Corporate Governance, Strategy and Survival in a Declining Industry: A Study of UK Cotton Textile Companies*

Igor Filatotchev and Steven Toms

Journal of Management Studies, 2003, vol. 40, issue 4, 895-920

Abstract: ABSTRACT Building on the strategic flexibility perspective, this paper examines the influences of organizational diversity, ownership structure and board characteristics on strategic responses to industrial decline in firms from the UK textile industry. Using samples of exiting and surviving companies it shows that, in line with the predictions of the strategic flexibility framework, the surviving companies tended to have a higher level of organizational diversity. They also tended to have larger institutional ownership and more diverse boards. These factors are associated with higher investment, financial performance, and growth. The results are consistent with the resource and service roles of the corporate governance factors.

Date: 2003
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