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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geographic diversification of its major product markets. In 2003‚ Unilever had sales and marketing efforts in 88 different countries. The key is that it gave decision-making power to its managers in different countries so that they could tailor their products to the market’s specific preferences and consumers’ local tastes. Thus‚ it was the cross-country preferences of consumers that determined what products Unilever would carry. The global segment provides an enormous opportunity for Unilever. The
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INTRODUCTION: There are many kinds of business everywhere; where there are many issues related to the growth of the company and Different strategies will enable different companies to reach those goals. Unilever is a company started in 1930 formed of Dutch Margarine Company and British based lever brothers. Unilever holds a wide range of products which include food‚ personal care‚ beverages‚ canned foods‚ ice creams and many more which are worlds best consumer brands. The case study describes a lot of information
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Running head: INTERNATIONAL PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION International Portfolio Diversification International Portfolio Diversification Globalization resulted‚ among other things‚ in a noticeable increase in foreign trade and investment worldwide. For individuals‚ the main type foreign investment is foreign portfolio investment (or foreign indirect investment) which is “the investment by individuals‚ firms‚ or public bodies (e.g.‚ governments or nonprofit organizations) in foreign financial
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Company background Airtel Lanka Limited is a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel Limited‚ the third largest mobile operator in the world‚ with over 240 million mobile customers as of December 2011.[3] Bharti Airtel has been featured in Forbes Asia’s Fab 50 list‚ rated amongst the best performing companies in the world in the BusinessWeek IT 100 list 2007‚ and voted as India’s most innovative company in a survey by The Wall Street Journal Airtel Sri Lanka commenced commercial operations of services on 13
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Table of contents Question 1 Pressures for National Responsiveness…………………………………….………2 Strategic Role in Relation to Structural Context…………………………………...4 Managerial Recommendations……………………………………………………..5 Question 2 The Speed of a Rival’s Attack……………………………………………………..6 Managerial Recommendations…………………………………………………….9 Appendices…………………………………………………………………...….10 References……………………………………………………………………….17 Question 1 Pressures for National Responsiveness (incl. measures and data)
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Foreign Market 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
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DIVERSIFICATION The Virgin Group covers a wide range of industries But keeping the brand name in all of them is not a good strategy. This is because the brand Virgin originally stood for a particular set of products/services with its own brand image. But when it affixed it to every possible product/service that wasn’t necessarily related to the original product/service‚ it lost its value. The brand lost its brand image that it cannot deliver one particular message to its consumers as the products/services
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Abstract: The case‚ "ITC’s Diversification Strategy" gives an overview of ITC’s diversification into related and unrelated areas in recent years. The case presents an overview of the cigarette industry in India and gives a detailed account of the areas in which ITC has diversified. The competition that ITC is going to face in each of the segments it has diversified into is also explored. Issues: Criteria of selection of new businesses and the degree of diversification involved as well as to
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BUSINESS STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT CANON DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGY [pic] By: NURSYAH FAHMANSYAH RIZKI (0832200304) Magister Manajemen Sistem Informasi Universitas Bina Nusantara 2009 DIVERSIFICATION Definition Diversification is a form of growth marketing strategy for a company. It seeks to increase profitability through greater sales volume obtained from new products and new markets. Diversification can occur either at the business unit or at the corporate level. At the business unit
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