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Unit-3Corporate Parenting,
BCG- Matrix and Porters Diamond.
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Corporate Parenting
The concept Corporate Parenting views a corporation in terms ofresources and capabilities that be used to build businessunit value as well as generate synergies across businessunits. According Campbell, Goold and Alexander-
Multibusiness companies create value by influencing orparenting the business they own. The best parent companiescreate more value than any of their rivals would if theyowned the same business. Those companies have what wecall parenting advantage
Corporate parenting generates corporate strategy by focusing oncore competencies of its parent corporation and on thevalue created from the relationship between the parent theparent and its business.
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Developing a CorporateStrategy
According to Campbell, Goold and Alexander that the
search for appropriate corporate strategy involves
three analytical steps:
1. Examine each Business unit (or target firm in case ofacquisition) in terms of its strategic factors.
2. Examine each Business unit (or target firm) in terms of
areas in which performance can be improved
3. Analyze how well the parent corporation fits with thebusiness unit (or target firm)
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BCG MatrixBCG-Matrix was developed by Bruce Henderson in The
year 1970 for Boston Consulting Group to help
corporation analyzing their business units or Product
lines. In general, for large Companies, there is always a
problem of resource allocation amongst its businessunits in some logical/rational ways. To overcome such
problem, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has developed
a Model called BCG Matrix. It also called Growth share
Matrix.
The BCG model requires management to plot the position
of their business units (or products) against two axes:
1. Relative market share. 2. Market growth rate.
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- BCG argue that all firms in the industry face essentially the same experience curveeffects. Consequently as the industry progresses the unit costs of each participant
will fall. Inevitably this will lead to falling prices. The firm that survives this process
will be the firm with the lowest costs which, by extension, will be the one with the
highest cumulative volume. The conclusion is that domination of the market is
essential for low costs and hence competitive success. Hence high relative marketshare is sought within the BCG matrix.
High relative share therefore brings several
1. . The enjoyment of lower unit costs and therefore higher current margins than
competitors at the same price levels.
2. The ability to be a price leader- if the firm decides to cut price, others must follow
to maintain their sales, but in so doing may find themselves selling at below unit
costs.
3. The dominance of the market means that the product will become the benchmark
product- the real thing against which others may be seen as pale imitations.
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Boston Consulting Group Matrix
Portfolio of Strategic Business Units
High Market Share Low
IndustryGrowth Rate
High
Low$$$
1 2
3 4cash cows
stars question marks
dogs
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1. Stars. These are products that are in high
growth markets with a relatively high share of
that market. Stars tend to generate high
amounts of income. Keep and build your stars.
2. Cash Cows. These are products with a high
share of a low growth market. Cash Cows
generate more than is invested in them. So keepthem in your portfolio of products for the time
being.
Boston Consulting Group Matrix
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3. Question Marks (Problem Children). These are
products with a low share of a high growth
market. They consume resources and generate
little in return. They absorb most money as youattempt to increase market share.
4. Dogs. These are products with a low share of
a low growth market. They do not generate cashfor the company, they tend to absorb it. Get rid
of these products.
Boston Consulting Group Matrix
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Strategies to deal with
. Stars: stars are Very competitively strong due to high relative marketshare, although their current results will be poor due to the need to invest
considerable funds into keeping up with the market growth rate. The
strategy here is to hold market share by investing sufficient to match
the commitment of rivals and the requirements of the marketplace.
Cash cows. These are mature products (low growth rate) which retain a
high relative market share. The mature stage means that their prospects
are limited to falling prices and volumes. Therefore investment will be
kept under strict review and instead the priority is to maximize the
value of free cash flows through a policy of harvesting the product.
Harvest means to minimize additional investment in the product tomaximize the case the division is spinning off. This cash can be used
to support the question mark products as well as satisfy demands for
dividends and interest. Holding may also be used for early-mature stage
products where the market may repay the extra investment.
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Question marks (Problem children). These products are in a
high growth market which means that it is early in the product life cycle andtherefore has the potential to repay present investment over its life cycle.
