EFFECTS OF INTERNATIONAL DIVERSITY AND PRODUCT DIVERSITY ON THE PERFORMANCE OF MULTINATIONAL FIRMS

Authors
TALLMAN S LI TT
Citation
S. Tallman et Tt. Li, EFFECTS OF INTERNATIONAL DIVERSITY AND PRODUCT DIVERSITY ON THE PERFORMANCE OF MULTINATIONAL FIRMS, Academy of Management journal, 39(1), 1996, pp. 179-196
Citations number
43
Categorie Soggetti
Management,Business
Journal title
Academy of Management journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00014273
Volume
39
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
179 - 196
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-4273(1996)39:1<179:EOIDAP>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
This study examined the relationships among international diversity, p roduct diversity, and firm performance. For a sample of large American industrial multinational enterprises (MNEs), it showed a consistent q uadratic relationship between product diversification and MNE performa nce but minimal performance differences across different measures of i nternational diversity. Analysis of the interactions of international diversity and product diversity indicates a weak effect from increasin g internationalization on the performance effect of product diversity.