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Growth Strategy
Growth and ProfitabilityGrowth and Profitability
• Growth and a firm’s long-run average costs– shape of the LRAC curve– minimum efficient scale
• Demand considerations– nature of the product– possibilities for diversification
• Relationship between growth & profitability– how growth depends on profitability– how growth affects profitability
Constraints on GrowthConstraints on Growth
• Financial considerations– internal sources of finance– borrowing– share issue
• Shareholder confidence– problem of retaining large proportion of
profits– excessive borrowing– the takeover constraint– share performance
• the valuation ratio
Constraints on GrowthConstraints on Growth
• Demand conditions
– importance of market demand
– importance of promoting demand for the firm's product and increasing market share
• Managerial conditions
– the composition of the managerial team
– management structure
Alternative Growth StrategiesAlternative Growth Strategies
• Growth by internal expansion
– product differentiation
– vertical integration
– diversification
• Growth by external expansion: mergers and takeovers
– horizontal mergers
– vertical mergers
– conglomerate mergers
Alternative growth strategyAlternative growth strategy
GROWTH OF A FIRM
Internal expansion External expansion
(1) DifferentiationHorizontal expansion
(same product, increasein market share)
(1) Horizontal integrationMergers of firms
producing the sameproduct
(2) Vertical integrationDifferent products, butbelonging to different
stages of same product
(2) Vertical integrationMergers of firms producing at different stages of same
process
(3) ConglomerateDiversification -
introduction of totally different products
(3) ConglomerateDiversification - merger of
firms producing totally unrelated products
Growth through Vertical IntegrationGrowth through Vertical Integration
• Types of vertical integration– backward integration ('upstream'
integration)
– forward integration ('downstream' integration)
• Measuring the extent of vertical integration– primary production
– auxiliary operations
• Examples of vertically integrated firms
Growth through Vertical IntegrationGrowth through Vertical Integration
• Why vertically integrate?
– greater efficiency
• production economies
• co-ordination economies
• managerial economies
• financial economies
– reduced uncertainty
– monopoly power
– barriers to entry
Growth through Vertical IntegrationGrowth through Vertical Integration
• Problems with vertical integration– lack of flexibility– risks
• Tapered vertical integration– partial vertical integration– advantages
• better cost information• more leverage over suppliers• smaller capital outlay
– disadvantages• possible lack of economies of scale
Growth through DiversificationGrowth through Diversification
• Directions of diversification– using existing technological base &
market area– using existing technological base & new
markets– using new technological base & existing
market– using new technological base & new
markets• Why diversify?
– stability– maintaining profitability– growth
Growth through MergerGrowth through Merger
• Mergers and takeovers
– distinction between mergers and takeovers
• Motives for mergers and takeovers
– growth
– economies of scale
– monopoly power
– increased market valuation
– reduced uncertainty
Growth through MergerGrowth through Merger
• Motives for mergers and takeovers (cont.)
– opportunities
– other motives
• to avoid being taken over
• White Knight strategy
• asset stripping
• empire building
• geographical expansion
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Growth through Strategic AllianceGrowth through Strategic Alliance
• Types of strategic alliance
– joint ventures
– consortia
– franchising
– licensing
– subcontracting
– networks
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Star Alliance Oneworld Skyteam Northwest - KLM
United, Lufthansa, Singapore, Nippon,
Air Canada, US, Varig, bmi, Thai, Air New Zealand, Austrian, Asiana,
Tyrolean, Spanair, Scandinavian,
Mexicana.
American, BA, Qantas, Aer Lingus,
Cathay Pacific, Iberia, Finnair,
LanChile
Air France, Delta, Alitalia, Korean Air,
Czech Airlines, AeroMexico
Northwest, KLM, Continental,
Emirates, Malaysia, Air Pacific, Kenya,
South Africa
Airline strategic alliancesAirline strategic alliances
Figures show percentages of total
alliance capacity (2003)
Growth through Strategic AllianceGrowth through Strategic Alliance
• Why form strategic alliances?
– new markets
– risk sharing
– capital pooling