Factores que afectan la relación entre diversificación y rendimientorevisión de la literatura

  1. Omar Alexánder León García 1
  2. Juan Ignacio Igartua López 2
  3. Jaione Ganzaraín Epalde 2
  1. 1 Escuela Politécnica Superior -Mondragón
  2. 2 Facultad de Ingeniería Compensar – Unipanamericana Fundación Univeristaria
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The relationship between diversification and firm performance has been a topic of great importance to scholars of different areas for several decades and who have recognized some factors that can affect this relationship. A review of the litera- ture on which this article is based has identified 11 key factors that can impact the business performance of a company that has decided to diversify (Type, mode, diversification level, governance, R&D, Information and communication technologies, busi- ness risk, knowledge, industrial sector, size and age). The analysis has been based on empirical evidence found in 55 studies conducted during the period between 2003 and 2014.

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