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Impact of Unrelated Diversification on Financial Performance of the Firms: Evidence from Pakistan

Management and Administrative Sciences Review

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Title Impact of Unrelated Diversification on Financial Performance of the Firms: Evidence from Pakistan
 
Creator Abbas, Muhammad Aamir; Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad (38000), Pakistan
Hayat, Khizer; Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad (38000), Pakistan
Saddique, Muhammad; Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad (38000), Pakistan
 
Subject
Unrelated diversification, firm’s performance, Pakistan, ROA, ROE, Tobin’s Q
 
Description The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between unrelated diversification and financial performance of Pakistani firms. The link between profitability and diversification strategies has been proposed by different studies. This study selected different firms for analysis listed in KSE-100 index. Different types of accounting variables are used like ROA (return on assets), ROE (return on Equity) and Tobin’s q to analyse the financial performance of firms. Data was collected from KSE website and Firm’s websites. The results of this research suggest that firms which adopt non diversification strategies have better financial performance rather than the firms adopting unrelated diversification strategy. It is also resulted that non diversifying organizations have low risk and diversifying organizations have high risk. This research includes only few firms listed in KSE-100 index. Sample size can be increased to check the validity of results. Comparison of different countries can also be done. Different statistical tests can also be applied to check the validity of research. This research also opens many doors for future research like effect of group size on diversification, the level of unrelated and related diversification.
 
Publisher Academy of Business & Scientific Research
 
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Date 2013-04-02
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://absronline.org/journals/index.php/masr/article/view/81
 
Source Management and Administrative Sciences Review; Vol 1, No 2 (2013); 23-32
2308-1368
2310-872X
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://absronline.org/journals/index.php/masr/article/view/81/107
 
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