The Risk for Firms That Follow the Unrelated Diversification Strategy

question 81

Multiple Choice

The risk for firms that follow the unrelated diversification strategy in developed economies is that:

• A) external investors tend to dump the stocks of conglomerates during economic downturns.
• B) conglomerates are typically owned by one powerful entrepreneur and do not survive his/her retirement or death.
• C) government regulations, especially in Europe, have periodically forced the dissolution of conglomerates.
• D) competitors can imitate financial economies more easily than they imitate economies of scope.

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Definitions:

Cross-tabulations

Statistical tools that summarize the distribution of two or more categorical variables in the form of a table, allowing for examination of relationships between them.

Categorical Data

Data that represent characteristics and can be divided into groups or categories that are distinctly different from one another.

Scatter Plots

Graphical illustrations that use cartesian coordinates to display values for typically two variables, allowing for the detection of any correlational patterns.

Dot-scale Diagrams

A graphical representation where dots are used to depict frequencies of categories for small or medium-sized datasets.