Which of the Following Best Illustrates Diversification

question 81

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best illustrates diversification?

• A)A company that produces many different products decides to produce fewer.
• B)After selling stock, corporate management spends funds on projects with greater risks than shareholders had anticipated.
• C)Instead of holding only the stocks of companies engaged in the banking business, a person decides to hold stock in a number of different companies producing different goods and services.
• D)A person decides to purchase only stocks that have paid high dividends in the past.

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Definitions:

Estimating Costs

The process of predicting the financial resources required to complete a project, production, or any business activity.

Estimating Demand

The process of forecasting the amount of product or service that consumers will be willing to buy at various prices during a specified period.

Idea Generation

The process of creating, developing, and communicating new concepts or solutions.

Product Concepts

Fundamental ideas or proposed strategies regarding how a product can be designed, manufactured, marketed, and sold to satisfy a particular need or want.