The Performance of related and unrelated diversified firms: Theory and evidence

Abstract Studies on the performance of related and unrelated diversified firms have shown the former to be more profitable. The Resource Based View put forward by Edith Penrose (1959 and 1995) stipulates that the presence of hard-to-duplicate resources within a firm allows for sustainability of c...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: thompson, temitope
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2006
Subjects:
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/20614/