THE DETERMINANTS OF CORPORATEDIVESTMENT IN THE UK

It has been widely suggested that since the early 1980s many diversified firms narrowed the scopeof their activities by refocusing on their core businesses, primarily through divestment activity.This study examines the extent and determinants of divestment across a large sample of UK firmsover the period 1985 to 1989. Divestment is analysed using both a proportions and count data(Poisson and Negative Binomial regressions) approach...

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Year of publication:	2000-08-01
Authors:	Haynes, Michelle ; Wright, Mike ; Thompson, Steve
Institutions:	University <Nottingham> / Department of Economics
Subject:	Outsourcing \| Unternehmenspolitik \| Diversifikation \| Diversification gains \| Regressionsanalyse

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Extent:	97280 bytes 30 p. application/pdf
Series:	The University of Nottingham / School of Economics - discussion papers Discussion Paper ; No. 00/15
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
ISSN:	1360-2438
Classification:	C25 - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models ; G34 - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance ; Management and business planning ; Specific management methods ; Corporate growth, plant size and choice of location ; Facility Location, Network Design ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; United Kingdom
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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