Please Explain different types of diversification with suitable examples.

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given by the answer of  Mr. Vinod Jetley

Mr. Jetley covers the topic comprehensively....... leaving no space to add further.

I can say, diversification is a risk management technique usually applies in an economic downturns to reduce or prevent the harms to the business.

In strategic marketing, entering into a newer market with a new product line is also classified into diversification.

AGREED WITH BOTH MR.VJ & NASIR HUSSAIN..........

Depending on the direction of company diversification, the different types are:

• Horizontal Diversification acquiring or developing new products or offering new services that could appeal to the company´s current customer groups. In this case the company relies on sales and technological relations to the existing product lines. For example a dairy, producing cheese adds a new type of cheese to its products.
• Vertical Diversification occurs when the company goes back to previous stages of its production cycle or moves forward to subsequent stages of the same cycle - production of raw materials or distribution of the final product. For example, if you have a company that does reconstruction of houses and offices and you start selling paints and other construction materials for use in this business. This kind of diversification may also guarantee a regular supply of materials with better quality and lower prices.
• Concentric Diversification enlarging the production portfolio by adding new products with the aim of fully utilising the potential of the existing technologies and marketing system. The concentric diversification can be a lot more financially efficient as a strategy, since the business may benefit from some synergies in this diversification model. It may enforce some investments related to modernizing or upgrading the existing processes or systems. This type of diversification is often used by small producers of consumer goods, e.g. a bakery starts producing pastries or dough products.
• Heterogeneous (conglomerate) diversification is moving to new products or services that have no technological or commercial relation with current products, equipment, distribution channels, but which may appeal to new groups of customers. The major motive behind this kind of diversification is the high return on investments in the new industry. Furthermore, the decision to go for this kind of diversification can lead to additional opportunities indirectly related to further developing the main company business - access to new technologies, opportunities for strategic partnerships, etc.
• Corporate Diversification involves production of unrelated but definitely profitable goods. It is often tied to large investments where there may also be high returns.

Agree with Mr. Vinod Jetley