1. What type of diversification does GM pursue? Justify your answer.

Types of Corporate Diversification

Single-business firm: derives >95% from one business

Dominant-business firm: 70% to 95% from one business

Related diversification strategy: <70% from one business

Related-constrained leverage current competencies

Related-linked share only limited links to current business

Unrelated diversification: <70% and few if any links among businesses (a conglomerate)

2. From a quick scan of GMs Wikipedia page and a quick Google search, what, if any, types of vertical integration does GM engage in?

Types of Vertical Integration

Full vertical integration

Backward vertical integration

Forward vertical integration

Taper integration backward or forward

Strategic outsourcing

3.Read Does GMs Future Lie in China? Prior to the Covid-19, Klayman-White (2020), Boudette (2020), and Richter (2020) made predictions about GMs future in China. Do you agree with these predictions? What international strategy, i.e. organizational model, was GM pursuing in China? Has the pandemic changed your opinions?

In terms of international strategy, looking to hear about either the Global standardization, Transnational, International or Localization/ Multi-domestic strategy