... research considering FDI decisions as outcomes may need to control for managerial perceptions of threats. Originality/value This study illustrates that the diversification motive for FDI decisions is more nuanced than a purely proactive effort to reduce downside risks and build resilience. Instead...

... for individual performance. This study attempts to investigate the role of director relative pay in promoting the board’s intervention with unrelated diversification decisions. Design/methodology/approach The analysis uses data from firms operating in more than one segment during the period from 1999 to 2019...

... diversification have? How do other factors such as size, quality, service offered, location or seasonality interact with performance. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, the analysis of the effects of growth strategies and hotel attributes on performance is carried out with a sample of 255 hotels...

...Diego Antonio Bittencourt Marconatto; Emidio Gressler Teixeira; Gaspar Antônio Peixoto; Kadigia Faccin Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the configurations of working capital and customer and supplier diversification employed by successful small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs...

...Rosa Lombardi; Maurizio Massaro; John Dumay; Fabio Nappo Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate why entrepreneurial universities choose a particular business strategy focussing on diversification and multi-nationalisation, and the role of intellectual capital (IC) in supporting...

... to the center of its strategic group has a significant negative effect on the firm's financial performance. Two factors are discovered to influence that effect: corporate diversification strengthens the negative effect of strategic distance on performance, while firm's media visibility weakens that negative...

... hardware manufacturing companies in Taiwan. Findings The research findings indicate that capability exploitation and upgrading will exert a positive influence on corporate diversification. In addition, corporate diversification will exhibit a curvilinear effect on firm performance. Practical...

...G.D. Sardana; Tojo Thatchenkery; Taruna Gautam; Raveesh Agarwal Purpose The purpose of this paper is to gain an insight about the strategy of diversification adopted by the company, Prime Technology, to increase its profits. The study is made so as to understand the essential aspects which any...

... expansion, this study utilizes a rather small number of data and, therefore, requires readers' discretion when interpreting the results of statistical analyses. Practical implications With the dynamic diversification‐coordination model, managers can recognize the level and characteristics of their firms...

...Rasoava Rijamampianina; Russell Abratt; Yumiko February This article investigates the issue of diversification around the core business, namely concentric diversification. There have been many diversification failures reported over the last few decades. Little guidance has been available to firms...

...Ananda Mukherji The extensive research undertaken in studying the relationship between diversification and performance has been largely inconclusive. There have been a number of reasons for mixed results including heterogeneity of samples, pooling of data, and cross‐sectional analyses. One possible...

...Paul Bishop In response to major changes in the defence market in recent years,many firms have embarked on a process of diversification into civilian markets. Examines some of the impediments to diversification based on the results of a postal survey of defence contractors in Devon and Cornwall...

... on a mortgage. In 1988, Cedric engaged an assistant in order to “ginger up” common law work, as he felt that the practice could not survive on conveyancing and probate indefinitely. Cedric′s approach to diversification, however, was largely reactive. He and his assistant waited for work “to walk through...