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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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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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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Yvette Yvette is the main character of the novel “The Virgin and the Gipsy”. Despite of that fact‚ the author doesn’t describe her appearance in details‚ the reader can form her image mostly because of her actions‚ thoughts‚ mimicry and relationships with other characters. For instance: “She was always out to parties and dances‚ friends came for her in their motor cars‚ and off she went to the city; yet she always seemed like a creature mesmerized; At home‚ she truly was irritable‚ and outrageously
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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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Figure 2: SWOT analysis of the Virgin Group of Companies STRENGTHS Value of the global brand Reputation Network of global contacts in a range of industries Value creation ability Innovation and marketing know-how in generating ideas and driving business Positive and admired public image of personality of the company Lowered risk due to the diversification of businesses WEAKNESSES Too great a reliance on the brand name Dilution of the brand due to diversification Heavy reliance on Branson as
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Education Aggression and Gender Diversification Social and Developmental Psychology Maria Zubova Table of Contents Introduction 2 General understanding of aggression 3 Images of men and women in media 4 Aggression as a chemical process in men and women 5 Aggression as a symptom 7 Conclusion 11 List of references 12 Appendixes 15 Introduction There has been a significant development in fields of gender diversification for the past years due to the up-to-date research
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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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different growth strategies such as the market penetration‚ market development‚ product development and diversification. The first three growth strategies (market penetration‚ market development and product development) will be briefly defined‚ while diversification will be comprehensively discussed as a strategy/marketing tool or a corporate growth strategy. In the discussion of diversification‚ its definitions‚ kinds/classifications‚ and the companies which utilized this strategy tool and became
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Diversification Economy in Las Vegas “Las Vegas is lagging behind many cities in the recovery because we were in much worse shape than most cities‚” David Christianson‚ who is a TCA 449 professor in University of Nevada‚ Las Vegas who is a knowledgeable international tourism professor said so in my personal interview‚ “Since we are a mono economy‚ any kind of diversification would be helpful.” The dominating economy in Las Vegas are from gaming‚ tourism‚ convention and meeting‚ which then could
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