Unrelated Diversification is a form of diversification when the business adds new or unrelated product lines and penetrates new markets. For example‚ if the shoe producer enters the business of clothing manufacturing. In this case there is no direct connection with the company´s existing business - this The unrelated diversification is based on the concept that any new business or company‚ which can be acquired under favorable financial conditions and has the potential for high revenues‚ is suitable
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Economic Diversification Name: Institution: Course: Tutor: Date: Introduction In Middle East‚ the Saudi Arabia telecom industry is the largest with over fifty million mobile phone subscribers. At the end of 2011‚ the mobile penetration was about 188% with the sector enjoying stable growth. Saudi Arabia is the world’s largest oil exporter with oil being its largest income earner. However‚ to avoid the overreliance on the oil sector‚ the government of Saudi
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TYPES OF CORPORATE DIVERSIFICATION When a firm chooses to diversify‚ it faces a decision as to how related the new business(es) is(are) to the existing businesses of the firm. When Charles Bluhdorn was CEO of a company called Gulf+Western in the 1950s‚ he diversified into a host of industries: motion pictures (Paramount Pictures‚ the makers of The Godfather‚ Chinatown‚ and other movies)‚ clothing‚ cigars‚ zinc mines‚ auto parts‚ and sugar‚ among others! In contrast‚ a company such as Cooper
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Distribution Gaps in Direct Routes By Anuroop Uppuluri June‚ 2010 Distribution Gaps in Direct Routes By Anuroop Uppuluri Under the guidance of Shri Himanshu Shekhar Dr. Bikramjit Rishi Capability Developmnet Manager Professor HCCB IMT‚ Ghaziabad June‚ 2010 Certificate of Approval The following Summer Project Report titled "Distribution Gaps in Direct Routes" is hereby approved as a certified study in management carried
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Diversification Strategies Bus508 09/15/2010 1. Compare and contrast the two businesses-core business‚ their size‚ financials‚ global presence‚ use of e business (marketing‚ sales etc) The first business I examined was NetFlix. Netflix is in the midst of a company downturn and must make drastic changes to turn the company back around. Recently the company decided to increase the cost of their monthly services from $10 to $16. This over time caused a decline of 805‚000 customers domestically
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Executive Summary Coca-Cola‚ the product that has given the world its best-known taste was born in Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ on May 8‚ 1886. Coca-Cola Company is the world’s leading manufacturer‚ marketer and distributor of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups‚ used to produce nearly 400 beverage brands. It sells beverage concentrates and syrups to bottling and canning operators‚ distributors‚ fountain retailers and fountain wholesalers. Coca-Cola was first introduced by John Syth Pemberton‚ a
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DIVERSIFICATION. For companies‚ they all want to have bigger market share and earn more profit. So they will find many ways to penetration into the market like diversification. Diversification strategies are used to expand firms’ operations by adding markets‚ products‚ services‚ or stages of production to the existing business. The purpose of diversification is to allow the company to enter lines of business that are different from current operations.There are basically two broad forms of diversification
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Abstract Diversification is a form of corporate strategy to increase profitability of a company through greater sales volume obtained from new products and new markets. Diversification strategies are used to expand firms’ operations by adding markets‚ products‚ services‚ or stages of production to the existing business. I will be discussing diversification strategies of Johnson & Johnson who have benefited from diversification and National Semiconductors Company which was not able to succeed
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BOYAN JOVANOVIC New YorkUniversity The Diversification of Production produce more than one product. In this sense their production is diversified‚ or horizontally integrated. This paper addresses two questions. First‚ why have firms become more diversified over the past century? And second‚ why are diversified firms more oriented toward research and development (R&D) than nondiversified firms? I tackle these two questions under the assumption that a firm diversifies to maximize its efficiency
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Diversification Strategies Diversification is a risk that companies have to take in order to stay competitive in it’s changing market. Some companies have been successful diversifying their business‚ and in opposition there are other companies that in the process of expanding their business have not succeeded. For the purpose of this report‚ I will use the “Sara Lee Corporation” as a successful company throughout its diversification strategies. On the other hand‚ I would use Ebay as an example
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