Corporate Diversification and Firm Performance: Evidence from Asian Hotel Industry

The unstable environment of hotel industry which is driven by the fluctuation of tourism demand has motivated this study to look into the best diversification strategy for firm performance betterment. 42 hotel firms are investigated across 4 Asian economies, from year 2001 to 2012. Our results su...

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Main Authors: Ooi, Chai Aun, Hooy, Chee Wooi, Mat Som, Ahmad Puad
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Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2014
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author Ooi, Chai Aun
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description The unstable environment of hotel industry which is driven by the fluctuation of tourism demand has motivated this study to look into the best diversification strategy for firm performance betterment. 42 hotel firms are investigated across 4 Asian economies, from year 2001 to 2012. Our results suggest that unrelated industrial diversification is the only alternative to improve hotel firm performance. Unrelated international diversification instead has a significant negative effect towards firm performance. Our results further show that board of directors implies a significant link to the relationship between diversification and firm performance, only in a crisis period.
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spelling usm-385332018-01-24T08:02:50Z http://eprints.usm.my/38533/ Corporate Diversification and Firm Performance: Evidence from Asian Hotel Industry Ooi, Chai Aun Hooy, Chee Wooi Mat Som, Ahmad Puad HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management TH1-9745 Building construction The unstable environment of hotel industry which is driven by the fluctuation of tourism demand has motivated this study to look into the best diversification strategy for firm performance betterment. 42 hotel firms are investigated across 4 Asian economies, from year 2001 to 2012. Our results suggest that unrelated industrial diversification is the only alternative to improve hotel firm performance. Unrelated international diversification instead has a significant negative effect towards firm performance. Our results further show that board of directors implies a significant link to the relationship between diversification and firm performance, only in a crisis period. EDP Sciences 2014-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/38533/1/Corporate_Diversification_and_Firm_Performance_Evidence_from_Asian_Hotel_Industry.pdf Ooi, Chai Aun and Hooy, Chee Wooi and Mat Som, Ahmad Puad (2014) Corporate Diversification and Firm Performance: Evidence from Asian Hotel Industry. SHS Web of Conferences, 12 (01084). pp. 1-7. ISSN 2261-2424 https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20141201084
spellingShingle HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management
TH1-9745 Building construction
Ooi, Chai Aun
Hooy, Chee Wooi
Mat Som, Ahmad Puad
Corporate Diversification and Firm Performance: Evidence from Asian Hotel Industry
title Corporate Diversification and Firm Performance: Evidence from Asian Hotel Industry
title_full Corporate Diversification and Firm Performance: Evidence from Asian Hotel Industry
title_fullStr Corporate Diversification and Firm Performance: Evidence from Asian Hotel Industry
title_full_unstemmed Corporate Diversification and Firm Performance: Evidence from Asian Hotel Industry
title_short Corporate Diversification and Firm Performance: Evidence from Asian Hotel Industry
title_sort corporate diversification and firm performance: evidence from asian hotel industry
topic HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management
TH1-9745 Building construction
url http://eprints.usm.my/38533/
http://eprints.usm.my/38533/
http://eprints.usm.my/38533/1/Corporate_Diversification_and_Firm_Performance_Evidence_from_Asian_Hotel_Industry.pdf