Diversification Strategies On Corporate Performance: An Empirical Study On Malaysia Firms

This study discusses the theoretical issues on diversification, corporate performance and the relationship between these two. It studies 91 listed firms in the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia (Trading/Services ranking) for determining the diversification-performance relationship. Generally, the main ob...

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Main Author: Yaghoubi, Mona
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Published: 2009
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spelling my-mmu-ep.16242010-09-23T02:47:00Z Diversification Strategies On Corporate Performance: An Empirical Study On Malaysia Firms 2009-08 Yaghoubi, Mona HD61 Risk in industry. Risk management This study discusses the theoretical issues on diversification, corporate performance and the relationship between these two. It studies 91 listed firms in the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia (Trading/Services ranking) for determining the diversification-performance relationship. Generally, the main objective of this research is to find out if different levels of diversification lead to different levels of corporate performance or not. Besides, the study looks for the effect of economic situation on the diversification-performance relationship. The time period of the study was chosen from 1997 to 2002, including the 1997-1998 East-Asian financial crisis. 2009-08 Thesis http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/1624/ http://vlib.mmu.edu.my/diglib/login/dlusr/login.php masters Multimedia University Research Library
institution Multimedia University
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topic HD61 Risk in industry
Risk management
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Risk management
Yaghoubi, Mona
Diversification Strategies On Corporate Performance: An Empirical Study On Malaysia Firms
description This study discusses the theoretical issues on diversification, corporate performance and the relationship between these two. It studies 91 listed firms in the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia (Trading/Services ranking) for determining the diversification-performance relationship. Generally, the main objective of this research is to find out if different levels of diversification lead to different levels of corporate performance or not. Besides, the study looks for the effect of economic situation on the diversification-performance relationship. The time period of the study was chosen from 1997 to 2002, including the 1997-1998 East-Asian financial crisis.
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title Diversification Strategies On Corporate Performance: An Empirical Study On Malaysia Firms
title_short Diversification Strategies On Corporate Performance: An Empirical Study On Malaysia Firms
title_full Diversification Strategies On Corporate Performance: An Empirical Study On Malaysia Firms
title_fullStr Diversification Strategies On Corporate Performance: An Empirical Study On Malaysia Firms
title_full_unstemmed Diversification Strategies On Corporate Performance: An Empirical Study On Malaysia Firms
title_sort diversification strategies on corporate performance: an empirical study on malaysia firms
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