A Diversified Company Has a Parenting Advantage When It

question 108

Multiple Choice

A diversified company has a parenting advantage when it

• A)is more able than other companies to boost the combined performance of its individual businesses through its high-level guidance, general oversight, and other corporate-level contributions.
• B)is more able than other companies to create positive collaboration within its portfolio for different specialty groups and geographic locations.
• C)results in supporting short-term economic shareholder value.
• D)manages a set of fundamentally similar business operations inside fundamentally similar industries and environments.
• E)avoids acquiring undervalued companies and thus reduces risks.

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Aggregate Function

A computational method used in databases to perform a calculation on a set of values, returning a single value.

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