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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4 Decision Options…………….…………………………………………………………………….6 Recommendation………………………………………………………………………………….8 Problem Definition: In early 2007‚ Ford Motor Company is struggling to stay afloat with flat sales and increasing costs in an incredibly competitive market. Over the past five years‚ despite many attempts at restructuring and cutting costs‚ Ford Motors is suffering falling market shares and serious financial losses. They posted a loss of $12.7 billion for 2006‚ the largest full year loss
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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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COLOURFUL CORPORATION Can there be prosperity without growth? PRIYANKA MAHAJAN STUDENT NO. 3423936 WORD COUNT: 3696 Table of Contents COLOURFUL CORPORATION ................................................................................................... 1 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................................................. 1 2. AIM .......................................................................
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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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Ford Motor Company (FMC) manufactures and sells vehicles worldwide. The company has two business segments that include automotive segment and financial services. Ford carries out operations in North and South America‚ Europe‚ Asia and Africa. Hence‚ the company has to ensure that its operations are working effectively to meet its organizational objectives. The company also has to ensure that its operations management strategies are adequate to provide maximum benefits to the company. Domestic car
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Entry and Diversificaion ntry Foreign Market Entry and Diversification Question # 1-Create an argument for diversification of your business that will be presented to the board of directors or business investors. A diversified company is no longer a single-business enterprise. A diversified company is a collection of different and individual businesses. This collection of businesses‚ whether related or unrelated‚ will cause the strategy- making and decision-making tasks for these collection and/
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Context of the company 1.1 History & General Ford Motor Company is one of the oldest and well-known automakers in the world. Its precursor can go back to last century. The automotive pioneer‚ Henry Ford established Ford Motor Company in 1903‚ and firstly adopting large-scale manufacturing and assembly line guaranteed Ford owned the higher efficiency and more competitive advantages than its competitors. Later‚ the invention of FORD Model T was another milestone. All these innovation stimulated
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Today unions have a bigger number of members because and are able to stay afloat due to venturing into other industrial sectors. Due to such diversification‚ unions are not able to adequately focus on a particular category of workers. This means that policy and wage setting for different categories of workers are hampered (Mello‚ 2015). Policies that employers should abide by and wages that should
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