EDHEC, a French business school, diversification is another powerful reason why institutions think they should invest in hedge funds.
The revenue growth of our core business segments of outdoor, fitness, aviation and marine was 14%, highlighting the continued diversification in our business model.
"It's clear we're reaping the benefits of the diversification of our business, " Liddell said on a conference call with investors.
"Significant management changes have been implemented, a universal banking business model offers its own diversification attractions, whilst cyclical economic exposure and the lack of government ownership also appeal, " he said.
When they try to persuade investors, and often themselves, that synergies abound (that two and two equals not merely five but six or more) in their takeovers of firms engaged in activities that they know next to nothing about, companies prefer such euphemisms as multi-industry business or non-related diversification.
Advertising needs to reinvigorate itself with a greater diversification of styles and business models.
Amazon in its third quarter conference call has indicated its diversification into the fulfillment business.
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He liked Marvell's diversification in the handset business, but the company and its stock have been hit by some recent snags.
The plan is to emphasize diversification and thereby boost business.
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If Bayer does purchase CropScience, it will further drive home a point that has increasingly become apparent to anyone watching the pharmaceutical industry: The drug business does not leave energy for diversification.
The strategic motivation has been a realization that, while diversification may shield a business from the ups and downs of a particular industry's business cycle, the lack of a unifying competency makes the united business units devilishly tough to manage well.
Boeing's biggest diversification has been the military business that it burst into when it bought McDonnell Douglas in 1997.
"The online game business is not unlike the movie business, " says Nguyen, in pushing diversification.
Such firms' big books of business should allow their customers to benefit from diversification.
Why do you believe that diversification is a good approach to business?
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International business makes up a major component of revenues, diversification that U.S. investors should appreciate.
Goodyear drove itself into a similar trap in the 1980s, when it loaded up with debt and plunged into foolish diversification schemes instead of concentrating on the business it knew best, tires.
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Both Presidents underscored that in the seven years since the U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA) first entered into force, not only have the conditions of exchange of goods and services improved, but also new business opportunities have been formed, leading to the diversification of products and a greater access for agricultural products.
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It takes a keen interest in Vale's activities and has never been keen on global diversification, preferring that the company build its business at home.
Bank bosses claim such diversification has another advantage: good years in one business offset bad years in another.
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