The Multibusiness Phenomenon beyond Conglomerates and Business Groups: A Corporate Management Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-28

Businesses and not multibusiness firms are the ones that compete. While each business needs its own competi- tive strategy, multibusiness firms require corporate management for capturing synergies. The competitive view has triggered the emergence of multiple businesses within a single firm. Despite this, it is common to find managers who are unaware of the benefits that joint management brings to the performance of a multibusiness company. Managing multibusiness firms implies facing a paradox: leveraging business uniqueness while creating joint value for the multi- business company. This paper characterizes the multibusiness phenomenon from the existence of ownership ties and coordinated actions, by qualitatively researching 21 Colombian multibusiness firms. It contributes to the managerial knowledge of these types of firms in two different ways: by identifying the multibusiness phenomenon in a variety of companies, and by highlighting the benefits of the joint management of a multibusiness firm.

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Retno Widihastuti ◽  
Hakim Miftahul Huda

Kelompok usaha mikro merupakan bagian dari masyarakat Indonesia yang sampai dengan saat ini masih menemukan kesulitan dalam mengakses pinjaman dari lembaga pembiayaan. Lembaga pembiayaan formal khususnya masih memegang ketentuan yang belum mampu mereka jangkau. Namun tidak demikian bagi kelompok usaha di desa yang sebagian besar adalah menekuni bidang perikanan di Desa Gumeng, Kec. Bungah Kabupaten Gresik. Penelitian yang dilakukan pada bulan April tahun 2018 tujuan untuk a) mendeskripsikan karakteristik usaha mikro pengolahan ikan; b) menganalisis kendala dan tantangan akses permodalan formal yang sesuai kebutuhan usaha, serta c) menganalisis akses permodalan sesuai kebutuhan usaha, kinerja, dan perspektif kelembagaan pembiayaan formal ke depan. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah kualitatif dengan cara melakukan wawancara mendalam (indepth interview) kepada informan kunci (key person) yaitu Dinas Kelautan dan Perikanan, ketua kelompok usaha mikro, serta petugas lembaga pembiayaan formal. Data dianalisis secara deskriptif dengan menggambarkan kinerja usaha pengolahan mikro dan pola pembiayaan lembaga formal yang dapat diakses oleh kelompok usaha mikro di Desa Gumeng, Kecamatan Bungah, Kabupaten Gresik. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kinerja usaha pengolahan mikro layak dikembangkan. Pelaku usaha khususnya pada pengolahan ikan, telah menjalin kerjasama dengan lembaga pembiayaan formal yang menjembatani usaha mereka. Sebagai opsi rekomendasi mengenai pola pembiayaan yang memudahkan bagi debitur, maupun lembaga pembiayaan itu sendiri adalah lembaga pembiayaan formal yang menawarkan kemudahan sebagai berikut: a) tidak mensyaratkan calon peminjam modal usaha dengan sebuah jaminan; b) lembaga pembiayaan memberikan edukasi berupa pelatihan tata cara pengelolaan dana usaha. Petugas lembaga pembiayaan formal dapat memantau sekaligus memberi masukan pada pola usaha yang dilakukan debitur dengan harapan akan mengurangi masalah kredit macet bagi hasil atau istilah bunga pinjaman paling besar adalah sesuai standar Bank Indonesia. Title: Accessibility of Formal Financing Institution for Micro Business Actors of Fish Processing in the Gresik RegencyMicro business groups are part of Indonesian community which are difficult to access loans from financial institutions. The regulation of the formal institution are troublesome to the groups except for the fisheries business groups in Gumeng Village, Bungah sub district of Gresik Regency. The research was conducted in April 2018. It aims to discover the accessibility of financing patterns of Gresik Regency by a) describing the characteristics of fish processing micro businesses; b) analyzing the constraints and challenges of formal capital access in accordance with the business needs; and c) analyzing access to capital of the business needs, performance, and perspective of future institutional financing. The research used qualitative method with in-depth interviews (key interviews) to key informants (key person), they are Department of Marine and Fisheries, micro business group leaders, and formal financial institution officers. Data were descriptively analysed to illustrate the financing patterns of formal institutions that can be accessed by small business groups in Gumeng Village, Bungah Sub District, Gresik Regency. Results of the study showed that micro fish processing business are reasonable to be developed. They have collaborated with formal financial institution to undergo their business. The study recommended some optional financial patterns to facilitate both the debtors and the institutions as follow : a) Providing non guaranteed loans, b) Providing educational training of financial management. Monitoring and inputs of business pattern from the financial institution officer are also necessary to reduce non performing loan, 


2018 ◽  
pp. 43-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boris Miethlich

The constant above-average unemployment rate of people with disabilities (PWD) and the failure of government measures to date indicate the need for companies to address this issue themselves. A reliable understanding of the effects and implications of employment of PWD and vocational rehabilitation for strategic corporate management is therefore required to specifically promote the integration of PWD into the labor market. This paper compares the impacts of the two concepts from a management perspective. A literature review was conducted to collect and analyze the state of research for similarities and differences regarding the categories government policies, corporate social responsibility (CSR), benefits and consequences for companies and business opportunities using a summary content analysis. The results suggest that the effects on companies and the resulting implications are identical, at least over a longer period. The employment of PWD, as well as vocational rehabilitation, can be a key to attracting customers with disabilities and thus allowing to enter new market segments.


2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (8) ◽  
pp. 2469-2496 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Bardolet ◽  
Alex Brown ◽  
Dan Lovallo

Resource allocation in firms is often done in relative terms. Allocations to each project or, in the case of multibusiness firms, business segments are not made independently but through comparisons among the options. In that context, it becomes particularly important to identify the organizational factors that might influence those processes, as well as the mechanisms that create that influence. In this article, we investigate one of those potential factors—the size of a business segment relative to the rest of the organization—and two possible accounts. One is a naive tendency to spread out allocations evenly over the firm’s segments that would cause managers to relatively ignore differences in size and favor smaller segments over larger ones, holding other variables constant. The second is a tendency to direct larger allocation to the segments with the most political power and clout within the organization, which would normally favor larger segments, as those generally possess more influence. We investigate these competing hypotheses in a cross-section of firms to conclude that both mechanisms are partially at play. We find that both the smallest and the largest of segments are favored in the capital allocation process. Moreover, we find that the segment’s growth and profitability as well as corporate management ownership of the company moderate those effects.


2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Molly Maxfield ◽  
Tom Pyszczynski ◽  
Jeff Greenberg ◽  
Sheldon Solomon ◽  
David Weise

1970 ◽  
pp. 39-47
Author(s):  
Nabil Abdo

The International Labour Organization in Beirut has been running a project in the Palestinian Camps of Nahr El Bared and Ein El Helweh entitled “Palestinian Women Economic Empowerment Initiative”. The project started in 2011 and targets lowincome Palestinian women entrepreneurs through a threefold strategy: giving out loans and grants to women business groups in order to expand their businesses; training women entrepreneurs to enhance their business skills; and building the capacity of support organizations in order to improve business development services for women entrepreneurs and training them to be formally certified to deliver business group formation training. The project builds on the potential of business groups in assuring the protection of Palestinian women entrepreneurs from risks through resilience, pooling of resources, and collective voice. The objectives are to assure a sustainable livelihood for Palestinian women entrepreneurs through supporting them in expanding their businesses beyond survivalist low-income activities


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