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Unpublished Paper
Relatedness and Performance: A Reexamination of the Diversification-Performance Link
NE-165 Working Paper No. 37. Storrs, CT: Northeast Regional Project 165 (1993)
  • John Y Ding
  • Julie Caswell, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • Furen Zhou
Abstract

Empirical studies of firm diversification suggest the existence of a positive relationship between the relatedness of diversification and firm performance. Using evidence from the food manufacturing sector, we find that this relationship is weak at best and that market share appears to be a more powerful predictor of firm performance.

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Publication Date
December, 1993
Citation Information
John Y Ding, Julie Caswell and Furen Zhou. "Relatedness and Performance: A Reexamination of the Diversification-Performance Link" NE-165 Working Paper No. 37. Storrs, CT: Northeast Regional Project 165 (1993)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/julie_caswell/97/