Strategy at the Corporate Level
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- 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.
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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:© 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 6 The Role of Diversification The Role of Diversification
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
© 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 6 Corporate Corporate
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 singleLess 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
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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
© 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 6 Related Diversification Related Diversification
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.© 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 6 Corporate Relatedness Corporate Relatedness
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)
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(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