Question

Porter’s attractiveness test for evaluation whether diversification into a particular industry or country is likely to build shareholder value involves:_________

A. Determining whether it is likely that the firm’s earnings per share will rise after the acquisition has been made
B. Determining whether the corporation can bring some competitive advantage to the new business it enters or whether the new business offers added competitive advantage potential to the corporation’s other businesses
C. Guessing whether the company’s stock price will go up or down when the diversification move is announced
D. Determining whether conditions in the target industry are sufficiently attractive to permit earning consistently good profits and returns on investment
E. Evaluation the value of strategic fits between the value chains of the company’s present businesses and the value chain of the target industry.

Answer 1

D.

Step-by-step explanation:

This test mainly involves determining whether conditions in the target industry are sufficiently attractive to permit earning consistently good profits and returns on investment, most notably that the profits and ROI are equal to or better than that of the company's present businesses. Therefore evaluating if diversifying into such an industry is even worth the risk for the investor's portfolio.