PPT-Efficient Diversification

6 Bodie Kane and Marcus Essentials of Investments 9 th Edition 61 Diversification and Portfolio Risk MarketSystematicNondiversifiable Risk Risk factors common to whole economy UniqueFirmSpecificNonsystematic Diversifiable Risk. An African Perspective. Roundtable . on Economic Growth and Structural Change: Priorities for Least Developed Countries. UN-ORHLLS, Columbia University, World Bank and APEC. Columbia University, Faculty House. BACKGROUND. Rapid rate of diversification often follows the adaptive radiation. + (sexual) selection. New niches. Mutation. New species. Adaptive radiation. Examples of adaptive radiation:. Galapagos Island finches. Brian O. ’. Meara. EEB464 Fall . 2015. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b97sBw-sRNM. Stork. Insect diversity: facts, fiction, and speculation. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (1988) vol. 35 pp. 321-337. CHAPTER 6. CORPORATE-LEVEL STRATEGY. THE STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PROCESS. . . . . KNOWLEDGE OBJECTIVES. . . KNOWLEDGE OBJECTIVES. GENERAL ELECTRIC: THE QUINTESSENTIAL DIVERSIFIED FIRM. ■. B290. Diversification. Diversification:. The entry into product markets in which the firm has had no prior activities, e.g. . Sprits from beer (Whitbread). Bricks, coal mining (Hanson). Computers from . Topic 12. I. . Efficient Market. Theory (EMT). Efficient Market Theory. Where did EMT come from?. What is the Efficient Market Theory?. What does it Imply?. How can it be tested?. What conclusions can we draw about market efficiency?. Bodie, Kane and Marcus. Essentials of Investments . 9. th. Global Edition. . 6. 6.1 Diversification and Portfolio Risk. Market/Systematic/Non diversifiable Risk. Risk factors common to whole economy. why and how?. Ricardo Hausmann. Harvard Kennedy School & . Center for International Development at . Harvard University. A reinterpretation of the sources of growth. Why are some countries rich and others poor?. 1. INTERNATIONAL POLICY CONFERENCE. “COMPETITIVENESS & DIVERSIFICATION: STRATEGIC CHALLENGES IN A PETROLEUM-RICH ECONOMY”. If Diversification is Good, Why don’t Countries Diversify More? The Political Economy of Diversification in Resource Rich Countries. and Emerging Policy . Dynamics. Grace Tabengwa . Johane . Motsatsi. Conference 27-28. th. Aug 2014, Gaborone . Structure/Outline. Overview-Context, Scope, objectives. Analytical approach. Assessment key findings . CHAPTER 6. CORPORATE-LEVEL STRATEGY. THE STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PROCESS. . . . . KNOWLEDGE OBJECTIVES. . . KNOWLEDGE OBJECTIVES. GENERAL ELECTRIC: THE QUINTESSENTIAL DIVERSIFIED FIRM. ■. I. . Efficient Market. Theory (EMT). Efficient Market Theory. Where did EMT come from?. What is the Efficient Market Theory?. What does it Imply?. How can it be tested?. What conclusions can we draw about market efficiency?. Jeffrey B. Joy, Richard H. Liang, Rosemary M. McCloskey, Thuy Nguyen, Chanson J. Brumme, Guillaume Colley, Robert S. Hogg, Julio S.G. Montaner, P. Richard Harrigan, and Art F.Y. Poon. Conflict of Interest. , Integration and Merger. 6. .1 . Diversification. The typical unit of analysis in microeconomic theory is a single-product, single-plant firm serving a single market. . In . practice, however, many firms produce a range of products and serve a number of markets. Such companies are described as diversified. .