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From:Administrative Science Quarterly (Vol. 38, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThis paper combines organizational ecology and neoinstitutional theory to explain the process of diversification, specifically, how the structure of markets affects rates of market entry. I extend the density-dependence...
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From:RAND Journal of Economics (Vol. 32, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThis article challenges the conventional wisdom that the 1960s conglomerates were inefficient. I offer valuation results consistent with recent event-study evidence that markets typically rewarded diversifying...
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From:Economic Review (Atlanta, Ga.) (Vol. 85, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedTHE RECENT PASSAGE OF THE GRAMM-LEACH-BLILEY ACT REWRITES THE RULES RELATING TO THE AFFILIATION OF BANK AND NONBANK FINANCIAL SERVICES PROVIDERS. PREVIOUSLY, RULES HAD SOUGHT TO PREVENT OR AT LEAST RESTRICT COMMERCIAL...
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From:Financial Management (Vol. 29, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedMichael L. Lemmon [*] We empirically investigate whether corporate governance structure is different between focused and diversified firms, and whether any differences in corporate governance are associated with the...
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From:Economic Inquiry (Vol. 53, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThis article studies optimal taxation in a general equilibrium macroeconomic model with endogenous entry. We compare the constant elasticity of substitution (CES) model to three alternative demand structures:...
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From:Pharmaceutical Technology (Vol. 36, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedWith the recent attention on drug shortages, biopharmaceutical companies must manage product supply risk to avoid shortages and ensure that products safely reach the patient. The author examines some of the factors that...
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From:Journal of Management (Vol. 19, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe multidivisional (M-form) structure has been variously characterized as the most significant organizational innovation in the twentieth century (Williamson, 1985) and as an organizational fossil that is increasingly...
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From:Management Review (Vol. 86, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedBusiness industries often diversify to achieve success and bigger profits. One way of achieving these goals are for companies to adopt the method of diversifying around core competencies in which Walt Disney Co. and...
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From:Journal of Economic Issues (Vol. 30, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAs a high school senior, I asked my representative, Don Young, what kind of jobs would be available in Alaska after l finished college. He replied that he saw great prospects in the timber industry, and ignored...
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From:Management International Review (Vol. 42, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAbstract * Previous studies on international expansion have treated diversification and ownership strategies separately as independent specialties. We argue instead that product diversification and ownership...
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From:Journal of Accountancy (Vol. 174, Issue 4)Accounting firms should determine a response to the intrusion of law firms into traditional accounting areas through providing basic nonlegal services to their clients with in-house accountants. Some problems these...
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From:Journal of Money, Credit & Banking (Vol. 34, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedShort-run interindustry comovement may be due either to common shocks or to complementarities that progagate shocks across sectors. This paper assesses the importance of input-output linkages, aggregate activity...
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From:Business History (Vol. 41, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThis article examines the diversification strategies and organisational competencies of Harrisons & Crosfield between 1900 and 1980. This firm was one of the largest 'agency houses' in Southeast Asia and one which...
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From:Information Today (Vol. 26, Issue 3)The other day I was watching the movie Gold Diggers of 1933 (for the umpteenth time).The first scene is a full-scale production number staged as only director Busby Berkeley could. In the middle of the Great...
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From:Management International Review (Vol. 36, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThis papers comments on the mir article "The Combined Effect of International Diversification and Product Diversification Strategies on the Performance of U.S. Based Multinational Corporations". Notwithstanding the...
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From:Business Horizons (Vol. 41, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe careful selection of the company and the main objective for its acquisition are the two main reasons to be considered when planning corporate diversifications. The synergies of the companies must complement business...
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From:Financial Management (Vol. 36, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedWe directly test the impact of increases in global and industrial diversification on firm value and operating performance. Our sample represents 194 US firms that acquired foreign companies during 1985-1998....
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From:International Journal of Commerce and Management (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThis paper examines the relationship between international diversification and performance by matching a sample of 400 U.S. and 400 Korean firms on industry type and testing the relationship over five years (1992-1996)....
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From:Journal of Risk and Insurance (Vol. 75, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT This article investigates the relationship between product diversification and firm performance in the U.S. property-liability insurance industry using data over the 1994 through 2002 time period. Using...
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From:Business Horizons (Vol. 44, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe literature in the field of management tends to adopt the following axiomatic premise: To justify the inclusion of a business unit in the corporate portfolio, the business and/or the rest of the corporation must be...