BUS 508 | Diversification Strategies | Dr. Marilyn Caroll | | Kayla Lewis | 5/6/2012 | Diversification Strategies In today’s global markets companies are faced with tough decisions‚ one of the toughest decisions a corporation faces is whether or not they should diversify their business. Diversification simply means to mix a wide variety of investments within a portfolio. The rationale behind this technique contends that a portfolio of different kinds of investments will‚ on average
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Diversification Strategies Bus508 09/15/2010 1. Compare and contrast the two businesses-core business‚ their size‚ financials‚ global presence‚ use of e business (marketing‚ sales etc) The first business I examined was NetFlix. Netflix is in the midst of a company downturn and must make drastic changes to turn the company back around. Recently the company decided to increase the cost of their monthly services from $10 to $16. This over time caused a decline of 805‚000 customers domestically
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Diversification strategies are strategies used by companies to try to increase profitability through greater sales volumes obtained by new products and/or services. Amazon.com has diversified quite a bit since its conception in 1995. Starting out as an online bookstore‚ and evolving into a one stop e-shopping hub where millions of people shop for a variety of different items over the internet. Amazon.com today is one of the largest online retailers in the world. However‚ when companies try diversification
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Abstract Diversification is a form of corporate strategy to increase profitability of a company through greater sales volume obtained from new products and new markets. Diversification strategies are used to expand firms’ operations by adding markets‚ products‚ services‚ or stages of production to the existing business. I will be discussing diversification strategies of Johnson & Johnson who have benefited from diversification and National Semiconductors Company which was not able to succeed
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Diversification Strategies Diversification is a risk that companies have to take in order to stay competitive in it’s changing market. Some companies have been successful diversifying their business‚ and in opposition there are other companies that in the process of expanding their business have not succeeded. For the purpose of this report‚ I will use the “Sara Lee Corporation” as a successful company throughout its diversification strategies. On the other hand‚ I would use Ebay as an example
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Strategic Management Journal Strat. Mgmt. J.‚ 29: 115–132 (2008) Published online 4 October 2007 in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI: 10.1002/smj.653 Received 11 March 2005; Final revision received 21 August 2007 CORPORATE DIVERSIFICATION: THE IMPACT OF FOREIGN COMPETITION‚ INDUSTRY GLOBALIZATION‚ AND PRODUCT DIVERSIFICATION MARGARETHE F. WIERSEMA1 * and HARRY P. BOWEN2 1 Paul Merage School of Business‚ University of California‚ Irvine‚ California‚ U.S.A. McColl School of Business
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PROJECT REPORT FOR BUSINESS STRATEGY-1 EVOLUTION OF BUSINESS STRATEGIES AT PEPSICO Submitted to: Submitted By: Prof. Sanjany Sharan Prashant Sharma Parul Kapoor Mohit Madan Prerna Gupta Murali Krishna (Section-A) (Group – 10) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We take this opportunity to express our gratitude towards Mr. Sanjay Sharan‚ Department of Marketing‚ IBS‚ Hyderabad. We are indebted to him for the expertise and invaluable
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Conclusions In 2008‚ PepsiCo was the largest snack and beverage company in the world‚ with a broad portfolio of businesses and a focus on growth through acquisitions and innovation. However‚ even a strong company like PepsiCo deals with several challenges‚ to name few‚ low international profit margins‚ product innovation‚ supply chain decisions and fierce competition. http://onursaka.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Case-Analysis-PepsiCo.pdf A key advantage for PepsiCo is that customers across
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Diversification Strategies YourFirstName YourLastName University title Introduction When Kelleher Herb and King Rollin founded Southwest Airlines in 1971‚ they wanted to offer airline services which were low-cost‚ in busy markets of not more than 500 miles. The first flights were between Houston‚ Dallas and San Antonio. Today Southwest is one of the largest airlines in United States for its local passenger miles flown. Southwest has executed business models in an effective manner
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Abstract PepsiCo has built a strong empire that has given it dominance throughout much of the world as a provider or snack foods and beverages. As it has worked to build its market share‚ PepsiCo has made many key decisions – some positive and some negative. It has also gone through a number of changes including the acquisition and subsequent divestiture of several fast food chains. This paper focuses on the process that all companies should follow to help determine whether the industry they
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