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6


Corporate-Level Strategy


Studying this chapter should provide


you with the strategic management


knowledge needed to:


6-1 Define corporate-level strategy
and discuss its purpose.


6-2 Describe different levels of
diversification achieved using
different corporate-level strategies.


6-3 Explain three primary reasons
firms diversify.


6-4 Describe how firms can create
value by using a related
diversification strategy.


6-5 Explain the two ways value can
be created with an unrelated
diversification strategy.


6-6 Discuss the incentives and
resources that encourage
diversification.


6-7 Describe motives that can
encourage managers to over
diversify a firm.


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