Indeed the high market growth rate means that the firm will already be
investing considerable sums in it. The low relative market share, however,
means that this business unit is unlikely to survive in the long run because it
will have a lower cost competitor. Management must decide betweeninvesting considerably more in the product to build its market share or
shutting it down now before it absorbs any further investment which it
will never repay. Investing to build can include: Price reductions;
Additional promotion & securing of distribution channels; Acquisition
of rivals; Product modification.
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Dogs: Dogs come into being from two directions: Formercash cows that have lost market share due to managements refusal toinvest in them; Former question marks which still had a low relative share
when the market reached maturity. In either case the BCG recommends
divestment of the product or division. This can mean selling it to a rival, or
shutting it down to liquidate its assets for investment in more promising
business units.
In deciding whether or not to divest a dog, the following considerations
should be taken into account:
(a) Whether the dog still provides a positive contribution or not.
(b) What is the opportunity cost of the assets it uses? For example, the
contribution from products that could be made using its factory or the interest
on the net proceeds from liquidation of the SBU.
(c) The impact on the rest of the portfolio that would result from divesting the
SBU.
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Boston Consulting Group Matrix
Key
Each circle represents
one of the firmsbusiness units
Size of circle
represents the relative
size of the business
unit in terms of
revenue
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BENEFITS OF THE BCG MATRIX
BCG model is helpful for managers to evaluate balance in the firms
current portfolio of Stars, Cash Cows, Question Marks and Dogs.
It provides a base for management to decide and prepare for future
actions.
The model is simple and easy to understand. LIMITATIONS OF THE BCG MATRIX :
High market share is not the only success factor.
There is no clear definition of what constitutes .
The model uses only two dimensions market share and growth rate.This may tempt management to emphasize a particular product, or to
divest prematurely.
The model neglects small competitors that have fast growing market
shares.
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FACTOR CONDITIONS
DEMANDCONDITIONS
RELATING AND
SUPPORTINGINDUSTRIES
STRATEGY, STRUCTURE,
AND RIVALRY
Porters National Diamond Framework
1. FACTOR CONDITIONSHome grownresources/capabilities more importantthan natural endowments.
2. RELATED AND SUPPORTING INDUSTRIESKey role ofindustry clusters3. DEMAND CONDITIONSDiscerning domestic customers drive quality & innovation
4. STRATEGY, STRUCTURE, RIVALRY. E.g. domestic rivalry drives upgrading.
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Porters Diamond Model
Michael E. Porter introduced a diagramthe Porter
diamondthat has become very well known
It Focuses on four central aspects of the home base, which
Porter views as the determinants of competitive advantage Factor conditions
Demand conditions
Related and supporting industries
Firm strategy, structure, and rivalry
Main argument: Nations are most likely to succeed in
industries or industry segments where the national diamond
is most favorable
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Factor conditions
Porter considers labor, land, natural resources, andphysical capital to be basic factors that are largelyinherited
More important from Porters point of view areadvanced factors that are created which include
Sophisticated infrastructure
Labor educated and trained in very specific ways
Focused research institutions
Porter also makes a distinction between
Generalized factorscan be used in a number of differentindustries
Specialized factorstailored for use in specific industries
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Demand conditions
It Stresses three aspects in the home base
Demand composition
Sophisticated, demanding, and anticipatory(anticipates trends in global demand) homedemand contributes to firms success
Demand size and pattern of growth
Large, rapidly-growing, and early homedemand are positive aspects of the home base
Degree of internationalization
The more home demand is synchronized withinternational demand trends, the more itcontributes to firms competitiveness
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Related and supporting industries
Supplying industries in the home base has several
advantages in downstream industries
Efficient, early, rapid, and sometimes preferential
access to the most cost-effective inputs
Ongoing coordination
Innovation and upgrading
A competitive domestic supplier industry is better than
relying on well-qualified foreign suppliers.
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Firm strategy, structure, and rivalry
Firm strategy, structure, and rivalry
One country differs from another with regard to
managerial systems and philosophies and with regard
to capital markets Institutional environments that allow firms to take a
long-term view contribute positively to competitiveness
Presence of a large number of competing firms or rivals
in the domestic industry Competition among firms is necessary for allocative efficiency
in a market system, but domestic rivalry contributes to dynamic,
technological efficiency
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The role of government
The role of government in Porter's Diamond Model is
"acting as a catalyst and challenger; it is to encourage -
or even push - companies to raise their aspirations and
move to higher levels of competitive performance " .
