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A divestiture is the disposition or sale of an asset by a company, and it usually occurs when a business unit is somehow more valuable as a separate entity. A separation is when a large entity breaks up into two or more entities.
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Joy, J. (2018). Taming the Elephant: Introduction to Divestitures. In: Divestitures and Spin-Offs. Management for Professionals. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7662-1_2
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