One of the Suggested Advantages of an Unrelated Diversification Strategy

question 92

Multiple Choice

One of the suggested advantages of an unrelated diversification strategy is that it

• A)expands a firm's competitive advantage opportunities to include a wider array of businesses.
• B)spreads the stockholders' risks across a group of truly diverse businesses.
• C)increases strategic fit opportunities and the potential for a 1 + 1 = 3 outcome on the bottom line.
• D)results in having more cash cow businesses than cash hog businesses.
• E)facilitates capturing the financial fits among sister businesses (as compared to a strategy of related diversification).

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