$1.$ Discuss how managers can create value for their firm through diversification efforts. $$

$2.$ What are some of the reasons that many diversification efforts fail to achieve desired outcomes? $$

$3.$ How can companies benefit from related diversification? Unrelated diversification? What are some of the key concepts that can explain such success? $$

$4.$ What are some of the important ways in which a firm can restructure a business? $$

$5.$ Discuss some of the various means that firms can use to diversify. What are the pros and cons associated with each of these? $$

$6.$ Discuss some of the actions that managers may engage in to erode shareholder value.