Determining whether some business units have value chain match-ups that offer opportunities for cross-business transfer of competitively valuable resources and capabilities O Determining whether the corporate parent's resources and parenting capabilities are poorly matched to the resource requirements of one or more businesses it has diversified into O Determining whether one or more of the company's individual businesses present financial challenges in contributing adequately to the company's financial performance and overall well-being O Determining whether the parent company's resources are being stretched too thinly by the resource/capability requirements of one or more of its businesses O Determining whether the company has adequate financial strength to fund its different businesses, pursue growth via acquisition, and maintain a healthy credit rating