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For this Assignment, you will create an annotated bibliography focusing on models used by companies to leverage diversification. These models also can serve to construct a portfolio management tool that characterizes business unit strategy and measures company results. These results are a valuable tool for evaluating how a corporate strategy differs from a business-unit-level strategy.
To prepare for this Assignment, select four peer-reviewed scholarly articles, with each article addressing a topic of interest for research. For more information, refer to the Walden Writing Center’s annotated bibliography sample document provided in this week’s Required Readings.
By Day 7
Submit an annotated bibliography for the four peer-reviewed resources you selected. In your annotated bibliography, include the following:
- A full APA-style bibliographic reference including the author, title, publisher, and place of publication
- A summary of the document (2–3 paragraphs for each entry), including the main points, its purpose, the theoretical perspective on which it is based, and the scope
- For each article, evaluate the following:
- Reliability (research methods used, theories used, and data on which it is based)
- Appropriateness for the intended audience
- Background and authority of the author
- Limitations of the research (which can depend on the scope, reliability, age of the document, and bias)
- Significance of the research
Note: Be sure to use the Annotated Bibliography Sample Document to complete this Assignment. Also, refer to the Week 7 Assignment Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this rubric to assess your work.
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Koen, F., Frank van, O., and Nicolaas, T., (2007). Related variety, unrelated variety and
regional economic growth. In regional studies Vol. 41. 5, pp 685-697
The authors of the research draw their authority from the fact that they work in the
Netherlands Institute of Spatial Research, which also works in conjunction with Utrecht
university of Netherlands. This means that their work is important for national policy as
well as scholarly review. The authors begin by noting the gap in economic research
regarding diversification and economic development. The authors investigate the role
of diversification in value creation or economic growth. The authors argue that the role
of diversification in the question at hand can be viewed through three perspectives one
is through spillovers and growth whereby spillovers not only occur between firms in the
same sector but also on firms in different sectors. These spillovers will eventually lead
to economic growth in a regional. The second approach is where the diversification
strategy seeks to protect the economy from external shocks. Another perspective is
between the economy and variety in which economic growth is vital for business
diversification without which such an economy would stagnate.
This article is important in this analysis because it informs the reader about
diversification and economic growth. The article is valuable to the research because it
approaches the research from three perspectives, which is important in researching the
issue. The article specifically looks at the role of related and unrelated diversification
strategies on economic growth. The article is also important because it looks at whole
economy rather than a single market. In their research, the authors are specifically
interested the impact of diversification on unemployment growth and inactivity growth.
This study also adds to the existing research, but goes a notch higher unlike the
previous research, which only focused on related variet...