investigate for the first time the links between export diversification over destination countries and goods on the one hand and … the profitability of the exporting firms on the other hand. We find that profits tend to be larger in firms with less …

diversification is compared to entry by plant birth. The paper then investigates post-merger success by examining market share …, productivity, and profitability changes. When the extent to which acquired plants are subsequently divested is used to evaluate … merger productivity and profitability changes are examined, they are compared to what is happening to other plants in the …

This study investigates the impact of multimarket contacts on bank profitability in the Vietnamese banking system from …

the impact of M&As in European banking on profitability and efficiency, considering the breakdown between domestic and … cross-border transactions. We first proceed with the profitability analysis of distinct completed M&As cases with different …, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, the impact on profitability is insignificant, but a clear trend to …

This paper explores the relationship between risk attitude and asset diversification in household portfolios. We first … diversification). The second part of the paper focuses on a more sophisticated strategy of diversification and asks whether financial … theory is compatible with observed diversification patterns. Based on the German Socioeconomic Panel which provides unique …

This paper explores the relationship between risk attitude and asset diversification in household portfolios. We first … diversification). The second part of the paper focuses on a more sophisticated strategy of diversification and asks whether financial … theory is compatible with observed diversification patterns. Based on the German Socioeconomic Panel which provides unique …

this end we measure diversification for all German banks in the period from 1993 to 2002. As measures we use a broad set of … naive diversification across all industries or, alternatively, the economy's industry structure. With this framework our … in this context innovative group of distance measures. We find that different statistical measures of diversification may …

banks? profitability (ROA) and their portfolio diversification across different industries, broader economic sectors and …Should banks be diversified or focused? Does diversification indeed lead to enhanced performance and, therefore … performance benefits associated with diversification since each type of diversification tends to reduce the banks? returns …