Strategy at the Corporate Level

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  • • R. Duane Ireland • Robert E. Hoskisson
  • level strategy and discuss its purpose. level strategy and discuss its purpose.

  • level strategies.

  4. Describe how firms can create value by using a related Describe how firms can create value by using a related diversification strategy. diversification strategy.

  7. Describe motives that can encourage managers to Describe motives that can encourage managers to overdiversify overdiversify a a firm. firm.

  7.

  6. Discuss the incentives and resources that encourage Discuss the incentives and resources that encourage diversification. diversification.

  6.

  5. Explain the two ways value can be created with an unrelated Explain the two ways value can be created with an unrelated diversification strategy. diversification strategy.

  5.

  4.

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  Explain three primary reasons firms diversify.

  3. Explain three primary reasons firms diversify.

  3.

  level strategies.

  2. Describe different levels of diversification with different corp Describe different levels of diversification with different corp orate orate

  2.

  1. Define corporate Define corporate

  

Studying this chapter should provide you with the strategic

management knowledge needed to:

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  Diversification strategies play a major role in the Diversification strategies play a major role in the behavior of large firms. behavior of large firms.

  Product diversification concerns: Product diversification concerns:

  The scope of the industries and markets in which the

  The scope of the industries and markets in which the firm competes. firm competes.

  How managers buy, create and sell different

  How managers buy, create and sell different

  businesses to match skills and strengths with

  businesses to match skills and strengths with opportunities presented to the firm. opportunities presented to the firm.

  group of different businesses competing in several

  competitive advantage by selecting and managing a

  competitive advantage by selecting and managing a

  Specifies actions taken by the firm to gain a

  Specifies actions taken by the firm to gain a

  level Strategy (Companywide) level Strategy (Companywide)

  Corporate Corporate

  level strategy as its means of competing in

  level strategy as its means of competing in individual product markets. individual product markets.

  business

  business

  Each business unit in a diversified firm chooses a

  Each business unit in a diversified firm chooses a

  

level Strategy (Competitive)

level Strategy (Competitive)

  Business Business

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  group of different businesses competing in several industries and product markets. industries and product markets.

  group of businesses? Business Units

  group of businesses?

  office manage the

  office manage the

  How should the corporate

  How should the corporate

  the firm be in?

  the firm be in?

  What businesses should

  What businesses should

  are worth more under the management of the company than they would be under other ownership. company than they would be under other ownership.

  are worth more under the management of the

  The degree to which the businesses in the portfolio

  The degree to which the businesses in the portfolio

  ’ ’ s Value s Value

  level Strategy level Strategy

  Corporate Corporate

  Level Strategy: Key Questions Level Strategy: Key Questions

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  Business Units

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  Dominant Business

  Dominant Business

  Between 70% and 95% of

  Between 70% and 95% of

  revenue comes from a single

  revenue comes from a single business. business.

  B B

  Single Business

  Single Business

  More than 95% of revenue

  More than 95% of revenue comes from a single business. comes from a single business.

A A A A

  Levels of Diversification: Moderate to High Levels of Diversification: Moderate to High

  Related Constrained Related Linked (mixed

  Related Constrained Related Linked (mixed

    • Less than 70% of revenue
    • related and unrelated)

  

Less than 70% of revenue related and unrelated)

comes from a single comes from a single

  Less than 70% of revenue Less than 70% of revenue business and all business and all comes from the dominant comes from the dominant businesses share businesses share business, and there are only business, and there are only product, technological product, technological limited links between limited links between and distribution linkages. and distribution linkages. businesses. businesses.

  A

A A

  A B C B C C © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. B C B 6

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  Unrelated Diversification Unrelated Diversification

  Less than 70% of revenue comes from the dominant

  Less than 70% of revenue comes from the dominant

  business, and there are no common links between

  business, and there are no common links between businesses. businesses.

  C C B B

A

A

  © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 6 FIGURE FIGURE 6.1 6.1 Levels and Types of Diversification

Levels and Types of Diversification

Source: Adapted from R. P. Rumelt, 1974, Strategy, Structure and Economic Performance, Boston: Harvard Business School.

  • Antitrust regulation
  • Tax laws
  • Low performance
  • Uncertain future cash flows
  • Risk reduction for firm
  • Tangible resources
  • Intangible resources
  • Economies of scope (related diversification)
  • Sharing activities
  • Transferring core competencies
  • Market power (related diversification)
  • Blocking competitors through multipoint competition
  • Vertical integration
  • Financial economies (unrelated diversification)
  • Efficient internal capital allocation
  • Business restructuring
  • >Diversifying managerial employment risk
  • Increasing managerial compensation

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  6.1

  Reasons for Diversification Value-Creating Diversification

  Value-Neutral Diversification

  Value-Reducing Diversification

  • Value Creating Strategies of Diversification

  Value Creating Strategies of Diversification - Operational and Corporate Relatedness High Related Constrained Related Constrained Both Operational and Both Operational and Diversification Diversification (Rare capability that creates (Rare capability that creates Corporate Relatedness Corporate Relatedness

