Diversity, diversification and profitability among British manufacturing companies, 1972-1984

• Main Authors: GRANT, Robert M., JAMMINE, Azar P., THOMAS, Howard
• 格式: text
• 語言: English
• 出版: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1988
• 主題: Diversity in the workplace; diversification in industry; performance management; causal models; international business enterprises; corporate profits; profit maximization; strategic planning; Business; Strategic Management Policy
• 在線閱讀: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/1861; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/2860/viewcontent/256338.pdf

This study investigated the causal relationships between diversity, diversification, and profitability among 304 large British manufacturing companies that differed in both product and multinational diversity. Diversity and profitability were positively related up to a point; after that point, incre...