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diversification strategy
Subject:
Business Studies

a growth strategy that aims at producing a new product and marketing it in a new market

divestiture strategy
Subject:
Business Studies

selling part of the business in order to get rid of a loss-making division or to raise needed...

dividend
Subject:
Accounting

sum of money a company pays regularly to shareholders out of profits.

dividend yield
Subject:
Business Studies

the company's most recent annual dividend expressed as a percentage of the closing share price...

dividends
Subject:
Economics

a percentage of a company's profits paid out to shareholders.

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