Deck 10: Strategies for Growth

Question 1

Which two of the following areas does Henry (2018) describe as areas for assistance by the corporate parent to the business unit?

A) Linkage influence
B) Functional and services influence
C) Strategic influence
D) Resource influence

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Economies of scope can be seen as the cost benefits resulting from

A) using the same resource across a range of outputs
B) using the same resources more efficiently
C) using new resources across a range of outputs
D) using large amounts of new resources

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Mergers and Acquisitions remain popular strategic activities and seek to exploit synergies between firms. Longer term however they often fail to generate expected…

A) shareholder value
B) stakeholder value
C) share price growth
D) shareholder dividends

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Mergers and Acquisitions remain popular strategic activities and seek to exploit synergies between firms. Longer term however they often fail to generate expected…

A) shareholder value
B) stakeholder value
C) share price growth
D) shareholder dividends

Question 5

The success of a strategic alliance may lie in its

A) management
B) ownership structure
C) Resource alignment
D) Market value

Question 6

Two factors that have a positive influence on strategic alliance performance are:

A) Clear organizational arrangements for the alliance
B) A philosophy of organizational learning
C) Strong contractual clauses
D) Credible commitments

Question 7

In situations of high corporate relatedness which two of the following would be value creating strategies?

A) Rare capability, can create diseconomies of scope
B) Economies of scope
C) Market power
D) Financial economies

Question 8

When considering collaborative approaches to diversification which two from the following are key considerations?

A) Risk
B) Reward
C) Share price
D) Market share

Question 9

Domain navigation describes how an organization intends to compete

Question 10

The role of the corporate parent is to oversee day to day activities within the business units