diversifications
Spreading into varieties
Diversifications are acts or instances of diversifying—spreading into varied forms, activities, or investments.
A company's diversifications might include entering new markets or acquiring unrelated businesses: The conglomerate's diversifications into media and healthcare reduced its dependence on manufacturing.
The plural emphasizes multiple separate moves toward variety rather than a single broad strategy.
Increase in scope
- mergersCorporate consolidations
- acquisitionsThings newly gained
- subsidiariesCompanies owned by another
- conglomeratesLarge diversified corporations
scaling · growth · synergy · spin-off · cross-selling
Collected works or assets
- stocksOwnership stakes or inventory
- bondsTies that unite
- ETFsExchange-listed investment baskets
- equitiesOwnership stakes in corporations
securities · commodities · annuities · rebalancing · holdings · spread · exposure
Increasing in extent
- heterogeneityState of being dissimilar
- multiplicityState of being many
- rangeExtent of variation
- spectrumContinuous range of values
assortment · eclecticism · plurality · mix · blend · mosaic · array · spread
Formation of distinct species
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- phenotypeObservable characteristics of organism
- genotypeOrganism's complete allele set
- biodiversityRange of life forms
morphology · radiation · mutation · divergence · polymorphism · subspecies · hybridization · variation
expansion
Increase in scope
- mergersCorporate consolidations
- acquisitionsThings newly gained
- subsidiariesCompanies owned by another
conglomerates · scaling · growth · synergy · spin-off · cross-selling
portfolio
Collected works or assets
equities · securities · commodities · annuities · rebalancing · holdings · spread · exposure
broadening
Increasing in extent
- heterogeneityState of being dissimilar
- multiplicityState of being many
- rangeExtent of variation
spectrum · assortment · eclecticism · plurality · mix · blend · mosaic · array · spread · medley
speciation
Formation of distinct species
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- phenotypeObservable characteristics of organism
- genotypeOrganism's complete allele set
biodiversity · morphology · radiation · mutation · divergence · polymorphism · subspecies · hybridization · variation
diversificationsspecializations
Focused areas of expertise
concentrations · specialization · concentration · focusing · narrowing
diversificationshomogenizations
Acts of making uniform
standardizations · uniformity · simplifications · reductions · contractions
diversificationsconsolidations
Unifications into wholes
contractions · streamlinings · simplifications · retrenchments · divestitures