International evidence on the value of product and geographic diversity
By: Luc Laeven.
Contributors: World Bank. Financial Sector Strategy and Policy Dept.
Series: Policy research working paper ;; 2729; Policy research working papers (Online) ;; 2729.
Publisher: World Bank, Financial Sector Strategy and Policy Department
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: International business enterprises; Diversity in industry; Corporations -- Finance; Corporations -- Ownership; Corporate governance; Organizational behavior; Industrial management
Description: Corporate diversification destroys value due to both agency and influence costs. Consistent with this finding, insider ownership is associated with less corporate diversification.
Notes: Also available in print.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 21-24).
Title from title screen as viewed on Aug. 24, 2002.
"December 2001."
Mode of access: World Wide Web.