In this dissertation, I examine the role of CEOs and corporate diversification on corporate social performance (CSP). In the first essay of the dissertation, I evaluate the financial implications of corporate social performance and assess the validity of a widely used measure of social performance, the KLD social ratings. In the first part of this essay, I examine the relationship between CSP a...

The construction industry is the pillar industry in China, accounting for about 6% of the gross domestic product. Along with changes in the external environment of the construction industry in China, the construction firm faces fierce competition. The paper aims to investigate the relationship between diversified types of construction firm and its performance in China. Based on generalist and s...

FINANCIAL TIES BETWEEN COMPAniesproducingaddictive tobacco productsandcompaniesproducing drugs to treat or alleviate the addiction are a potential conflict of interest.Several typesof financial tiescanexist. For example, one company could be the sole supplier of a product that is needed by another company. Or, a company could be financially dependent on sales fromanothercompany.Corporatediversi...

Corporate diversification plays an important role in strategic decision-making, especially when it comes to corporate expansion and growth. This study examined the impact of on financial performance deposit money banks listed Nigerian Stock Exchange. The covered a ten-year period, from 2010 2019, included data annual reports thirteen deposit-taking institutions. Two accounting one economic meas...

a r t i c l e i n f o Using resource-based view (RBV) of the firm as a theoretical backdrop; we aim to find out the relative impact of a firm's functional capabilities (namely, marketing and operations) and diversification strategies (product/ service and international diversification) on financial performance. We hypothesize that this linkage depends on the firm's relative efficiency to integr...

Diversification continues to be an important strategy for corporate growth and better financial performance. The relationship between the diversification strategy and profitability as well as diversification and market power has been explored by a number of studies for the developed economies. The present study is an attempt to investigate the relationship between diversification and a firm’s f...

Recently, China’s energy industry has been continuously depressed due to a slowdown in its economic development. China’s energy companies have made considerable efforts to promote their corporate performance to mitigate this performance decline and to ensure the sustainable development of China’s energy industry, macro economy, society and environment. In this paper, the effects of two business...

Numerous studies have examined the impact of international diversification on firm performance. However, literature is characterised by inconsistent findings, suggesting need for a quantitative review and synthesis hypothesised relationships. Using sample 263 effect sizes from 187 primary between 1974 2021, we conduct meta-analysis to test relationship performance, moderating product diversific...