Which of the Following Rationales for Pursuing Unrelated Diversification Is

question 117

Multiple Choice

Which of the following rationales for pursuing unrelated diversification is likely to increase shareholder value?

• A)to reduce risk by way of spreading the company's investments over a set of truly diverse industries
• B)to enable a company to achieve rapid or continuous growth
• C)to chance that market downtrends in some of the company's businesses will be partially offset by cyclical upswings in its other businesses
• D)to provide benefits to managers such as high compensation and reduced unemployment risk
• E)to restructure an underperforming business

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