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Corporate Strategy = Corporations do not compete – their business units do. Corporations
are concerned with answering the question, what business or industry should we be in?
This is a resource allocation decision. Think portfolio management.
As a refresher, here are the objectives of the four functional levels within organizations:
Management: to ensure the survival of the organization within its environment.
Finance: to maximize shareholder wealth.
Marketing: to maximize market share.
Operations: to improve productivity.