While the strategic management literature suggests that related diversification is superior to unrelated diversification, there is little evidence that acquirers benefit from pursuing related targets. We argue that the empirical literature is plagued by poor measures of relatedness. Moreover,...

Over the last decades, many studies have been conducted that investigate the impact of diversity on the performance of teams. The goal of this chapter is to study the impact of a diverse composition in entrepreneurial ventures and how it affects the likelihood of survival. This impact will be...

Previous research has proposed a range of factors that can assist in overcoming the challenges that explain the mortality rate of new ventures. The underlying premise of this liability of newness argument is that the lack of social interaction and social structures result in higher risk of...