Diversification
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Diversification may refer to:
  • Diversification (finance)
    Diversification (finance)
    In finance, diversification means reducing risk by investing in a variety of assets. If the asset values do not move up and down in perfect synchrony, a diversified portfolio will have less risk than the weighted average risk of its constituent assets, and often less risk than the least risky of...

     involves spreading investments
  • Diversification (marketing strategy)
    Diversification (marketing strategy)
    Diversification is a form of corporate strategy for a company. It seeks to increase profitability through greater sales volume obtained from new products and new markets. Diversification can occur either at the business unit level or at the corporate level. At the business unit level, it is most...

     is a corporate strategy to increase market penetration
  • Agricultural diversification
    Agricultural diversification
    In the agricultural context, diversification can be regarded as the re-allocation of some of a farm's productive resources, such as land, capital, farm equipment and paid labour, into new activities...

    involves the re-allocation of some of a farm's resources to new products or non-agricultural activities
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