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In this Paper we show that the main empirical findings about firm diversification and performance are actually … consistent with the optimal behavior of a firm that maximizes shareholder value. In our model, diversification allows a firm to … allows us to examine several aspects of the relationship between firm diversification and performance in a very general …
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This work presents an equilibrium model of diversification through merger formation. Due to moral hazard problems … interest and non-interest terms of credit). Furthermore, the model offers a rationale for diversification that is immune to the … diversification neutrality result and furthermore, explains why diversified companies trade at a discount relative to their non …
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: capital budgeting in a world sized competitive environment, maximizing the return on capital employed, taking over the … with various related diversification maneuvers. As if all groups had to converge to their own optimal level of … diversification. Re-focusing means a tendency of groups to choose portfolio strategies relevant with business relatedness. …
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We present a simple new explanation for the diversification discount in the valuation of firms. We demonstrate that …, ceteris paribus, limited liability of equity holders is sufficient to explain a diversification discount. To derive this … result, we use a credit risk model based on the value of the firm's assets. We show that a conglomerate can be regarded as an …
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In a simple model of capital budgeting in a diversified firm where headquarters have limited power, we show that funds are allocated towards the most inefficient divisions. The distortion is greater, when the investment oppotunities of the firm’s divisions are more diverse. We test these...
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dans la tâche de diversification des risques. Le recentrage est une tendance de longue période. Il ne se confond pas avec … la stratégie générique de spécialisation, il est même compatible avec certaines formes de diversification cohérente. Tout … se passe comme si chaque groupe tentait de converger vers son niveau "optimal" de diversification. Le recentrage désigne …
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tâche de diversification des risques. Le recentrage est une tendance de longue période. Il ne se confond pas avec la … stratégie générique de spécialisation, il est même compatible avec certaines formes de diversification cohérente. Tout se passe … comme si chaque groupe tentait de converger vers son niveau « optimal » de diversification. Le recentrage désigne donc la …
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of headquarter services provided to the business units, is the driving force behind unrelated diversification. …
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of multi-business portfolios. Although there is lots of work on diversification and mergers and acquisitions, corporate … contempt - the reasonable suspicion of economic inferiority of firm diversification and the possible inappropriateness of CPM …
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vieler Agrarmärkte existieren nur wenige empirische Arbeiten zum Zusammenhang zwischen Diversifikation und dem Erfolg … Diversifikation in verwandte und unverwandte Produktbereiche auf das Wachstum (als ein Erfolgsmaß) von Unternehmen untersucht und … Diversifikation in verwandte Produktbereiche ein höheres Wachstum aufweisen, während die Diversifikation in nicht …
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