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The Risky Business of Diversification

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Readings in Strategic Management

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One way companies grow is to launch new businesses into product markets where they have not previously competed.

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  1. See Sidney Schoeffler, Robert D. Buzzell, and Donald F. Heany, ‘Impact of Strategic Planning on Profit Performance’, Harvard Business Review, March–April 1974, p. 137;

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  2. and Robert D. Buzzell, Bradley T. Gale and Ralph G. M. Sultan, ‘Market Share — A Key to Profitability’, Harvard Business Review, January–February 1975, p. 97.

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Biggadike, R. (1989). The Risky Business of Diversification. In: Asch, D., Bowman, C. (eds) Readings in Strategic Management. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20317-8_13

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