Win Goods Inc.is a large multinational conglomerate.As a single business unit, the company's stock price is estimated to be $200.However, by adding the actual market stock prices of each of its individual business units, the stock price of the company as one unit would be $300.What is Win Goods experiencing in this scenario?
A) Diversification discount
B) Learning-curve effects
C) Experience-curve effects
D) Economies of scale

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Win Goods is experiencing a diversification discount in this scenario. Diversification discount is a situation in which the stock price of highly diversified firms is valued at less than the sum of their individual business units.