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Volume 15, No. 1,
June
2016 |
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Business Group’s Diversification Strategy and
Sustainability |
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Fang-Yi Lo |
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Department of International Trade, Feng Chia University, Taiwan |
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Ming-Kai Hsu |
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Department of International Trade, Feng Chia University, Taiwan |
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| Abstract |
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This paper explores how the resource endowments of business groups
affect diversification strategy, and how different degrees of
diversification influence business group financial performance and
sustainability. The sample of this study is the top 300 business
groups in Taiwan according to China Credit Information Service.
Regression results show that tangible, intangible, and human
resource endowments all positively affect business group
diversification strategy. We also find an inverted-U relationship
between the degree of diversification and the financial performance.
Thus, diversification strategy enhances business group
sustainability.
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Key words:
business groups; diversification strategy; financial performance;
sustainability |
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JEL
classification:
L25; L21 |
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