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Since the 1950's when countries became concerned that specialization in primary products would lead to steady falls in the purchasing power of primary exports and slow growth, diversifying out of primary products into manufactures has been a major policy objective of developing countries. Indeed, since that time, developing countries generally have become more diversified, but many low income countries remain dependent on a narrow range of primary products. New questions concerning export diversification have emerged in the recent literature - and with important policy implications: Is export

Exports. --- Exports --- Foreign trade promotion --- Diversification in industry --- International Commerce --- Commerce --- Business & Economics --- Forergn trade promotion --- Industrial diversification --- Product diversification --- Input-output analysis --- Barriers to entry (Industrial organization) --- Multiproduct firms

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This invaluable book provides the foundations for a new theory of the firm, drawing on Birger Wernerfelt's landmark work on economic theory and the resource-based view of the firm. It addresses a vigorous and long-standing academic debate over what exactly a 'firm' is, both in the field of management and economics. Wernerfelt revisits his classic articles, including an extensively revised 'A Resource-Based View of the Firm' (1984), which have been updated and synthesized to provide precise and accessible concepts and predictions. By offering future directions for research and practice, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of management and economics alike.

Industrial organization (Economic theory) --- Economic specialization. --- Diversification in industry. --- Industrial diversification --- Product diversification --- Input-output analysis --- Barriers to entry (Industrial organization) --- Multiproduct firms --- Specialization, Economic --- Economics --- Division of labor --- Industrial economics --- Market structure --- Microeconomics --- Economic specialization --- Diversification in industry

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The decision to diversify lies at the core of corporate strategy and constitutes one of top management’s most important choices. Yet despite its importance and prominence within academic research, diversification remains subject to ongoing debate. Matthias Knecht introduces a new perspective on corporate diversification that extends the academic discussion and reveals substantial new insights. The author introduces the dynamism of industries as a dominant force in the environment that influences the diversified corporation on multiple levels. Due to similarities of businesses competing in similarly dynamic environments, synergistic benefits and superior economic performance can be realized through the combination of dynamic-related businesses in the corporate portfolio. This study provides a multidimensional operationalization of industry dynamism and an in-depth assessment of the dynamism of a wide range of industries. At the core of the study Knecht investigates the performance impact of dynamic-related diversification strategies. The results provide new insights into successful corporate portfolio construction in the face of today’s dynamic environments.     Contents n  Corporate Diversification Strategies n  Measurement of Industry Dynamism n  Impact of Dynamism on the Multi-business Firm  Target Groups ●          Scholars and students from the strategic management and finance disciplines ●          Corporate top managers interested in the performance effects of corporate        diversification strategies   About the Author Dr. Matthias Knecht obtained his doctorate degree at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg. He works as a strategy consultant.  .

Business. --- Conglomerate corporations. --- Strategic planning. --- Commerce --- Business & Economics --- Marketing & Sales --- Economic Theory --- Diversification in industry. --- Chaebols --- Conglomerate mergers --- Conglomerates (Corporations) --- Corporations, Conglomerate --- Keiretsu --- Mergers, Conglomerate --- Industrial diversification --- Product diversification --- Industrial organization. --- Economics. --- Industrial Organization. --- Consolidation and merger of corporations --- Corporations --- Industrial concentration --- Competition --- Input-output analysis --- Barriers to entry (Industrial organization) --- Multiproduct firms --- Industries --- Organization --- Industrial management --- Industrial sociology

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This impressive book sees the author applying and extending the resource based view of the firm to explain and predict the strategy of corporate diversification.Technological Resources and the Logic of Corporate Diversification is an original and authoritative book that will be extremely useful to academics and students in such disciplines as business economics, corporate strategy and international business.

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Industry --- Communication in marketing --- Communication in organizations --- Diversification in industry --- Division of labor --- Industrial organization --- Industries --- 658.1 --- 658.1 Forms of enterprise. Finances --- Forms of enterprise. Finances --- Industrial production --- Economics --- Organization --- Industrial concentration --- Industrial management --- Industrial sociology --- Labor, Division of --- Labor --- Economic specialization --- Industrial diversification --- Product diversification --- Input-output analysis --- Barriers to entry (Industrial organization) --- Multiproduct firms --- Organizational communication --- Marketing --- Industries, Primitive