Deck 7: Diversificationpart Threemarket and Competitive Analysis

Question 1

Which of the following benefits of diversification explains the idea that combining unrelated businesses can allow firms to finance projects through cross-subsidization when they previously were unable to finance the same projects externally?

A)Use of internal capital markets
B)Economies of scale and scope
C)Economizing on transaction costs
D)Diversifying shareholder portfolios
E)Identifying undervalued firms

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which Rumelt relatedness classification describes a firm that obtains between 70 and 95 percent of its annual revenues from a principal activity?

A)Conglomerated-business
B)Single-business
C)Dominant-business
D)Related-business
E)Unrelated-business

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following benefits of diversification explains the idea that a multiproduct firm is an efficient choice when the costs of doing business complicate inter-firm coordination?

A)Use of internal capital markets
B)Economies of scale and scope
C)Economizing on transaction costs
D)Diversifying shareholder portfolios
E)Identifying undervalued firms

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following is not generally a potential benefit of diversification?

A)Control systems rewarding/penalizing division managers based on business unit objective
B)Economies of scale and scope
C)Economizing on transaction costs
D)Diversifying shareholder portfolios
E)Identifying undervalued firms

Question 5

Which of the following is generally a way that LBOs can help a firm realize its potential value?

A)The synergies created allow for cost savings
B)The transaction reduces the disparity between a firm's actual and potential share price
C)The acquisition reduces the likelihood of competition in the industry
D)The transaction requires debt repayment with future free cash flow leaving management no discretion over the investment of these funds
E)The buyout gives an opportunity to adjust the management structure and makeup

Question 6

Who is formally charged with monitoring management to ensure any diversification or other actions increase shareholder value?

A)Firm senior executives
B)Audit division
C)Board of directors
D)SEC
E)Shareholders themselves

Question 7

After American Can's initial transition from only producing manufacturing tin cans and other metal containers (1950)to diversifying with businesses that included paper products,printing,record distribution,and direct mail marketing,what Rumelt relatedness classification best described the firm (1980)?

A)Conglomerated-business
B)Single-business
C)Dominant-business
D)Related-business
E)Unrelated-business

Question 8

By satisfying which of the following conditions can shareholders prevent management driven acquisitions?

A)If shareholders could determine which acquisitions will lead to increased profits and which will not
B)If shareholders could direct management to undertake only those acquisitions that will increase shareholder value
C)If shareholders could provide management with the appropriate steps to conduct when performing acquisitions
D)a & b
E)None of the above

Question 9

Which of the following is not a way managers generally benefit from acquisitions?

A)Increased compensation
B)Consolidation of other senior executives
C)Shielding against risk
D)Political power
E)Social prominence

Question 10

Examining which of the following is broadly considered one of the easiest ways to measure diversifying activity?

A)Joint Ventures
B)Mergers and acquisitions
C)Internal Business Development
D)Strategic Alliances
E)Collaborative agreements

Question 11

Which of the following is generally a way that LBOs can help a firm realize its potential value?

A)The synergies created allow for cost savings
B)The transaction reduces the disparity between a firm's actual and potential share price
C)The reduction in the number of shares outstanding makes it possible to give a firm's management a large equity share
D)The acquisition reduces the likelihood of competition in the industry
E)The buyout gives an opportunity to adjust the management structure and makeup

Question 12

What diversification benefit argument is countered with Lamont's study indicating that oil firm investments in their nonoil subsidiaries fell sharply after oil price drops in the 1980s?

A)Use of internal capital markets
B)Economies of scale and scope
C)Economizing on transaction costs
D)Diversifying shareholder portfolios
E)Identifying undervalued firms

Question 13

What measure,that depends on how much of a firm's revenues are attributable to product market activities that have shared technological characteristics,production characteristics,or distribution channels,is used to determine how diversified a firm is at a given time?

A)Integration level
B)Rumelt score
C)Conglomerate level
D)Activity share
E)Relatedness

Question 14

Which of the following benefits of diversification explains the idea that corporate diversification can provide situations where an acquiring firm determines the stock price for firm they intend to acquire is too low?

A)Use of internal capital markets
B)Economies of scale and scope
C)Economizing on transaction costs
D)Diversifying shareholder portfolios
E)Identifying undervalued firms

Question 15

As is the case with most mergers what happened to target firm Gillette's stock and acquiring form P&G's stock on the day their merger was announced?

A)Both stocks rose
B)Both stocks dropped
C)Gillette's stock rose and P&G's stock fell
D)P&G's stock rose and Gillette's stock fell
E)P&G's stock fell and Gillette's stock split

Question 16

What force does Manne indicate constrains the actions of managers so that they stay focused on the goals of owners?

A)Market for corporate control
B)SEC
C)Corporate board
D)Corporate governance
E)CEO

Question 17

Which of the following is a term that can best be used to describe a broadly diversified firm?

A)Integrated
B)Merged
C)Mixed
D)Conglomerate
E)Multifaceted

Question 18

What institution within a firm must fail on some level for managers to be motivated to acquire another firm for the purposes of increasing their own compensation,shielding themselves against risk,or gaining prominence by running a larger firm?

A)Legal department
B)Corporate board
C)Mergers and acquisitions program
D)Firm bonus schedule
E)Corporate governance

Question 19

Which of the following benefits of diversification explains the idea that mergers are more likely when there is an expectation of positive changes in market share?

A)Use of internal capital markets
B)Economies of scale and scope
C)Economizing on transaction costs
D)Diversifying shareholder portfolios
E)Identifying undervalued firms

Question 20

Which of the following benefits of diversification explains the idea that a firm with many business lines can reduce swings in value because it receives only a small percentage of its revenue from any one of those business lines?

A)Use of internal capital markets
B)Economies of scale and scope
C)Economizing on transaction costs
D)Diversifying shareholder portfolios
E)Identifying undervalued firms

Question 21

What type of research looks at the changes in market valuations in response to the announcement of diversifying acquisitions to assess the success of diversification?

A)Event studies
B)Valuation studies
C)Diversification studies
D)Market studies
E)Acquisition studies

Question 22

What type of research compares market valuations of diversified firms to those of undiversified firms to assess the success of diversification?

A)Event studies
B)Valuation studies
C)Diversification studies
D)Market studies
E)Acquisition studies

Question 23

What effect describes the notion that newly acquired plants see an average productivity increase of 3% while incumbent plants see an average productivity drop of 2%?

A)"Acquisition productivity" effect
B)"Plant productivity" effect
C)"New vs. incumbent" effect
D)"Scholar" effect
E)"New toy" effect

Question 24

Which of the following sources of conglomerate value creation explains GE CEO Jeff Immelt's assertions that both GE's size allows it to "drive common initiatives across the company that accelerate growth,satisfy customers and expand margins" and GE's is able "develop people to grow a common culture that is adaptive,ethical and drives execution"?

A)Use of internal capital markets
B)Economies of scale and scope
C)Economizing on transaction costs
D)Dominant general management logic
E)Identifying undervalued firms

Question 25

Which of the following sources of conglomerate value creation explains GE CEO Jeff Immelt's assertion that the businesses "fit together to grow consistently through the cycles"?

A)Use of internal capital markets
B)Economies of scale and scope
C)Economizing on transaction costs
D)Dominant general management logic
E)Identifying undervalued firms