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Marketing Management, 16th Edition
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Marketing Management, 16th Edition

by Philip T. Kotler, Kevin Lane Keller, Alexander Chernev
June 2021
Intermediate to advanced
608 pages
35h 33m
English
Pearson
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Defining Strategic Business Units

Many large companies manage a portfolio of different businesses often referred to as strategic business units, each requiring its own strategy. A strategic business unit (SBU) has three characteristics: (1) It is a single business, or a collection of related businesses, that can exist separately from the rest of the company; (2) It has its own set of competitors; and (3) It has a manager responsible for strategic planning and profit performance, who controls most of the factors affecting profit.

Strategic business units make up a company’s portfolio. Based on the diversity of the individual strategic business units within the portfolio, these units can be defined as specialized or diversified.

A specialized ...

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