The determinants of firm diversification in UK quoted companies

Adrian Gourlay and Jonathan Seaton

Applied Economics, 2004, vol. 36, issue 18, 2059-2071

Abstract: This paper examines the role of resource-based and governance factors in determining the boundaries of UK quoted companies, measured by both the probability and intensity of market diversification. Using a panel of over 2000 firms for the period 1988 to 2001 it is found that firm-level heterogeneity and industry characteristics account for the variability in diversification behaviour and that resource-based and governance factors interact in a complex manner not necessarily fully explained by the theoretical literature. The results also indicate that the degree of data aggregation has significant implications for the empirical modelling of market diversification.

Date: 2004
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