A longitudinal study of the cause and consequences of changes in diversification in the U.S. pharmaceutical industry 1977–1986

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Abstract The paper hypothesizes that diversification by firms based in the pharmaceutical industry during the 1977‐86 time period was primarily undertaken to reduce the risks associated with being dependent upon a technologically dynamic environment. Consistent with this non‐efficiency motive for diversification, declining economic performance is predicted. A longitudinal empirical analysis provides support for these propositions.

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