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Corporate group
About: Corporate group is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1747 publications have been published within this topic receiving 46868 citations.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined how heterogeneity among business groups influence the corporate diversification -firm performance relationship and found some evidence that for firms affiliated to larger business groups, diversification enhances firm performance However, business group diversity does not influence the diversification performance relationship.
Abstract: This article examines how heterogeneous features among business groups influence the corporate diversification – firm performance relationship The study classifies heterogeneity along three dimensions: group size, group diversity, and share ownership Using a sample of firms from India, the study finds some evidence that for firms affiliated to larger business groups, corporate diversification enhances firm performance However, business group diversity does not influence the diversification – performance relationship The impact of diversification on firm performance differs substantially owing to the heterogeneity in share ownership The paper documents an interesting interplay between business group and ownership structure
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the experiences of Lucent Technologies Inc. and The Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies illustrate two contrasting approaches: the former has adopted a strongly multidomestic strategy, while the latter has a more global approach.
Abstract: Although most U.S. multinational corporations have substantial workforce diversity management programs in their U.S. operations, they are only beginning to consider parallel efforts in their overseas subsidiaries and affiliates. The internationalization issue is particularly prominent in the European Union, where competitive, demographic, legal, and political developments make workforce diversity issues unavoidable within the next few years. Instead of simply replicating U.S. programs, however, diversity initiatives in Europe need to adapt to each employer's strategic objectives, degree of organizational integration, and local needs. The experiences of Lucent Technologies Inc. and The Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies illustrate two contrasting approaches. The former has adopted a strongly multidomestic strategy, while the latter has a more global approach. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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TL;DR: This paper examined the influence of multinationality and business group diversification on firm performance and found that there is a limit to the positive effects of diversification and that diversified business groups effectively moderate the multinationality-performance (M-P) relationship.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss three rival hypotheses whose predictions for the future of Asian business groups differ from the predictions of the prevailing institutional voids hypothesis, which posits that business groups first emerge to solve market failures for affiliated firms.
Abstract: What does the future hold for Asian business groups? This paper discusses three rival hypotheses whose predictions for the future of Asian business groups differ from the predictions of the prevailing institutional voids hypothesis. The latter is a two stage model that posits that business groups first emerge to solve market failures for affiliated firms. Subsequently government initiates the construction of a “soft market infrastructure” that plug institutional voids and so weakens the rationale for group affiliation. Groups should then unravel and dissolve. Yet, business groups remain important in Asian countries that have attained high levels of market development, which casts doubt on the institutional voids hypothesis. In this paper I review three alternative hypotheses of business group development—life cycle, state-led industrialization, and crony capitalism perspectives. A synthesis of these rival hypotheses suggests that Asian business groups are likely to persist in many possible future scenarios.
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TL;DR: In this paper, an inverted U-shaped relationship between pro-market reforms and firms' pursuit of growth through new investments is proposed, where business group affiliation has a positive moderating effect, while prior diversification has a negative moderation effect on the relationship between reform and corporate expansion.
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