strategy and management

COURSE CODE: GEEN 1016

COURSE TITLE: Strategy and Management

Instructions to Students

1. Wordcount: at least 2,000 words – references are excluded from the wordcount;

2. Please submit ONLY word documents. PDFs or any kind of photo documents will not be marked;

3. Please do not plagiarize: any similarity index above 20% will be referred to the Ethics Committee;

4. Essay form/Prose is highly recommended as opposed to any metrical structure of text;

5. Please title your answers, for example: Answer to Question 1 or Answer to Question 2;

Please manage your time wisely: if you anticipate a delay, timely apply for extenuating circumstances;

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Based on the case study: ‘Fiat: The Value of a Spinoff’

Please, answer all questions.

Q1.

Critically analyse Fiat Group’s different options for splitting up its constituent companies in order to enable the market to assess the performance of its two main businesses, Capital Goods and Automobiles, on an individual basis.

[Total 40 marks]

Q2.

Critically analyse each of the pros and cons of the diversification strategies.

[Total 30 marks]

Q3.

Critically analyse all possible reasons explaining the diversification discount.

[Total 30 marks]