The R32 was born following World War I, when BMW was forced to diversify from making aircraft engines.
In their attempt to diversify from Russia, the Baltic countries are pulling together, and apart from the rest of Europe.
Lagardère, formerly one of France's biggest military contractors, has purchased media companies to diversify from the aerospace industry.
But while most people should diversify from a wealth perspective, they might be held back by the fear of a large tax bill.
The move signals a change of fortune for KPN, which had previously tried to expand its operations into Germany to diversify from its home market.
But another possibility is buying by sovereign-wealth funds keen to diversify from America and Europe, with their zombie economies and rock-bottom interest rates.
The two deals are part of BT's strategy to diversify from its fixed-line phone business by providing businesses with information-technology services.
The wholesale markets were becoming more difficult, even in the Asian markets, and we wanted to diversify from that as well".
"All this graphene business is very exciting, but we've been doing it a while and we're trying to diversify from it and establish some new directions," he said.
In the 1990s the then Big Five, led by the late, unlamented Arthur Andersen, sought to diversify from auditing and tax by expanding into both consulting and law.
Secondly, Russia is seeking to diversify from currencies that it views as under American control - a plan outlined by President Putin's economic adviser Sergei Glazyev back in May.
