Diversification merits strong consideration whenever a single-business company A. has integrated backward and forward as far as it can. B. is faced with diminishing market opportunities and stagnating sales in its principal business. C. has achieved industry leadership in its main line of business. D. encounters declining profits in its mainstay business. E. faces strong competition and is struggling to earn a good profit.

Diversification is a business strategy in which a company enters a field or market different from its core activity. It is a risk management strategy that mixes a wide variety of investments within a portfolio by allocating capital in a way that reduces the exposure to any one particular asset or risk.

Diversification merits strong consideration whenever a single-business company is faced with diminishing market opportunities and stagnating sales in its principal business.