Global Corporate Strategy: Tata Steel

Global Corporate Strategy 1
Global steel manufacturing industry: Tata Steel
Student
Institution
Word Count: 3,150 Words Excluding Executive Summary and Reference List

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Executive Summary
This report will focus on Tata, a Steel manufacturer and the sector of steel manufacturing at
large. The report will be divided into four parts. The first part will analyze Tata Steel’s portfolio
and its competitive position in this sector. Part two will analyze the business model that Tata
uses for innovation through M&A’s and strategic alliances. The third part will analyze corporate
governance, leadership, CSR, and sustainability activities of Tata Steel. The last part will give a
personal reflection on the learnings of this assignment in the context of steel production sector.
Table of Contents

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Executive Summary.....................................................................................................................................2
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................4
Portfolio, Integrated Organization Perspectives and Competitiveness.......................................................5
Portfolio Organization Perspective..........................................................................................................5
Integrated Organization Perspective.......................................................................................................6
Adopting both Perspectives.....................................................................................................................7
Business Model Innovation and Technologies Innovation through Strategic Alliances, M&As...................7
Strategic Alliances and Merges and Acquisitions.....................................................................................8
Strategic Alliance.................................................................................................................................8
Mergers and Acquisitions....................................................................................................................8
Mix of Resources and Capabilities to bring the ‘digital and Mobile” Technologies Together..................9
Assessment of “Pravesh” to the Product Portfolio................................................................................10
Corporate Governance, CSR, Sustainability and Leadership......................................................................11
Corporate Governance..........................................................................................................................11
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)....................................................................................................12
Sustainability and Leadership................................................................................................................13
Personal Reflections on Learning..............................................................................................................14
Global Steel Manufacturing Industry Competition................................................................................14
Role of Strategic Alliances and M&A’s...................................................................................................14
Role of Corporate Leadership................................................................................................................15
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................16
Reference List............................................................................................................................................17

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Introduction
The true character of a company is tested on its ability to endure the market environment
challenges by turning them into opportunities. One of the most competitive sectors in the world
market is steel manufacturing (Lynch, 2006). The leading players in this industry include Tata
Steel, HBIS Group, ArcelorMittal SA, POSCO, and Nucor Corp just to mention a few. However,
our report will center more on Tata Steel in attempts to achieve the objectives of the study as
clearly stipulated in the executive summary.