  Vertical Integration Vertical Integration Operational (Market Power) (Market Power) diseconomies of scope) diseconomies of scope) Relatedness: Sharing Activities

  Related Linked Related Linked Unrelated Unrelated between Diversification Diversification Diversification Diversification Businesses (Financial Economies) (Financial Economies) (Economies of Scope) (Economies of Scope) Low

  High Low Corporate Relatedness: Transferring Skills into © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. Businesses through Corporate Headquarters 6

  6.2 - 6.2 - FIGURE Value Creating Diversification Strategies: FIGURE Value Creating Diversification Strategies:

  Operational and Corporate Relatedness Operational and Corporate Relatedness © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 6

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  Firm creates value by building upon or Firm creates value by building upon or extending: extending:

  Resources

  Resources

  Capabilities

  Capabilities

  Core competencies

  Core competencies

  Economies of Scope Economies of Scope

  Cost savings that occur when a firm transfers

  Cost savings that occur when a firm transfers

  capabilities and competencies developed in one of its

  capabilities and competencies developed in one of its businesses to another of its businesses. businesses to another of its businesses.

    • Operational relatedness in sharing activities
    • Corporate relatedness in transferring skills or

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  Value is created from economies of scope Value is created from economies of scope through: through:

  Operational relatedness in sharing activities

  Corporate relatedness in transferring skills or corporate core competencies among units. corporate core competencies among units.

  The difference between sharing activities and The difference between sharing activities and

transferring competencies is based on how the

transferring competencies is based on how the

resources are jointly used to create economies

resources are jointly used to create economies

of scope. of scope.

      • unit ties create links between outcomes.

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  Operational Relatedness Operational Relatedness

  Created by sharing either a primary activity such as

  Created by sharing either a primary activity such as

  inventory delivery systems, or a support activity such

  inventory delivery systems, or a support activity such as purchasing. as purchasing.

  Activity sharing requires sharing strategic control over

  Activity sharing requires sharing strategic control over business units. business units.

  Activity sharing may create risk because business

  Activity sharing may create risk because business

  unit ties create links between outcomes.

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  Corporate Relatedness Corporate Relatedness

  Using complex sets of resources and capabilities to

  Using complex sets of resources and capabilities to

  link different businesses through managerial and

  

link different businesses through managerial and

technological knowledge, experience, and expertise. technological knowledge, experience, and expertise.

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  Creates value in two ways: Creates value in two ways:

  Eliminates resource duplication in the need to allocate

  Eliminates resource duplication in the need to allocate

  resources for a second unit to develop a competence

  resources for a second unit to develop a competence that already exists in another unit. that already exists in another unit.

  Provides intangible resources (resource intangibility)

  Provides intangible resources (resource intangibility)

  that are difficult for competitors to understand and

  that are difficult for competitors to understand and imitate. imitate.

  A transferred intangible resource gives the unit receiving it an A transferred intangible resource gives the unit receiving it an immediate competitive advantage over its rivals. immediate competitive advantage over its rivals.

    • Reduce the costs of its primary and support activities

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  Market power exists when a firm can: Market power exists when a firm can:

  Sell its products above the existing competitive level

  Sell its products above the existing competitive level

  and/or

  and/or

  Reduce the costs of its primary and support activities below the competitive level. below the competitive level.

  a firm operates its own

  —

  —

  Forward integration

  Forward integration

  — a firm produces its own inputs. a firm produces its own inputs.

  —

  Backward integration

  Backward integration

  Vertical Integration Vertical Integration

  Two or more diversified firms simultaneously compete in the same product areas or geographic markets. in the same product areas or geographic markets.

  Two or more diversified firms simultaneously compete

  Multipoint Competition Multipoint Competition

  d)

  d)

  ’ ’

  (cont (cont

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  a firm operates its own distribution system for delivering its outputs. distribution system for delivering its outputs.

    • Involves managing two sources of knowledge

  • Operational forms of economies of scope
  • Corporate forms of economies of scope

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  Simultaneous Operational Relatedness and Simultaneous Operational Relatedness and

  Corporate Relatedness Corporate Relatedness

  Involves managing two sources of knowledge

  simultaneously:

  simultaneously:

  Operational forms of economies of scope

  Corporate forms of economies of scope

  Many such efforts often fail because of

  Many such efforts often fail because of implementation difficulties. implementation difficulties.

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  Financial Economies Financial Economies

  Are cost savings realized through improved

  Are cost savings realized through improved allocations of financial resources. allocations of financial resources.

  Based on investments inside or outside the firm Based on investments inside or outside the firm

  Create value through two types of financial

  Create value through two types of financial

  economies:

  economies:

  Efficient internal capital allocations Efficient internal capital allocations

  Purchase of other corporations and the restructuring their Purchase of other corporations and the restructuring their assets assets

  Corporate office gains access to information about those Corporate office gains access to information about those businesses businesses

  competitors than are gains from operational and

  financial economies are more easily duplicated by

  financial economies are more easily duplicated by

  Conglomerates have a fairly short life cycle because

  Conglomerates have a fairly short life cycle because

  ’ ’ actual and prospective performance. actual and prospective performance.

