Diversification Strategies On Corporate Performance: An Empirical Study On Malaysia Firms

This study discusses the theoretical issues on diversification, corporate performance and the relationship between these two. It studies 91 listed firms in the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia (Trading/Services ranking) for determining the diversification-performance relationship. Generally, the main ob...

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Main Author: Yaghoubi, Mona
Format: Thesis
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/1624/
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description This study discusses the theoretical issues on diversification, corporate performance and the relationship between these two. It studies 91 listed firms in the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia (Trading/Services ranking) for determining the diversification-performance relationship. Generally, the main objective of this research is to find out if different levels of diversification lead to different levels of corporate performance or not. Besides, the study looks for the effect of economic situation on the diversification-performance relationship. The time period of the study was chosen from 1997 to 2002, including the 1997-1998 East-Asian financial crisis.
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spelling mmu-16242010-09-23T02:47:00Z http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/1624/ Diversification Strategies On Corporate Performance: An Empirical Study On Malaysia Firms Yaghoubi, Mona HD61 Risk in industry. Risk management This study discusses the theoretical issues on diversification, corporate performance and the relationship between these two. It studies 91 listed firms in the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia (Trading/Services ranking) for determining the diversification-performance relationship. Generally, the main objective of this research is to find out if different levels of diversification lead to different levels of corporate performance or not. Besides, the study looks for the effect of economic situation on the diversification-performance relationship. The time period of the study was chosen from 1997 to 2002, including the 1997-1998 East-Asian financial crisis. 2009-08 Thesis NonPeerReviewed Yaghoubi, Mona (2009) Diversification Strategies On Corporate Performance: An Empirical Study On Malaysia Firms. Masters thesis, Multimedia University. http://vlib.mmu.edu.my/diglib/login/dlusr/login.php
spellingShingle HD61 Risk in industry. Risk management
Yaghoubi, Mona
Diversification Strategies On Corporate Performance: An Empirical Study On Malaysia Firms
title Diversification Strategies On Corporate Performance: An Empirical Study On Malaysia Firms
title_full Diversification Strategies On Corporate Performance: An Empirical Study On Malaysia Firms
title_fullStr Diversification Strategies On Corporate Performance: An Empirical Study On Malaysia Firms
title_full_unstemmed Diversification Strategies On Corporate Performance: An Empirical Study On Malaysia Firms
title_short Diversification Strategies On Corporate Performance: An Empirical Study On Malaysia Firms
title_sort diversification strategies on corporate performance: an empirical study on malaysia firms
topic HD61 Risk in industry. Risk management
url http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/1624/
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