Question

A firm practicing unrelated diversification can make better capital allocations to its subsidiary businesses than the external capital market can for all the following reasons EXCEPT: a. corporate headquarters can allocate capital according to more specific criteria than is possible with external market allocations. b. corporate headquarters has more complete information about the subsidiary businesses than the external capital market. c. the firm can acquire other firms with innovative products instead of allocating capital to research and development. d. corporate headquarters can more effectively discipline underperforming management teams through resource allocation than can the external market.

Answer 1

Answer: C. the firm can acquire other firms with innovative products instead of allocating capital to research and development

Explanation:

Unrelated Diversification is regarded as a diversification which takes place when a company adds an unrelated product to its business. For example, when an television manufacturer enters into a clothing business.

A firm practicing unrelated diversification can make better capital allocations to its subsidiary businesses than the external capital market can for all the following reasons except when the firm can acquire other firms with innovative products instead of allocating capital to research and development.