Managing Diversification

About "Managing Diversification," many studies on diversification strategy have focused on what type of
diversification (typically "related" versus "unrelated") leads to top performance, when applying varying
measures of performance success. Fewer studies focus explicitly on the management of diverse businesses.
Given your textbook readings about diversification and real-life experiences on the "diversificationperformance" link, use this thread to discuss what challenges, opportunities and MOTIVATIONS are attached
to the management of diversified businesses. USE GOOGLE OR YAHOO FOR HELP.
How does effective management of diversity contribute to the (probability of) relative success of "related" and
"unrelated" acquisition strategies? Is one form of diversification ("related" and "unrelated") better than the
other?