Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
9-2011
Abstract
Corporate diversification, a major strategic management research topic, has been influenced significantly by resource-based theory. In this review, the authors make two main contributions to this literature. First, they discuss the historical development of corporate diversification research employing the resource-based theory perspective and related concepts, highlighting important insights to date. They then review this literature and discuss its main contributions. Second, the authors identify open issues and suggest opportunities for future contributions and describe ways that research on corporate diversification using the resource-based theory perspective could be further enriched by integration with theoretical insights culled from the organizational economics, new institutional economics, and industrial organization economics literatures.
Keywords
resource-based theory, corporate diversification
Discipline
Strategic Management Policy
Research Areas
Strategy and Organisation
Publication
Journal of Management
Volume
37
Issue
5
First Page
1335
Last Page
1368
ISSN
0149-2063
Identifier
10.1177/0149206310391804
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Citation
WAN, William P.; HOSKISSON, Robert E.; SHORT, Jeremy C.; and YIU, Daphne W..
Resource-Based Theory and Corporate Diversification: Accomplishments and Opportunities. (2011). Journal of Management. 37, (5), 1335-1368.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/7335
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206310391804