Diversification in this case (agricultural diversification) involves the realocation of a‚ or some of a farms resources‚ to a new product or products. The prime resource of that time being sugar and the new products being the wide variety of crops that were produced and re-introduced by peasants. Peasants are a class of people of a lower status‚ who depends on agricultural labour for subsistence. The peasant life could be placed and termed in different categories. According to Mintz 1961‚" a peasant
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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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Markowitz attacks hedge fund diversification claims Author: Kris Devasabai Source: Risk magazine | 26 Feb 2014 Nobel prize winner Harry Markowitz says alternative investments may not deliver the diversification benefits sought by investors Harry Markowitz‚ one of the pioneers of modern portfolio theory and 1990 Nobel prize winner‚ has claimed alternative investments such as hedge funds rarely offer the diversification benefits sought by their investors. "The people selling these products
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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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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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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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funds offer a quick and relatively inexpensive way to diversify‚ the purpose of this article is to address the issue of risk reduction through international diversification. This article also provides support for the hypothesis that international market correlations increase after unexpected exogenous shocks. The implication is that diversification benefits may be reduced after such events. National economies have recently become more closely linked‚ not only because of growing international trade
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TYPES OF CORPORATE DIVERSIFICATION When a firm chooses to diversify‚ it faces a decision as to how related the new business(es) is(are) to the existing businesses of the firm. When Charles Bluhdorn was CEO of a company called Gulf+Western in the 1950s‚ he diversified into a host of industries: motion pictures (Paramount Pictures‚ the makers of The Godfather‚ Chinatown‚ and other movies)‚ clothing‚ cigars‚ zinc mines‚ auto parts‚ and sugar‚ among others! In contrast‚ a company such as Cooper
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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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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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