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Corporate-level
GE faces strategic issues that are less relevant to Roll-Royce, in terms of managing the portfolio of
business
Levels of Diversification
1. Low Levels
A firm pursuing a low level of diversification uses either a
single- or a dominant-business, corporate-level
diversification strategy
–Single Business Strategy: firm generates 95% or
more of its sales revenue from its core business area
–Dominant Business Diversification Strategy: firm
generates 70-95% of total sales revenue within a single
business area
–Firms that focus on one or very few businesses and
markets can earn positive returns, because they
develop capabilities useful for these markets and can
provide superior service to their customers
2. Moderate to High Levels
A firm generating more than 30 percent of its revenue outside a
dominant business and whose businesses are related to each other in
some manner uses a related diversification corporate-level strategy