Understanding Business Group Performance in an Emerging Economy: Acquiring Resources and Capabilities in Order to Prosper*

By Daphne W. Yiu, Garry D. Bruton, Yuan Lu. 2005

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Analyzing Analyst Research: A Review of Past Coverage and Recommendations for Future Research (2018, background): “and Zenger (2012). The authors argue that, in assessing a firm’s earnings prospects, analysts need to expend more effort on firms that have diversified portfolios. As a result of this additional effort, diversified firms in an industry have less analyst coverage than their more focused industry comp”
Internal governance mechanisms and firm performance in China (2009, background): “Many studies have found that state ownership does not produce superior firm performance, but it is often linked to low efficiency (Bai, Liu, Lu, Song, & Zhang, 2004; Ding, Zhang, & Zhang, 2007; Yiu, Bruton, & Lu, 2005 ).”
Third-World Copycats to Emerging Multinationals: Institutional Changes and Organizational Transformation in the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry (2009, background): “for the initial group formation (e.g., Hoskisson et al. 2004, 2005; Yiu et al. 2005).”
Entrepreneurial alertness and new venture performance: Facilitating roles of networking capability (2018, background): “…provide access to market resources (Luo et al., 2008; Yiu et al., 2007), crucial market information not openly available (Sheng et al., 2011) while Yiu et al. (2005) suggest entrepreneurs benefit from network ties as a ‘multidivisional structure that reduces transaction costs and provides…”
Indian business groups: Evolution and transformation (2007, background): “... was gaining a better understanding of evolution and transformation of IBGs, we attempted to revisit a primary issue of interest in the IBG literature: Why did many BGs in India pursue unrelated diversification in one era, and what made many groups to adopt related diversification and focus on co”
Political connections and corporate diversification in emerging economies: Evidence from China (2012, background): “As a further consideration, older companies in emerging economies are more likely to maintain an inherited strategy ( Yiu, Bruton, & Lu, 2005 ).”
Business group affiliation and firm performance in a transition economy: A focus on ownership voids (2007, methodology): “Recent work in the business group literature has begun to highlight how institutional characteristics and the environment of transition economies intersect (Keister, 1998; 2000, 2001; Lee, Peng, & Lee, 2007; Yiu et al., 2005 ).”
An institution-based view of international business strategy: a focus on emerging economies (2008, neutral): “Another example is research on business groups and conglomerates (Chang, 2006; Chung, 2006; Dieleman & Sachs, 2006; Guillen, 2000; Khanna & Palepu, 2000; Li, Ramaswamy, & Petitt, 2006a; Lu & Yao, 2006; Ma et al., 2006; Peng & Delios, 2006; Ramaswamy et al., 2004; Yiu et al., 2005).”
The Performance of Group‐affiliated Firms during Institutional Transition: A Longitudinal Study of Indian Firms (2009, background): “Older group-affiliated firms may be more prone to strategic inertia than younger group-affiliated firms, and they may be less flexible in terms of adapting to changing external conditions (Hannan and Freeman, 1984; Newman, 2000; Yiu, Bruton, and Lu, 2005).”
Knowledge management and innovation strategy in the Asia Pacific: Toward an institution-based view (2008, neutral): “For instance, large Asian firms, unlike their counterparts in the United States, are usually organized in business groups rather than multidivisional firms (Carney, 2008; Chang, 2006; Kedia, Mukherjee, & Lahiri, 2006; Keister, 1998; Khanna & Rivkin, 2001; Li, Ramaswamy, & Petitt, 2006; Lu & Yao, 200”