Asfinancialenterprises, CommercialBanks' economiesofscopedeterminetheirspaceandchances of economizingcost and increasingbenefitwiththemulti-business diversification.
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.