Strategic Sign-On: Strategic Management Project Module 10 (Chapter 10) This chapter requires you to assess your company's use of acquisitions, internal new ventures, and joint ventures as ways to enter a new business or restructure its portfolio of businesses. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. Your Company has entered a new industry during the past decade Pick one new industry that your company has entered during the past 10 years. Identify the rationale for entering this industry. Identify the strategy used to enter this industry. Evaluate the rationale for using this particular entry strategy. Do you think that this was the best entry strategy to use? Why or why not? 5. Do you think that the addition of this business unit to the company increased or reduced profitability? Why? B. Your Company has restructured its corporate portfolio during the past decade. 1. Identify the rationale for pursuing a restructuring strategy. 2. Pick one industry from which your company has exited during the past 10 years. 3. Identify the strategy used to exit from this particular industry. Do you think that this was the best exit strategy to use? Why or Why not? 4. In general, do you think that exiting from this industry has been in the company's best interest