Effect of unrelated diversification on firm performance: regression results
| Econometric model | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed effects | Fixed effects | Fixed effects | Fixed effects | Fixed effects | Random effects | |
| Unrelated diversification | 0.02*** | 0.14*** | 0.04*** | 0.15*** | 0.14*** | |
| (0.01) | (0.02) | (0.01) | (0.02) | (0.02) | ||
| Unrelated divers. × Industry ext. fin. dep. | 0.04*** | 0.04*** | 0.03** | |||
| (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | ||||
| Unrelated divers. × Fin. constraints | 0.84*** | 0.81*** | 0.79*** | |||
| (0.15) | (0.15) | (0.14) | ||||
| Financial constraints | −1.19*** | −1.44*** | −1.20*** | −1.44*** | −1.48*** | |
| (0.07) | (0.08) | (0.07) | (0.08) | (0.08) | ||
| Industry external financial dependence | −0.004 | −0.003 | −0.02* | −0.01 | −0.01 | |
| (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | ||
| Listing | −0.01 | −0.01 | −0.01 | −0.01 | −0.01 | −0.00 |
| (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.00) | |
| Ownership concentration | −0.01 | −0.01 | −0.01 | −0.01 | −0.01 | −0.01 |
| (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | |
| Firm size | −0.01*** | −0.02*** | −0.02*** | −0.02*** | −0.02*** | −0.01*** |
| (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | |
| Industry growth opportunity | 0.61*** | 0.42*** | 0.45*** | 0.40*** | 0.43*** | 0.39*** |
| (0.16) | (0.15) | (0.15) | (0.15) | (0.15) | (0.13) | |
| Tangibility | −0.05*** | −0.04*** | −0.04*** | −0.04*** | −0.04*** | −0.04*** |
| (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | |
| Leverage | −0.08*** | −0.05*** | −0.05*** | −0.05*** | −0.05*** | −0.05*** |
| (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | |
| GDP | −0.00 | 0.01** | 0.01** | 0.01** | 0.01** | 0.01** |
| (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | |
| Unemployment | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| (0.05) | (0.04) | (0.04) | (0.04) | (0.04) | (0.04) | |
| Constant | 0.34*** | −0.01 | −0.04 | −0.01 | −0.04 | −0.12 |
| (0.10) | (0.10) | (0.10) | (0.10) | (0.10) | (0.09) | |
| Observations | 2,417 | 2,417 | 2,417 | 2,417 | 2,417 | 2,417 |
| R-squared | 0.10 | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.23 |
| Number of id | 230 | 230 | 230 | 230 | 230 | 230 |
| Industry Fixed Effects | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO |
| Econometric model | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed effects | Fixed effects | Fixed effects | Fixed effects | Fixed effects | Random effects | |
| Unrelated diversification | 0.02*** | 0.14*** | 0.04*** | 0.15*** | 0.14*** | |
| (0.01) | (0.02) | (0.01) | (0.02) | (0.02) | ||
| Unrelated divers. × Industry ext. fin. dep. | 0.04*** | 0.04*** | 0.03** | |||
| (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | ||||
| Unrelated divers. × Fin. constraints | 0.84*** | 0.81*** | 0.79*** | |||
| (0.15) | (0.15) | (0.14) | ||||
| Financial constraints | −1.19*** | −1.44*** | −1.20*** | −1.44*** | −1.48*** | |
| (0.07) | (0.08) | (0.07) | (0.08) | (0.08) | ||
| Industry external financial dependence | −0.004 | −0.003 | −0.02* | −0.01 | −0.01 | |
| (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | ||
| Listing | −0.01 | −0.01 | −0.01 | −0.01 | −0.01 | −0.00 |
| (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.00) | |
| Ownership concentration | −0.01 | −0.01 | −0.01 | −0.01 | −0.01 | −0.01 |
| (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | |
| Firm size | −0.01*** | −0.02*** | −0.02*** | −0.02*** | −0.02*** | −0.01*** |
| (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | |
| Industry growth opportunity | 0.61*** | 0.42*** | 0.45*** | 0.40*** | 0.43*** | 0.39*** |
| (0.16) | (0.15) | (0.15) | (0.15) | (0.15) | (0.13) | |
| Tangibility | −0.05*** | −0.04*** | −0.04*** | −0.04*** | −0.04*** | −0.04*** |
| (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | |
| Leverage | −0.08*** | −0.05*** | −0.05*** | −0.05*** | −0.05*** | −0.05*** |
| (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | |
| GDP | −0.00 | 0.01** | 0.01** | 0.01** | 0.01** | 0.01** |
| (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | |
| Unemployment | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| (0.05) | (0.04) | (0.04) | (0.04) | (0.04) | (0.04) | |
| Constant | 0.34*** | −0.01 | −0.04 | −0.01 | −0.04 | −0.12 |
| (0.10) | (0.10) | (0.10) | (0.10) | (0.10) | (0.09) | |
| Observations | 2,417 | 2,417 | 2,417 | 2,417 | 2,417 | 2,417 |
| 0.10 | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.23 | |
| Number of id | 230 | 230 | 230 | 230 | 230 | 230 |
| Industry Fixed Effects | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO |
Note(s): Standard errors in parentheses; the superscripts ***, ** and * denote significance at the 1%, 5% and 10% levels, respectively