Prepared By Manu Melwin Joy Assistant Professor Ilahia School of Management Studies Kerala, India. Phone – 9744551114 Mail – manu_melwinjoy@yahoo.com
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Please seek permission to reproduce the same in public forms and presentations. Diversification strategies Diversification strategies • Firms using diversification strategies enter entirely new industries. While vertical integration involves a firm moving into a new part of a value chain that it is already is within, diversification requires moving into new value chains. Examples of Diversification strategies • Avon's move to market jewellery through its door-to-door sales force involved marketing new products through existing channels of distribution. Conglomerate Diversification • When an organization adopts a strategy which requires taking of those activities which are unrelated to the existing businesses definition of one or more of its businesses either in terms of their respective customer groups, customer functions or alternative technologies, it is called conglomerate diversification. Examples of Conglomerate Diversification • Example of Indian company which have adopted apart of growth and expansion through conglomerate diversification the classic examples is of ITC, a cigarette company diversifying into the hotel industry.