Unlikely candidates for divestiture in a corporate restructuring effort are

A. businesses compatible with the company's revised diversification strategy
B. businesses in unattractive industries
C. business units that lack strategic fit with the businesses to be retained
D. weak performers
E. businesses that are cash hogs or that lack other types of resource fit


Answer: A

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