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Corporate Strategy - Strategy Formulation (24 Jan 2016)
Corporate Strategy - Strategy Formulation (24 Jan 2016)
13TH EDITION
THOMAS L. WHEELEN J. DAVID HUNGER
Corporate Strategy
The choice of direction of the firm as a whole and
the management of its business or product
portfolio. It concerns:
- Directional strategy
- Portfolio analysis
- Parenting strategy
Concentration
• Vertical
• Horizontal
Diversification
• Concentric
• Conglomerate
Advantages:
• Encourages top management to evaluate each of the
corporation’s businesses individually and to set
objectives and allocate resources for each
• Stimulates the use of externally oriented data to
supplement management’s judgment
• Raises the issue of cash flow availability to use in
expansion and growth
Ronald Heimler
• Dowling College- MBA
• Georgetown University- BS Business
Administration
• Adjunct Professor- LIM College, NY
• Adjunct Professor- Long Island
University, NY
• Lecturer- California State Polytechnic
University, Pomona, CA
• President- Walter Heimler, Inc.