To identify a diversified company's strategy, one should consider such factors as

Select one:

a.whether it is emphasizing the pursuit of economies of scale or economies of scope.

b.whether the company is focusing on "milking its cash cows" or "feeding its cash hogs."

c.the technological proficiencies, labor skill requirements, and functional area strategies characterizing each of the firm's businesses.

d.each business's competitive approachwhether it is pursuing a low-cost leadership, differentiation, best-cost, focused differentiation, or focused low-cost strategy.

e.the extent to which the firm is broadly or narrowly diversified, whether it is pursuing related or unrelated diversification (or a mixture of both), and the recent moves it has made to divest businesses, acquire new businesses, and strengthen the positions of existing businesses.