The Success of Unrelated Diversification Is Dependent Upon Management's Ability

question 57

Multiple Choice

The success of unrelated diversification is dependent upon management's ability to

• A) acquire new businesses that utilize much the same technology as existing businesses.
• B) divest businesses whose competitive strategies do not match the overall competitive strategy of the corporation.
• C) acquire new businesses having attractive distribution-related and customer-related strategic fits with existing businesses.
• D) spotting bargain-priced companies with big upside potential and then turning around their operations quickly with the aid of the parent company's financial resources and managerial know-how.
• E) identify potential new acquisition candidates that are cash cows (as opposed to cash hogs).

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Definitions:

Fixed Cost

Costs that do not vary with the level of production or sales, such as rent, salaries, and insurance premiums.

Net Income

An entity's earnings after all expenses, including taxes and operating costs, have been deducted from revenues.

Physical Inventory

The process of counting and verifying the actual quantities of merchandise or goods in stock.

Absorption Cost

An accounting method that assigns all manufacturing costs (both fixed and variable) to products, making them fully absorbed into the cost of goods sold.