An extensive empirical literature in strategy and finance studies the performance implications of corporate diversification. Two core debates in the literature concern the existence of a diversification discount and the relative importance of industry relatedness and market structure for the...

Der mittel- und langfristige Erfolg von M&A-Aktivitäten wird ent-scheidend dadurch beeinflusst, inwieweit es gelingt, die Teile des neu entstehenden Unternehmens miteinander zu verbinden und zu einer geeigneten Organisation zusammenzufügen. Dies wird beson-ders durch das Schlagwort...

Der mittel- und langfristige Erfolg von M&A-Aktivitäten wird ent-scheidend dadurch beeinflusst, inwieweit es gelingt, die Teile des neu entstehenden Unternehmens miteinander zu verbinden und zu einer geeigneten Organisation zusammenzufügen. Dies wird besonders durch das Schlagwort „structure...

Building upon a firm-level empirical investigation we conduct a phenomenological analysis of corporate diversification patterns. We take up a more holistic, multilevel approach towards corporate diversifiaction: In our investigation we capture diversification at the output level, at the input...

The purpose of this study is to extend the current understanding of business divestiture by investigating its potential for triggering strategic reorientation. A divestiture involving strategic reorientation is here denoted as a strategic business exit, otherwise it is a status quopreserving...

This paper examines several dimensions of the relationship between diversification and performance. Specifically, we investigate the link between related and unrelated diversification and performance. We also study the effect of the potential redeployment of ‘plastic' assets on unrelated...

We investigate the relationship between product diversification and performance in the Dutch property-liability (P&L) insurance industry for the period 2007-2018. We employ a two-step approach: we first investigate the drivers of diversification and, as a second step, we investigate the impact...

Recent research questions the existence of a conglomerate discount. This study addresses two of the most important explanations for the conglomerate discount and finds evidence in support of an economically and statistically significant discount. The first explanation is that the risk-reducing...

This paper studies the diversification and refocusing strategies of firms in the last three decades. The 1980s were characterized by a trend towards greater focus. This trend slackens in the 1990s to be replaced by a surge in the number of newly listed single-segment firms. From 2000 to 2007...

This article examines how heterogeneous features among business groups influence the corporate diversification – firm performance relationship. The study classifies heterogeneity along three dimensions: group size, group diversity, and share ownership. Using a sample of firms from India, the...