scope has a negative impact on performance on average. However, we find that firms whose expansion keeps them closer to the … prevailing "modal bank" are better off compared with those pursuing generic diversification. Moreover, we find that early …

organizational performance. We elaborate the effects of reputation and diversification and contrast them to theory for goods …, numbers, or influence. Despite their significance, little is known of the determinants of their performance. This paper …

performance of firms. Findings – The results show that related diversification across specializations and industry domains impact … performance differently across different firm sizes. While the authors find that related diversification across service offerings …. Performance of small firms has a U shaped relationship with relatedness in industry domains. The study shows that reputation …

performance implications of these strategies. We extend the resource-based view and diversification research by examining how …Research on diversification has produced insights into possible linkages between organizational scale and scope and … firm performance. However, the paucity of research on its implementation has hindered our understanding of the broader …