They must encourage companies to raise their
performance, stimulate early demand for advanced
products, focus on specialized factor creation and to
stimulate local rivalry by limiting direct cooperation and
enforcing anti-trust regulations.
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Criticism
Criticism on Porter's national diamond model resolves
around a number of assumptions that underlie it. As
described by Davies and Ellis:
"sustained prosperity may be achieved without a nationbecoming 'innovation-driven', strong 'diamonds' are not in
place in the home bases of many internationally
successful industries and inward foreign direct
investment does not indicate a lack of 'competitiveness'
or low national productivity".
Porter generalised from the American case; for
developing countries the model may be wrong.
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Portfolio Analysis
Meaning of Business Portfolio: a business portfolio isthe collection of strategic business units or product lines that make acorporation. The optimal business portfolio is one that fits perfectly to the
companys strengths and helps to exploit the most attractive market.
In portfolio analysis, top management views its product lines and business
units as series of investments from which it expects a profitable return. Two most popular portfolio analysis techniques are there. The BCG Growth
share matrix and GE Nine cell matrix.
Objectives of Portfolio Analysis:
1. To analyze the current business portfolio and decide which SBU or Productline should receive more or less investments.
2. To Develop growth strategies for adding new products and business to the
portfolio.
3. To decide which product or business should no longer be remained.
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Steps in portfolio approach
1. Define the business unit or product line.
2. Classify these SBUs or product lines on a portfolio grid according to the
competitive position and attractiveness.
3. Using the framework, assign strategic mission to each unit for growth and
financial objectives.factors affecting Portfolio Analysis
1. Mission, Vision, Objectives, goals of the organisation
2. The value system of the promoters and expectations of the investors.
3. The risk taking capacity of the management
4. The stage of PLC.
5. The golobalisation and Liberalisation policies.
6. The external competitive environment.
7. The resource availability.
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Advantages of portfolio analysis
1. Helps in strategy formulation
2. Provides rationale behind corporate planning for investment or divestment.
3. It provides guidelines in allocating corporate resources.
4. It conveys information about performances of individual business units or product
lines
5. It helps in taking strategic decision
6. It helps in the analysis of strengths and weakness.
7. It suggests flexible solutions of various problems.
Limitations of portfolio analysis:
1. It can be a difficult task to analyze each individual business unit or product line.
2. It is time consuming
3. It is very difficult to define the product or market segment
4. It is very difficult to decide in which stage of PLC is the product line
5. The simple matrix models are not very accurate.
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GE Nine cell Matrix
General Electronics with the help of McKinsey & Company Consulting firm,developed a more complicated matrix with Nine Cell called GE Nine cell
matrix. Four steps are followed to analyse the portfolio
1. Selecting criteria for rating industry.
2. Selecting the key factors needed for the success of each factors3. Plot a matrix structure
4. Plot firms future portfolio.
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GE Nine Cell Portfolio Matrix
Components of Industry attractiveness
Nature of rivalry
Number, Size & strength of competitors, Price wars
Strength of buyers and sellers
Ease of New Entrants
Economic Factors
Market saturation or growth, Capital intensity, Profitability
Components of Business strength
Cost advantage, Quality image, Manufacturing flexibility,
Delivery speed, Liquidity, Profitability, Skillful personnel
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GE Nine Cell Matrix
High Medium Low
High Invest andGrow
Selective
Growth
Grow or
Let Go
Medium
SelectiveGrowth
Grow orLet Go
Harvest
Low
Grow or Let
Go
Harvest Divest
Industry Attractiveness
Business
Strength
Based on the subjective assessments on the levelsof market attractiveness and business strengths, each SBU falls inone of the NINE different cells of strategic option.
