CONSTRUCT-VALIDITY OF SOME UNWEIGHTED PRODUCT-COUNT DIVERSIFICATION MEASURES

被引:63
作者
LUBATKIN, M
MERCHANT, H
SRINIVASAN, N
机构
[1] GRP ESC,LYON,FRANCE
[2] PURDUE UNIV,KRANNERT GRAD SCH MANAGEMENT,W LAFAYETTE,IN 47907
关键词
DIVERSIFICATION MEASURES; PRODUCT-COUNT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY;
D O I
10.1002/smj.4250140604
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Construct validities are assessed for three simple-to-compute, unweighted, SIC-based continuous diversification measures and a recently proposed two-dimensional, SIC-based categorical diversification measure. Two of the three continuous measures are found to correspond strongly to Rumelt's categorical measures, suggesting that these two objective and easy-to-calculate measures are better suited for large sample, strategy research than has previously been assumed. No support is found for the two-dimensional measure.
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页码:433 / 449
页数:17
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