Dynamic linkages between corporate diversification strategies and operational performance: An empirical investigation

The strategic importance of corporate diversification on firm’s competitive advantage and superior financial performance has been extensively studied in the strategic management literature. However, in the field of operations management, there is a lack of research on whether and how corporate diversification strategies would impact a firm’s operational performance, and vice versa. To fill this research gap, in this dissertation, we conduct three empirical studies to investigate (1) how product and international diversification strategies influence a firm’s inventory performance; (2) how a firm’s existing resources and target market uncertainty jointly impact product scope expansion; and (3) how a firm’s utilization of resources impacts product scope expansion.

Grantor dc:publisher

State University of New York at Buffalo

Year dc:date.issued

2018

Author dc:creator

• Qian, Zhuang

Contributors dc:contributor

• Wang, Charles
• Operations Management and Strategy

• operations research

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Language dc:language

eng

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10477/78095

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