Diversification Strategy

Neil M. Kay

Chapter 6 in The Evolving Firm, 1982, pp 96-113 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter will base its examination of aspects of the diversification problem on existing analyses. We shall start by using data from a number of existing studies in looking at patterns of diversification in relation to technological change. Then we shall look briefly at the extent of R & D diversification in different US industries. The next section is concerned with relations between industrial inventive activity and diversification, and the third section is concerned with examination of the portfolio risk theory of diversification; in both cases puzzles thrown up by empirical studies are discussed in the light of the approach developed earlier.

Keywords: Technical Skill; Inventive Activity; Industry Level; Median Strategy; Portfolio Theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1982
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-06112-9_6

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