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Strategic Implications of
the G.E. 9-Cell Matrix
SBUs in 3 upper left cells get topinvestment priority
SBUs in 3 middle diagonal cells merit
steady investment to maintain & protect
their industry positions
SBUs in 3 lower right cells are candidates
for harvesting or divestiture
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Advantages of G.E. 9-
Cell Matrix
Allows for intermediate rankings between
high & low and between strong & weak
Incorporates a wider variety of strategically
relevant variables than the BCG matrix
Stresses the channeling of corporate
resources to SBUs with the greatest
potential for competitive advantage &
superior performance
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Weaknesses of G.E. 9-
Cell MatrixProvides no guidance on specifics of SBUstrategy
Only suggests general strategic posture --aggressive expansion, fortify-&-defend,
or harvest/divest
Doesnt address the issue of strategic
coordination across related SBUs
Tends to obscure SBUs about to take off or
crash & burn -- static, not dynamic
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The 10 Stages of Corporate Life Cycle / stages of
development
1. Courtship. Would-be founders focus on ideas and future possibilities,
making and talking about ambitious plans. Courtship ends and infancy beginswhenthe founders assume risk.
Infancy. The founders' attention shifts from ideas and possibilities to results. Theneed to make sales drives this action-oriented, opportunity-driven stage. Nobody pays
much attention to paperwork, controls, systems, or procedures. Founders work 16-
hour days, six to seven days a week, trying to do everything by themselves.
Go-Go. This is a rapid-growth stage. Sales are still king. The found ersbelieve theycan do no wrong. Because they see everything as an opportunity, their arrogance
leaves their businesses vulnerable to flagrant mistakes. They organize their
companies around people rather than functions; capable employees can--and do--
wear many hats, but to their staff's consternation, the founders continue to make
every decision.
Adolescence. During this stage, companies take a new form. The founders hirechief operating officers but find it difficult to hand over the reins. An attitude of us
(the old-timers) versus them (the COO and his or her supporters)hampers operations.
There are so many internal conflicts, people have little time left to serve customers.
Companies suffer a temporary loss of vision.
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Prime. With a renewed clarity of vision, companies establish an even
balance between control and flexibility. Everything comes together. Discipline yetinnovative, companies consistently meet their customers' needs. New businesses
sprout up within the organization, and they are decentralized to provide new life-cycle
opportunities.
Stability. Companies are still strong, but without the eagerness of their earlierstages. They welcome new ideas but with less excitement than they did during the
growing stages. The financial people begin to impose controls for short-term results inways that curtail long-term innovation. The emphasis on marketing and research and
development wanes.
Aristocracy. Not making waves becomes a way of life. Outward signs ofrespectability--dress, office decor, and titles--take on enormous importance.
Companies acquire businesses rather than incubate start-ups. Their culture
emphasizes how things are done over what's being done and why people are doing it.Company leaders rely on the past to carry them into the future.
Recrimination. In this stage of decay, companies conduct witch-hunts to find outwho did wrong rather than try to discover what went wrong and how to fix it. Cost
reductions take precedence over efforts that could increase revenues. Backstabbing
and corporate infighting rule. Executives fight to protect their turf, isolating themselves
from their fellow executives.
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Bureaucracy. If companies do not die in the previous stage--maybe theyare in a regulated environment where the critical factor for success is not
how they satisfy customers but whether they are politically an asset or
Liability--they become bureaucratic. Procedure manuals thicken, paper work
abounds, and rules and policies choke innovation and creativity. Even
customers--forsaken and forgotten--find they need to devise elaborate
strategies to get anybody's attention.
Death. This final stage may creep up over several years, or it may arrivesuddenly, with one massive blow. Companies crumble when they can not
generate the cash they need; the outflow finally exhausts any inflow.
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STAGES OF Corporation Development
A successful corporation tends to follow a pattern of structuraldevelopment as they grow and expand. Their growth can be seen in
four major stages.
Stage -01.
Simple structure: it is typified with the entrepreneur who promotesthe enterprise.
The entrepreneur is prime decision maker
A little formal structure of organisation
Managerial functions of planning, organising, staffing, directing andcontrolling are very limited
Strengths include: flexible and dynamic structure,
Weakness is too much dependence on entrepreneur
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StageII FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE:
Transition to functional structure
Larger structural form
Stage-III Divisional Structure
Stage- IV Beyond SBUs