Corporate-Level Strategy in a Diversified Organization Requires a Common Business

question 83

True/False

Corporate-level strategy in a diversified organization requires a common business strategy for each component business.

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Definitions:

Interest Rate

The cost of borrowing money or the reward for saving, usually expressed as a percentage of the principal amount per period.

Economic Profit

The return flowing to those who provide the economy with the economic resource of entrepreneurial ability; the total revenue of a firm less its economic costs (which include both explicit costs and implicit costs); also called “pure profit” and “above-normal profit.”

X-Inefficiency

The difference between actual output and the maximum possible output that could be achieved with the same input of resources, due to inefficiencies within a firm.

Dynamic Change

The process of constant, sometimes unpredictable change within systems or environments, affecting economic, social, or technological aspects over time.