Amazon has diversified into many businesses (e.g., e-readers such as Kindle, grocery stores with the acquisition of Whole Foods, and healthcare with Haven). Assess Amazon's decisions to diversity. Alternatively, consider the publicly traded Berkshire Hathaway B stock

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Amazon has diversified into many businesses (e.g., e-readers such as Kindle, grocery stores with the acquisition of Whole Foods, and healthcare with Haven). Assess Amazon's decisions to diversity. Alternatively, consider the publicly traded Berkshire Hathaway B stock (https://www.investopedia.com/berkshire-hathaway-s-top-companies-and-brands-4685441;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_Berkshire_Hathaway). Assess Berkshire Hathaway's decisions to diversify. 

 

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