the credit portfolio management and the optimal credit portfolio selection are identified as one of the most effective factors in banks’ credit risk. two main strategies in this regard include diversification versus concentration. in this study, at first, the status of diversification of iran’s banking sector is analyzed, then the relationship between diversification of the credit portfolio and...

Purpose: The study tested the hypothesis about relationship between corporate diversification and financial performance. Moreover, moderating effect of firm size on performance listed firms at Nairobi securities exchange (NSE) in Kenya was tested. Methodology/Approach/Design: informed by market power resource-based view (RBV) theories. To test hypotheses, secondary panel data were collected fro...

Purpose: This study investigates whether the market value discount experienced by multi-segment, (diversified) firms versus single-segment (focused) is associated with relative levels of internal and external governance. The goal to shed light on diversification examining role control mechanisms.
 Methodology: Using a sample single- multi-segment over period 1996-2015, we examine relations...

This study examines the relation between corporate diversification and stock price crash risk whether female directors moderate this relation. Using a sample of Malaysian publicly listed firms based on 2010–2016 data, our finds mitigates but only for highly diversified firms. Our also that mitigating effect is more pronounced with higher proportion in board which it aligned notion gender divers...

This study aims to determine the effect of diversification strategy, good corporate governance implementation on firm value. The consisted 41 companies were classified as withthe most trusted category in Indonesia 2015 by SWA magazine. analysis technique used is multiple regression and testing using SPSS for Windows version 22 also test classical assumption normality test, autocorrelation multi...

Diversified firms can trade at a discount to a matched portfolio of single-segment firms either because diversified firms have lower expected cash flows or because they have higher expected returns. We analyze whether diversification-discount firms have higher expected returns in order to compensate investors for offering less upside potential (or skewness exposure) than focused firms. Our empi...