Strategic Management
Strategic Management
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781259420474
Author: Frank T. Rothaermel The Nancy and Russell McDonough Chair; Professor of Strategy and Sloan Industry Studies Fellow
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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To explain: The kind of strategy incorporated by Company WT.

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Kind of strategy incorporate by Company WT:

When the industry is a big box retail firm the discussion on differentiation will be a valid concept. The decision made by Company WT would be a corporate level diversification. The grocery industry is different from other businesses such as clothing retailers. They were brought together by organizations on later stages. Company WT then moved the whole firm to the perishable foods and grocery items industry. The company should compete at the corporate level. They must compete with other firms by following a business level strategy.

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