Resource-Based Theory and Corporate Diversification Accomplishments and Opportunities

• Published in: Journal of management Vol. 37; no. 5; pp. 1335 - 1368
• Main Authors: Wan, William P., Hoskisson, Robert E., Short, Jeremy C., Yiu, Daphne W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.09.2011; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Corporate culture; Corporations, Diversified; Diversification; Diversification in industry; Economics; Industrial organization; Management; Management research; Organization theory; Organizational culture; Organizational research; Organizational structure; Resource management; Resource-based theory; Strategic management; Studies; corporate diversification; resource-based theory

Corporate diversification, a major strategic management research topic, has been influenced significantly by resource-based theory. In this review, the authors make two main contributions to this literature. First, they discuss the historical development of corporate diversification research employi...