diversification

diversification
1. The holding of a *portfolio of varied investments to spread and thereby reduce *risk. See *portfolio theory. 2. An increase in the range and variety of operations undertaken by an organization or an individual. *Multinational corporations tend to reduce their *risks by geographical diversification, as well as by entering different sectors of activity - these moves are typically intended to reduce overreliance on a small number of markets. However, although diversification generally leads to a spreading of (and therefore reduction of) risk, overdiversification can be counterproductive. A corporation that takes on an excessively wide range of operations may find that it loses strategic focus, and the range and variety of extensive activities may absorb an excessive amount of management time. In such cases, the negative effects of overdiversification can be mitigated by the *divestment of some operations.

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