Do service firms benefit from diversification? the moderating effect of competitive intensity and firm size
Journal title MERCATI E COMPETITIVITÀ
Author/s Claudio Giachetti
Publishing Year 2012 Issue 2012/2
Language English Pages 17 P. 87-103 File size 515 KB
DOI 10.3280/MC2012-002009
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Despite much ado about the effectiveness of ‘product’ diversification, there is very limited knowledge about the impact of ‘service’ diversification on firm performance. By taking a resource-based perspective, this study explores the service diversificationperformance relationship. Results show a consistent inverse U-shaped relationship between service diversification and firm performance, with the slope positive at low and moderate levels of service diversification but negative at high levels of service diversification. Moreover, results show that competitive intensity negatively moderates the relationship between service diversification and performance, while the moderating effect of firm’s size is not significant. Hypotheses are tested with data on 52 Italian facility management firms over the 2000-2009 time period.
Keywords: Service diversification, performance, competitive intensity, firm size, facility management, service industry
Claudio Giachetti, Do service firms benefit from diversification? the moderating effect of competitive intensity and firm size in "MERCATI E COMPETITIVITÀ" 2/2012, pp 87-103, DOI: 10.3280/MC2012-002009