To create shareholder value via diversification, a company must get into new businesses that are profitable (a) diversify into industries that are growing rapidly.(b) spread its business risk across various industries by only acquiring firms that are strong competitors in their respective industries.(c) diversify into businesses sharing a portion of their value chains with its present businesses. (d) diversify into businesses that can perform better together under a single corporate umbrella than they would perform operating as independent, stand-alone businesses.

Marketing1. suppose the average price for a new disposable cell phone is $20, and the total market potential for that product is $4 million. topco, inc. has a planned market share of 10 percent. how many phones does topco have the potential to sell in this market? 20,0002. use the data from question 3 to calculate topco, inc.'s planned market share in dollars. $400,0003. atlantic car rental charges $29.95 per day to rent a mid-size automobile. pacific car rental, atlantic's main competitor, just reduced prices on all its car rentals. in response, atlantic reduced its prices by 5 percent. now how much does it cost to rent a mid-size automobile from atlantic? $28.45