DE2-106-I DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGY Original written by professors David Allen and Arnaud Gorgeon at IE Business School. Original version‚ 21 May 2002. Last revised‚ 20 December 2007. (R.L.) Published by IE Publishing Department. María de Molina 13‚ 28006 – Madrid‚ Spain. ©2002 IE. Total or partial publication of this document without the express‚ written consent of IE is prohibited. INTRODUCTION We are all familiar with the concept of diversification in finance. In this context‚ diversification is related
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to high level of diversification in the motorcycle industry. The corporation owns and operates in many countries world wide‚ and has plans to enter more when the time is right. Harley-Davidson‚ Inc. has brought many jobs to local areas and made many joint ventures and projects to help the community and the company. The company has been looking at what did and still does make them the number one seller of motorcycles in the United States and World wide. Diversification Harley-Davidson
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Assignment No 6 Diversification in Stock Portfolios Introduction Diversification is one of the key components of a successful investment portfolio. Almost all experts advise the avoidance of concentrating all of your investments in one type. However‚ many investors forget about diversification once they see a financially attractive stock and concentrate all of their assets in it. Other investors make a similar mistake and being influenced by their
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DIVERSIFICATION AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: AN EMPIRICAL EVALUATION Anil M. Pandya and Narendar V. Rao Abstract Diversification is a strategic option that many managers use to improve their firms’ performance. This interdisciplinary research attempts to verify whether firm level diversification has any impact on performance. The study finds that on average‚ diversified firms show better performance compared to undiversified firms on both risk and return dimensions. It also tests the robustness of these
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Case Study 4: Caterpillar Tractor Group 8: |Bùi Thanh Nam | |Lê Minh Ngân | |Phạm Phương Ngọc | |Đinh Vũ Công Nguyên | |Nguyễn Thu Phương
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GM describes their brand politics as having "two brands" which "will drive our global growth. They are Chevrolet‚ which embodies the qualities of value‚ reliability‚ performance and expressive design; and Cadillac‚ which creates luxury vehicles that are provocative and powerful. At the same time‚ the Holden‚ Buick‚ GMC‚ Baojun‚ Opel and Vauxhall brands are being carefully cultivated to satisfy as many customers as possible in select regions. As it emerged from bankruptcy and company reorganization
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II. Introduction The caterpillar was failure and lost many of money. The major competitor was Japanese company called Komatsu. The caterpillar faced global challenge‚ So it must to reinvent itself‚ or die. By George Schafer and Donald Fits between1985 – 1999‚ caterpillar improved itself. It improved all the structure for the company. In 1999 the CEO was Glen Barton. After that the company declined in sales and earnings. Caterpillar produce earthmovers‚ road building was by Benjamin Holt‚ when he
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number of arguments in favor of the diversification of energy sources in Australia. Development based on fossil fuels make the climate changing a more serious problem. According to Harding(2008) industrialized countries have responsibility to recognize renewable energy solutions as a priority and reduce the dependency on fossil-fuel energy‚ for the reason that the development relianted on fossil fuels has caused climate change issues. Moreover‚ the diversification of energy sources is environmentally
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Diversification plans for Just Sleeping Inn Related Diversification In an effort to create a competitive advantage over other hotel chains‚ and give our customers greater service‚ Just sleeping Inn will expand our hotel chain to include a car rental service at all of our locations. Through several years of surveying customers and other demographics we have found that offering rental car service at the hotel instead of at the airport would greatly increase the satisfaction of our customers
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revolution in digital entertainment and deliver the future of experience. The decision taken by Microsoft lead to its diversification in gaming consoles and online gaming industry. The diversification allowed Microsoft to utilize the economies of scope of the two industries.XBOX diversification satisfies the three essential tests to be applied in deciding whether diversification will truly create shareholder value. | The attractiveness test: The gaming industry which includes PC games‚ online
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