Learning Objectives :
1 . Understand when and how business diversification can enhance shareholder value .
2 . Gain an understanding of how related diversification strategies can produce cross-business strategic fit capable of delivering competitive advantage .
3 . Become aware of the merits and risks of the corporate strategies keyed to unrelated diversification .
4 . Gain command of the analytical tools for evaluating a company’s diversification strategy.
5 . Understand a diversified company’s four main corporate strategy options for solidifying its diversification strategy and improving company performance.
WHAT DOES CRAFTING A DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGY ENTAIL?
² Picking new industries to enter and deciding on the means of entry .
² Pursuing opportunities to leverage cross-business value-chain relationships and strategic fit into competitive advantage.
² Establishing investment priorities and steering corporate resources into the most attractive business units.
² Initiating actions the boost the combined performance of the corporation’s collection of business.
WHEN BUSINESS DIVERSIFICATION BECOMES A CONSIDERATION
Ø When it spots opportunities for expanding into industries whose technologies and products complement its present business.
Ø When it can leverage its collection of resources and capabilities by expanding into businesses where these resources and capabilities are valuable competitive assets.
Ø When diversifying into additional businesses opens new avenues for reducing costs.
Ø When it has a powerful and well-known brand name that can be transferred to the products of the businesses .
APPROACHES TO DIVERSIFYING THE BUSINESS LINEUP
l Diversification by Acquisition of an Existing Business
l Entering a New Line of Business through Internal Development
l Joint Ventures
l Choosing a Mode of Entry
CHOOSING THE DIVERSIFICATION PATH : RELATED VERSUS UNRELATED BUSINESS
RELATED BUSINESS : possess competitively valuable cross-business value chain and resource matchups
UNRELATED BUSINESS : have dissimilar value chains and resource requirements,with no competitively important cross-business relationships at the value chain level .
EVALUATING THE STRATEGY OF A DIVERSIFIED COMPANY
STEP 1 :
Evaluating Industry Attractiveness
STEP 2 :
Evaluating Business-Unit Competitive Strength
STEP 3 :
Determining the Competitive Value of Strategic Fit in Diversified Companies
STEP 4 :
Checking for Resource Fit
STEP 5 :
Ranking Business Units and Assigning a Priority for Resource Allocation
STEP 6 :
Crafting New Strategic Moves to Improve Overall Corporate Performance .
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