  Corporate office distributes capital to business divisions to create value for overall company. divisions to create value for overall company.

  Corporate office distributes capital to business

  Efficient Internal Capital Market Allocation Efficient Internal Capital Market Allocation

  d)

  d)

  ’ ’

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competitors than are gains from operational and

corporate relatedness. corporate relatedness.

      • technology businesses.

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  Restructuring creates financial economies Restructuring creates financial economies

  A firm creates value by buying and selling other firms

  A firm creates value by buying and selling other firms

  ’

  ’ assets in the external market. assets in the external market.

  Resource allocation decisions may become Resource allocation decisions may become complex, so success often requires: complex, so success often requires:

  Focus on mature, low

  Focus on mature, low

  technology businesses.

  Focus on businesses not reliant on a client

  Focus on businesses not reliant on a client orientation. orientation.

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  Antitrust laws in 1960s and 1970s Antitrust laws in 1960s and 1970s discouraged mergers that created discouraged mergers that created increased market power (vertical or increased market power (vertical or horizontal integration. horizontal integration.

  Mergers in the 1960s and 1970s thus Mergers in the 1960s and 1970s thus tended to be unrelated. tended to be unrelated.

  Relaxation of antitrust enforcement Relaxation of antitrust enforcement results in more and larger horizontal results in more and larger horizontal mergers. mergers.

  Early 2000: antitrust concerns seem to Early 2000: antitrust concerns seem to be emerging and mergers now more be emerging and mergers now more closely scrutinized. closely scrutinized.

  Anti Anti

  trust trust

  Legislation Legislation External Incentives to Diversify (cont

  d) External Incentives to Diversify (cont

  d) ’

  ’

  • trust Anti

  Anti trust corporate shift from dividends to corporate shift from dividends to

  • High tax rates on dividends cause a High tax rates on dividends cause a

  Legislation Legislation

  • buying and building companies in high buying and building companies in high - performance industries. performance industries.

  Tax Laws Tax Laws

  1986 Tax Reform Act 1986 Tax Reform Act

  Reduced individual ordinary income tax Reduced individual ordinary income tax rate from 50 to 28 percent. rate from 50 to 28 percent.

  Treated capital gains as ordinary Treated capital gains as ordinary income. income.

  Thus created incentive for shareholders

  • Thus created incentive for shareholders

  to prefer dividends to acquisition to prefer dividends to acquisition investments. investments.

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  • Firms plagued by poor Firms plagued by poor

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  High performance eliminates the

  High performance eliminates the need for greater diversification. need for greater diversification.

  Low performance acts as

  Low performance acts as incentive for diversification. incentive for diversification.

  performance often take higher

  performance often take higher risks (diversification is risky). risks (diversification is risky).

  Low Low

  Performance Performance

  FIGURE FIGURE The Curvilinear Relationship between

  6.3 6.3 The Curvilinear Relationship between Diversification and Performance Diversification and Performance © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 6

  • Product line matures.
  • Product line is threatened.

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  ’ ’

  d)

  d)

  Diversification may be Diversification may be defensive strategy if: defensive strategy if:

  Product line matures.

  Product line is threatened.

  Firm is small and is in mature

  Firm is small and is in mature or maturing industry. or maturing industry.

  Low Low

  Performance Performance

  Uncertain Uncertain

  Future Cash Future Cash

  Flows Flows

  Risk Risk

  Synergy and Synergy and

  Flows Flows

  Future Cash Future Cash

  Uncertain Uncertain

  Performance Performance

  Low Low

  A firm may reduce level of technological A firm may reduce level of technological change by operating in more certain change by operating in more certain environments. environments.

  A firm may become risk averse and A firm may become risk averse and constrain its level of activity sharing. constrain its level of activity sharing.

  … … but synergy creates joint but synergy creates joint interdependence between business interdependence between business units. units.

  Synergy exists when the value created Synergy exists when the value created by businesses working together by businesses working together exceeds exceeds the value created by them the value created by them working independently working independently

  d)

  d)

  ’ ’

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  Reduction Reduction

    • The resources required to create value through The resources required to create value through

  cash and tangible resources (e.g.,

  Desire for increased compensation

  Managerial Motives to Diversify Managerial Motives to Diversify

  Value creation is determined more by Value creation is determined more by

appropriate use of resources than by incentives

appropriate use of resources than by incentives

to diversify. to diversify.

  plant and equipment)

  plant and equipment)

  cash and tangible resources (e.g.,

  —

  —

  diversification

  diversification

  Incentives to diversify

  Incentives to diversify

  A firm must have both: A firm must have both:

    • Managerial risk reduction Managerial risk reduction

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  Desire for increased compensation

  FIGURE FIGURE

  6.4 6.4 Summary Model of the Summary Model of the Relationship between Relationship between Firm Performance and Firm Performance and Diversification Diversification © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved.

perspectives, Journal of Management, 16: 498.

diversification: A review and critique of theoretical

Antecedents and performance outcomes of Source: R. E. Hoskisson & M. A. Hitt, 1990, 6

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