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    William F. Kerby

    Kerby was responsible for building the Wall Street Journal into the second largest national newspaper in the Unites States with a circulation in excess of 2 million. He championed the company’s diversification from a one-newspaper journal... View Details
    Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

      Robert D. Stuart, Jr.

      Joining the family firm after serving in World War II, Robert Jr. was responsible for Quaker Oats’ biggest diversification since his Uncle John was president. Much of Stuart’s expansion came in non-food business areas, his most notable... View Details
      Keywords: Food & Tobacco

        Michel C. Bergerac

        Bergerac, however, is most known for the extensive diversification of Revlon into a health care products business. With the acquisition of companies in such areas as drugs, vision care, and medical diagnostics, the expanded health care... View Details
        Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
        • 31 Oct 2019
        • Video

        Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala

        Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, Chair of the Philippines-based Ayala Group, with interests in real estate, public infrastructure, insurance, and banking, discusses how the government’s liberalization program in... View Details

          Thomas F. Manville

          Manville introduced approximately 1,300 products, mainly made of asbestos. During the quarter-century of his successful presidency, he set a precedent for highly conservative management. He was renown for his great salesman-skills, View Details
          Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

            Alvin G. Brush

            In 1935, American Home Products purchased Brush’s company, Affiliated Products, Incorporated and installed Brush as AHP’s new CEO. Over the next thirty years, Brush presided over a massive growth and diversification plan, purchasing... View Details
            Keywords: Healthcare
            • 27 Sep 2019
            • Video

            Ronnie Screwvala

            Ronnie Srewvala, who founded the Indian media conglomerate UTV in 1990, discusses how UTV diversified into new areas as it searched for gaps for audiences which could be filled, seeking to pre-empt trends... View Details
            • 27 Jul 2021
            • Video

            Aroon Purie

            Aroon Purie, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of India Today, describes diversifying first into different magazine variations by launching regional editions of India Today, Business Today, men’s health, and moving into women’s lifestyle magazines and acquiring... View Details
            • 09 Oct 2020
            • Video

            Mahbubur Rahman

            Mahbubur Rahman, who had already started trading, banking and insurance businesses in Bangladesh, explains why he entered newspaper publishing, and how this business has become profitable despite the experience of peers. View Details

              Robert F. Bensinger

              Bensinger, the last Brunswick family member to run the company, is credited with the company’s survival and prosperity. Taking the helm of the family company at the brink of the Depression, Bensinger embarked on a growth and View Details
              Keywords: Fabricated Goods
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              Jorge Cárdenas Gutiérrez

              Jorge Cárdenas Gutiérrez, former General Manager of the FNC, articulates the strategies he undertook to differentiate and add value to Colombian coffee products. View Details

                Morse G. Dial

                Dial was instrumental in the growth and diversification of Union Carbide. He strongly supported research and development, and it was with this foresight that Union Carbide was able to become a leading producer of chemicals and plastics. View Details
                Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

                  Eugene R. Olson

                  Olson continued Deluxe’s market dominance in check printing while laying the foundation for its electronic diversification and expansion. He oversaw the acquisition of businesses that produce computer forms and emboss and encode plastic... View Details
                  Keywords: Finance
                  • September 2004
                  • Article

                  Diversity as Strategy

                  By: David A. Thomas
                  Keywords: Diversification
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                  Thomas, David A. "Diversity as Strategy." Harvard Business Review 82, no. 9 (September 2004).

                    Robert B. Shetterly

                    Shetterly led Clorox through a major diversification process after it became an independent company in 1969 (formerly part of Procter & Gamble). Shetterly produced strong financial returns while expanding from one household product to... View Details
                    Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products

                      Walter A. Fallon

                      Fallon introduced the Disc Camera – Kodak’s most significant product in two decades. He expanded Kodak’s diversification efforts in the areas of biotechnology, laser technology, and optics – enabling the mature film producer to continue... View Details
                      Keywords: Fabricated Goods
                      • 31 Oct 2019
                      • Video

                      Binod Chaudhary

                      Binod Chaudhary, the prominent Nepalese entrepreneur, describes how under his leadership his diversified group has moved into new businesses, and how seizing these opportunities has influenced the trajectory of... View Details
                      • 05 Feb 2020
                      • Video

                      Abbas Akbarally

                      Abbas Akbarally, the Chair of Akbar Brothers which is Sri Lanka’s and the world’s largest tea company, discusses why and how his firm began diversifying it’s portfolio by importing and selling cement.
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                      • 04 Feb 2020
                      • Video

                      Savannah Maziya

                      Savannah Maziya, the founder of South Africa-based Bunengi Holdings, recounts how her involvement in the mining industry naturally led to involvement in both infrastructure and agriculture as the business needed to supply logistics as well as food for its workers. View Details

                        Wayne Hicklin

                        Hicklin played a critical role in the international expansion of Avon and its diversification into new product lines, most notably apparel for men and women. Capping off his 43-year career, Hicklin doubled Avon’s sales and earnings... View Details
                        Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
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