Economic Diversification Name: Institution: Course: Tutor: Date: Introduction In Middle East‚ the Saudi Arabia telecom industry is the largest with over fifty million mobile phone subscribers. At the end of 2011‚ the mobile penetration was about 188% with the sector enjoying stable growth. Saudi Arabia is the world’s largest oil exporter with oil being its largest income earner. However‚ to avoid the overreliance on the oil sector‚ the government of Saudi
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Assessing the strategies of CEO David Jones to globalize Rayovac’s battery and flashlight business during 1999 to 2004 will determine if globalizing was strategically sound. An assessment on the attractiveness of each industry Spectrum diversified into will determine which business units have attractive degrees of competitive strength in their respective industries‚ and whether a strategy of related or unrelated diversification was pursued will determine which fits exists in both strategy and resources
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TYPES OF CORPORATE DIVERSIFICATION When a firm chooses to diversify‚ it faces a decision as to how related the new business(es) is(are) to the existing businesses of the firm. When Charles Bluhdorn was CEO of a company called Gulf+Western in the 1950s‚ he diversified into a host of industries: motion pictures (Paramount Pictures‚ the makers of The Godfather‚ Chinatown‚ and other movies)‚ clothing‚ cigars‚ zinc mines‚ auto parts‚ and sugar‚ among others! In contrast‚ a company such as Cooper
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Amul’s Diversification Strategy: A Pizza for Rs 20! In early 2001‚ Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF)1 planned to leverage its brand equity and distribution network to turn Amul2 into India’s biggest food brand. Verghese Kurien‚ Chairman of GCMMF‚ set a sales target of Rs.10 bn by 2006 as against sales of Rs 2.3 bn in 2001. In 2001‚ GCMMF entered the fast food market in India with the launch of vegetable pizzas under the brand name SnowCap in Ahmedabad‚ Gujarat. GCMMF was also
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Unrelated Diversification is a form of diversification when the business adds new or unrelated product lines and penetrates new markets. For example‚ if the shoe producer enters the business of clothing manufacturing. In this case there is no direct connection with the company´s existing business - this The unrelated diversification is based on the concept that any new business or company‚ which can be acquired under favorable financial conditions and has the potential for high revenues‚ is suitable
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陈芳妹 Fangmei Chen 20080100117 Class 05 Readings from 20th Century British and American Drama The Unsuccessful Willy Loman Willy‚as a man of 63‚is supposed to come to an age where everything should be settled down.However‚he is still suffering in his job even before he commits suicide.His financial situation is unsecure.His wife has to repair her stockings instead of buying
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DIVERSIFICATION. For companies‚ they all want to have bigger market share and earn more profit. So they will find many ways to penetration into the market like diversification. Diversification strategies are used to expand firms’ operations by adding markets‚ products‚ services‚ or stages of production to the existing business. The purpose of diversification is to allow the company to enter lines of business that are different from current operations.There are basically two broad forms of diversification
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LVMH’s Diversification Strategy into Luxury Goods The problem After the case and readings the problems of LVMH there are several problems such as the declining demand for luxury goods because it is linked to political events‚ situation and social trends. (After the attacks of 9/11 an impact on luxury goods has dropped and had automatically an impact on LVMH sales) Secondly luxury products are easy to counterfeit‚ some countries such as china‚ turkey‚ and other still have to improve their
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Rural Diversification: The Lake District: Farm Diversification: In the Lake District‚ there are a number of ways in which farm diversification has taken place. For example‚ as the income that farmers receive has decreased‚ they have to creative new ways to make money. On way of doing this is when their sheep are clipped‚ although their fleece is poor quality and colour‚ they can sell it for loft insulation or carpets. Also‚ the Lake District has become a popular tourist destination and as a result
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funds offer a quick and relatively inexpensive way to diversify‚ the purpose of this article is to address the issue of risk reduction through international diversification. This article also provides support for the hypothesis that international market correlations increase after unexpected exogenous shocks. The implication is that diversification benefits may be reduced after such events. National economies have recently become more closely linked‚ not only because of growing international trade
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