Research on business portfolio restructuring has largely focused on antecedents and outcomes of single events such as acquisitions and divestitures, and on performance implications of diversification or refocusing strategies. Yet, longitudinal studies that investigate the transformation process...

Research on business portfolio restructuring has largely focused on antecedents and outcomes of single events such as acquisitions and divestitures, and on performance implications of diversification or refocusing strategies. Yet, longitudinal studies that investigate the transformation process...

While research on corporate or business portfolio restructuring has become an independent part of corporate restructuring research, the respective scholarly literature is in need of a systematic review that identifies the substantiated state of knowledge and reveals future research opportunities...

Research on business portfolio restructuring has largely focused on antecedents and outcomes of single events such as acquisitions and divestitures, and on performance implications of diversification or refocusing strategies. Yet, longitudinal studies that investigate the transformation process...

Purpose – The major purpose of this paper is to investigate antecedents, outcomes and processes of business portfolio transformations, including diversifying, refocusing and repositioning portfolio restructurings. Design/methodology/approach – The paper conducts a longitudinal study on the...