Corporate Diversification, Coherence and Firm Innovative Performance

Lucia Piscitello

Revue d'Économie Industrielle, 2005, vol. 110, issue 1, 127-148

Abstract: [fre] Cet article rend opérationnel le concept de cohérence de la firme compris comme un degré de connexité entre les différentes compétences technologiques de l'entreprise et les activités qui en découlent. En ce sens, il apporte des preuves empiriques du lien positif entre diversification des entreprises, cohérence et performances en termes d'innovation. Plus précisément, il montre que la capacité des firmes à innover est légèrement (et positivement) influencée par leur diversification de produits alors qu'elle est positivement et significativement influencée par leur diversification technologique ainsi que par leur capacité à accroître leur cohérence. [eng] The present paper operationalises the concept of corporate coherence as a dynamic interconnectedness between the company's technological competencies and its downstream activities. Accordingly, it provides some empirical evidence on the relationship between corporate diversification, coherence and firm innovative performance. Specifically, it shows that the firm innovative performance is only slightly (positively) influenced by product diversification, positively and significantly influenced by technological diversification as well as by the ability of the company to increase its corporate coherence.

Date: 2005
Note: DOI:10.3406/rei.2005.3075
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