Unrelated diversification can balance the cash flows of SBU entities. A firm, which has many SBUs that merit investment might buy or merge with a cash cow to provide a source of cash. The acquisition of the cash cow may reduce the need to raise debt or equity over time, although if the cash cow is acquired, resources will need to be expected.
There are currently estimated to be 1,541,900 people living within the Kent County Council area (as of 2016). The estimated resident population of an area includes all people who usually live there, whatever their nationality.
Population in the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG) region is projected to increase from an estimated 5,241,000 in 2010 to 6,782,100 in 2040, or by 29.6% during the 30-year period, according to the MWCOG Cooperative Round 8.1 forecasts, released in 2012.