Answer: C. the firm can acquire other firms with innovative products instead of allocating capital to research and development
Explanation:
Unrelated Diversification is regarded as a diversification which takes place when a company adds an unrelated product to its business. For example, when an television manufacturer enters into a clothing business.
A firm practicing unrelated diversification can make better capital allocations to its subsidiary businesses than the external capital market can for all the following reasons except when the firm can acquire other firms with innovative products instead of allocating capital to research and development.