Rj. Kashlak et Mp. Joshi, CORE BUSINESS REGULATION AND DUAL DIVERSIFICATION PATTERNS IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY, Strategic management journal, 15(8), 1994, pp. 603-611
A firm is confronted with the separate decisions of product and intern
ational diversification. It is suggested that these postures are linke
d to external contingencies in firms who face core business regulation
. A technique is developed to explain dual diversification patterns us
ing evidence obtained from the new industry comprised of the Regional
Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs).