Homework
This homework covers chapter nine, Corporate-Level Strategy: Horizontal Integration, Vertical Integration, and Strategic Outsourcing, and chapter ten, Corporate-Level Strategy: Related and Unrelated Diversification.
Chapter 9 Questions
A. Who makes strategies at the corporate level, and how this strategy is made? How would an organization with a multi-business model form their strategies? What would they target?
B. Why would a company leverage horizontal integration as a strategy? What are the advantages and disadvantages of horizontal integration?
C. Why would a company leverage vertical integration as a strategy? What are the advantages and disadvantages of vertical integration? When companies vertically disintegrate and why?
D. What is strategic outsourcing? Describe why a company would explore this option as an alternative to vertical integration. What are the potential advantages and disadvantages of strategic outsourcing.
Chapter 10 Questions
A. Why do companies diversify? When do companies consider diversification? What are the advantages of diversification?
B. Describe related and unrelated diversification, and why a company would choose one diversification method or the other.
C. Describe what can cause diversification to fail.
D. When seeking to enter a new industry, some companies decide to acquire another company. Describe the advantages and disadvantages a company may face when exploring acquisition to enter a new industry.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
1. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.