[SOLVED] Synthesis on Business Strategy
Synthesize the main content of each chapter, and include also your own thinking, your interests, about a particular topic/theme relevant to the content of each chapter. The topics you will synthesize will be on different topics from two chapters. Chapters 11 and 12 will be written in a one page double spaced 12font format Chapter 11 topics: 1. Differentiate between multi-business models based on related and unrelated diversification. 2. Explain the five primary ways in which diversification can increase company profitability. 3. Discuss the conditions that lead managers to pursue related diversification versus unrelated diversification and explain why some companies pursue both strategies. 4. Describe three methods companies use to enter new industries – internal new venturing, acquisitions, and joint ventures – and discuss the advantages and disadvantages associated with each of these methods Chapter 12 topics: 1. Understand the relationship between stakeholder management and corporate performance. 2. Explain why maximizing returns to stockholders is often viewed as the preeminent goal in many corporations 3. Describe the various governance mechanisms that are used to align the interest of stockholders and managers. 5. Identify the main ethical issues that arise in business and the causes of unethical behavior.
