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    Diversification Strategies

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    Diversification IBM a Fortune 500 company celebrated its 100th birthday this past June. IBM employs over 400‚000 employees and is considered to be a $100 billion dollar or more giant in e-business global marketing technology. With the inception of the computer‚ IBM’s core business was mainframe computers‚ which almost bought the company to its knees in bankruptcy. IBM looked at the PC as just a gadget and with any gadget over time would fade into oblivion. IBM would find out the hard way

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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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    economic diversification

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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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    Pepsico Diversification

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    PepsiCo ’s Diversification Strategy in 2008 PepsiCo was the world ’s largest snack and beverage company‚ with 2007 net revenues of approximately $39.5 billion. The company ’s portfolio of businesses in 2008 included Frito-Lay salty snacks‚ Quaker Chewy granola bars‚ Pepsi soft drink products‚ Tropicana orange juice‚ Lipton Brisk tea‚ Gatorade‚ Propel‚ SoBe‚ Quaker Oatmeal‚ Cap ’n Crunch‚ Aquafina‚ Rice-A-Roni‚ Aunt Jemima pancake mix‚ and many other regularly consumed products. Company History

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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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    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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    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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    Apple's diversification

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    of a few thousands over its next competitor. A sub-Rs 20‚000 iPhone‚ we feel‚ will be enough to sink the boats of the Micromaxs and Karbonns of the world. Samsung‚ however‚ will be a tough nut to crack due to its first mover advantage and wide portfolio of products. Therefore‚ the new iPhone has to be cheap in price‚ but rich in features. Apple would have learnt by now the pitfalls of excluding the mass market from its strategic vision. But the innovation and persistence inherent in the company

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    Rural Diversification

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    Rural Diversification: The Lake District: Farm Diversification: In the Lake District‚ there are a number of ways in which farm diversification has taken place. For example‚ as the income that farmers receive has decreased‚ they have to creative new ways to make money. On way of doing this is when their sheep are clipped‚ although their fleece is poor quality and colour‚ they can sell it for loft insulation or carpets. Also‚ the Lake District has become a popular tourist destination and as a result

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    Unrelated Diversification

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    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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