chapter 7 strategy formulation: corporate strategy

A large multi-business corporations compete against other large multi-business firms in a number of markets

• horizontal strategy

• portolio analysis

• multi-point competition

• corporate parenting

It can be explained as the management plan formulated by the highest level of organization, to direct and operate the entire business organization.

• corporate strategy

• corporate parenting

• turnaround strategy

• none of the above

It refers to the firm’s overall orientation toward growth, stability or retrenchment

• portfolio analysis

• parenting strategy

• directional strategy

• all of the above

reduces the company’s level of activities

• growth strategy

• stability strategy

• retrenchment strategy

• corporate strategy

A transaction involving two or more corporations in which stock is exchanged but in which only one corporation survives

• acquisition

• retrenchment

• merger

• none of the above

Is achieved by taking over a function previously provided by a supplier or distributor.

• vertical growth

• horizontal growth

• diagonal growth

• all of the above

the concept that two businesses will generate more profits together than they could separately.

• merger

• concentric diversification

• synergy

• retrenchment

the following are under retrenchment strategies category except for..

• turnaround strategy

• consolidation

• extraction

• contraction

It refers to the systematic way of analyzing the products and services that make up an association's business portfolio

• portfolio analysis

• corporate strategy

• parenting strategy

• none of the above

the following are aspects of corporate strategy except for..

• growth strategy

• directional strategy

• portfolio analysis

• parenting strategy

• all of the above