The Impact of Diversification Strategy on the Profitability of British Manufacturing Firms

Among large British manufacturing firms, profitability was found to be positively related both to product diversification and multinational diversification. The principal direction of causation appeared to run from profitability to diversification. In contrast to prior studies, no significant profit...

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Main Authors:	GRANT, Robert, JAMMINE, Azar, THOMAS, Howard
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Language:	English
Published:	Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1986
Subjects:	Corporate Finance Strategic Management Policy
Online Access:	https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3841 https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.1986.4978372
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spelling	sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-48402014-08-01T01:36:20Z The Impact of Diversification Strategy on the Profitability of British Manufacturing Firms GRANT, Robert JAMMINE, Azar THOMAS, Howard Among large British manufacturing firms, profitability was found to be positively related both to product diversification and multinational diversification. The principal direction of causation appeared to run from profitability to diversification. In contrast to prior studies, no significant profitability differences were found between related and unrelated diversification strategies. 1986-08-01T07:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3841 info:doi/10.5465/AMBPP.1986.4978372 https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.1986.4978372 Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Corporate Finance Strategic Management Policy
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spellingShingle	Corporate Finance Strategic Management Policy GRANT, Robert JAMMINE, Azar THOMAS, Howard The Impact of Diversification Strategy on the Profitability of British Manufacturing Firms
description	Among large British manufacturing firms, profitability was found to be positively related both to product diversification and multinational diversification. The principal direction of causation appeared to run from profitability to diversification. In contrast to prior studies, no significant profitability differences were found between related and unrelated diversification strategies.
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author	GRANT, Robert JAMMINE, Azar THOMAS, Howard
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title	The Impact of Diversification Strategy on the Profitability of British Manufacturing Firms
title_short	The Impact of Diversification Strategy on the Profitability of British Manufacturing Firms
title_full	The Impact of Diversification Strategy on the Profitability of British Manufacturing Firms
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The Impact of Diversification Strategy on the Profitability of British Manufacturing Firms

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