversification satisfies the attractiveness test and the cost of entry test. E) arise mainly from strategic fit relationships in the distribution portions of the value chains of unrelated businesses. A) are cost reductions that flow from operating in multiple related businesses. B) arise only from strategic fit relationships in the production portions of the value chains of sister businesses. C) are more associated with unrelated diversification than related diversification. D) are present whenever diversification satisfies the attractiveness test and the cost of entry test. E) arise mainly from strategic fit relationships in the distribution portions of the value chains of unrelated businesses.

Exam 8: Diversification: Strategies for Managing a Group of Businesses

Checking the competitive advantage potential of cross-business strategic fits in a diversified company involves evaluating the extent to which sister businesses present opportunities

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Retrenching to a narrower diversification base is

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Question 22

What might induce an already diversified company to enter additional businesses and broaden its diversification base?

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Question 23

The two biggest drawbacks or disadvantages of unrelated diversification are

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Question 24

Which of the following is a diversified business with one major "core" business and a collection of small related or unrelated businesses?

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Question 25

What is the industry attractiveness test? How is it used to evaluate a diversified company's business lineup? Why is it relevant?

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Question 26

A related diversification strategy involves building the company around businesses

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Question 27

When calculating the weighted industry attractiveness scores, we find the more intensely competitive an industry is

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Question 28

A company can best accomplish diversification into new industries by

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Question 29

To create value for shareholders via diversification, a company must

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Question 30

Which one of the following is NOT an important aspect of evaluating the merits of a diversified company's strategy?

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Question 31

Briefly discuss when it makes good strategic sense for a company to consider diversification.

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Question 32

What is meant by the term "resource fit," as it applies to evaluating a diversified company's business lineup?

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Question 33

As a rule, the key indicators of industry attractiveness, for all the industries represented in a diversified company's business portfolio, should NOT be measured on such attractiveness factors as

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Question 34

Moves to improve a diversified company's overall performance do NOT include

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Question 35

One of the most significant contributions to strategy making in diversified companies that the nine-cell industry attractiveness competitive strength matrix provides is

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Assessments of how a diversified company's subsidiaries compare in competitive strength should be based on such factors as

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Economies of scope

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Once a company has diversified into a collection of related or unrelated businesses and concludes that some strategy adjustments are needed, which one of the following is NOT one of the main strategy options that a company can pursue?

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Question 39

Which of the following rationales for pursuing unrelated diversification is likely to increase shareholder value?

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Checking the competitive advantage potential of cross-business strategic fits in a diversified company involves evaluating the extent to which sister businesses present opportunities

Retrenching to a narrower diversification base is

What might induce an already diversified company to enter additional businesses and broaden its diversification base?

The two biggest drawbacks or disadvantages of unrelated diversification are

Which of the following is a diversified business with one major "core" business and a collection of small related or unrelated businesses?

What is the industry attractiveness test? How is it used to evaluate a diversified company's business lineup? Why is it relevant?

A related diversification strategy involves building the company around businesses

When calculating the weighted industry attractiveness scores, we find the more intensely competitive an industry is

A company can best accomplish diversification into new industries by

To create value for shareholders via diversification, a company must

Which one of the following is NOT an important aspect of evaluating the merits of a diversified company's strategy?

Briefly discuss when it makes good strategic sense for a company to consider diversification.

What is meant by the term "resource fit," as it applies to evaluating a diversified company's business lineup?

As a rule, the key indicators of industry attractiveness, for all the industries represented in a diversified company's business portfolio, should NOT be measured on such attractiveness factors as

Moves to improve a diversified company's overall performance do NOT include

One of the most significant contributions to strategy making in diversified companies that the nine-cell industry attractiveness competitive strength matrix provides is

Assessments of how a diversified company's subsidiaries compare in competitive strength should be based on such factors as

Economies of scope

Once a company has diversified into a collection of related or unrelated businesses and concludes that some strategy adjustments are needed, which one of the following is NOT one of the main strategy options that a company can pursue?

Which of the following rationales for pursuing unrelated diversification is likely to increase shareholder value?

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