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90.
Vertical integration is attractive when
91.
Creating value within business units can happen when the corporate office helps subsidiaries
make wise choices in their own acquisitions, divestures, and new ventures. This is known as
92.
Creating value within business units can happen when a firm tries to find and acquire either
poorly performing firms with unrealized potential or firms in industries on the threshold of
significant, positive change. This action is known as
93.
According to the text, corporate restructuring includes
94.
Portfolio management matrices are applied to what level of strategy?
95.
When using a BCG matrix, a business that currently holds a large market share in a rapidly
growing market and has minimal or negative cash flow would be known as a
96.
In the BCG Matrix, a business that has a low market share in an industry characterized by
high market growth is termed a
97.
Portfolio management frameworks, such as the BCG matrix, share which of the following
characteristics?
98.
A Cash Cow, in the BCG framework, refers to a business that has
99.
In managing the corporate portfolio, the BCG matrix would suggest that
100.
In the BCG Growth Share Matrix, the suggested strategy for Stars is to
101.
The primary means by which a firm can diversify are __________, _________, and
________.
102.
The downsides or limitations of mergers and acquisitions include all of the following except:
103.
Divesting of businesses can accomplish many different objectives, except
104.
IBM, Memorial Sloan Kettering, and Cedars-Sinai have a _________ whereby IBM receives
expert medical knowledge that it uses to leverage its technological skills to develop new
medical insights.
105.
Cooperative relationships such as __________ have potential advantages such as entering
new markets, reducing manufacturing (or other) costs in the value chain, and developing and
diffusing new technologies.
106.
Which of the following is not part of a good guideline list for managing strategic alliances?
107.
Which of the following statements regarding internal development as a means of
diversification is false?
108.
Internal development may be time consuming and, therefore, firms may forfeit the benefits of
speed that growth through __________ and __________ can provide.
109.
Firms that choose to diversify through internal development must develop _________ that
allow them to move __________ from initial opportunity recognition to market introduction.
110.
Lionsgate (a Canadian-American entertainment company) and Alibaba (a Chinese e-
commerce company) created _________ to open the Chinese market for the Lionsgate
streaming shows and movies. Alibaba profits by getting access to content to increase demand
for its own set-top media boxes.
111.
According to Michael Porter, there is a tremendous allure to _________. It is the big play, the
dramatic gesture. With one stroke of the pen you can add billions to size, get a front-page
story, and create excitement in markets.
112.
The antitakeover tactic, _______, is when a firm offers to buy shares of their stock from a
company (or individual) planning to acquire their firm at a higher price than the unfriendly
company paid for it.
113.
An antitakeover tactic in which existing shareholders have the option to buy additional shares
of stock at a discount to the current market price is called ______.
114.
The term golden parachute refers to
115.
Antitakeover tactics include all of the following except
