While an extensive literature examines the diversification‐performance relationship, little
agreement exists concerning the nature of this relationship. Both theoretical and empirical …

Three theoretical perspectives summarize diversification antecedents and performance
outcomes. The first perspective examines diversification under the assumption of relative …

Women have made great strides in recent years in climbing the corporate ladder, yet the
current corporate landscape suggests that obstacles still exist before true gender equity is …

Firms compete for reputational status in institutional fields. Managers attempt to influence
other stakeholders' assessments by signaling firms' salient advantages. Stakeholders gauge …

The determinants of organizational risk taking and its impact on economic performance are
critical issues in strategic management. Using a model that included risk, performance …

This research examines an integrated theoretical model that explains how strategies for
participating in the market for corporate control (acquisitions and divestitures) affect internal …

This study examined the economic performance of the firms associated with Korean
business groups by explicitly addressing groupwide resource sharing and internal business …

Diversification has emerged as a central topic of research in strategic management.
Although this topic has been widely and intensively studied by scholars from other areas …

This study investigated the causal relationships between diversity, diversification, and
profitability among 304 large British manufacturing companies that differed in both product …

This study demonstrates that the various measures of corporate risk strategic management
research has used reflect different risk factors. Factor analysis of nine measures of risk …