We document a strong decline in corporate-diversification activity since the late 1970's, and we develop a dynamic …, diversification discount, frequency and returns of diversifying mergers, and frequency of refocusing activity …

or overhead costs has increased in prominence. We relate these changes in firms' cost structures to performance measures … and document that markups and gross profit rates increase substantially as the role of variable costs in production …

Chandlerian world entails a lower spread of managerial salaries, greater product diversification, and a greater degree of products …

Chandlerian world entails a lower spread of managerial salaries, greater product diversification, and a greater degree of products … ; Entrepreneurship ; Diversification ; Technology …

still struggling to come out of the turbulent times. In such a scenario, rigorous product diversification into technical … defines the technical textiles in its historical perspective, and emphasize upon the diversification into technical textiles …

. We examine the drivers of international diversification for firms from emerging economies, specifically how top managers …' prior experiences and a favorable institutional environment for human capital affects the international diversification of … international diversification of EMEs. We find that an EME whose top managers have global managerial and technological experiences …

This article addresses the impact of governance structure on diversification behavior. Hypotheses are developed … regarding the differences in diversification strategy of cooperatives and stock listed companies. The analysis shows that stock …