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Product and international diversification among Japanese multinational firms

✍ Scribed by J. Michael Geringer; Stephen Tallman; David M. Olsen

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2000
Tongue
English
Weight
168 KB
Volume
21
Category
Article
ISSN
0143-2095

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✦ Synopsis

This paper examines the relationship of performance with product and international diversification on Japanese multinational firms from 1977 to 1993. We show the relationships between diversification and performance change over time through the use of multiple time periods and accounting for keiretsu membership. Results show that while diversity strategies vary between keiretsu and non-keiretsu firms, performance is not much different. Across time periods, performance varies considerably, but strategies are less variable. Product diversity has weak effects on firm performance only in one time period, while international diversification has negative profitability and positive growth consequences in in some periods. These results suggest first that diversification strategies and their effects on performance vary across time periods and generally produce some unexpected findings. We do not find strong interactive diversity effects.

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