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What sorts of effects do the differences in firms' corporate strategies have on their economic performance (profitability, growth, etc.)? Let us pose this very interesting question from the point of view of an analysis of corporate strategies that treats diversification as the main defining factor. What sort of influence does a firm's diversification strategy have on its economic performance?
Itami et al. (1982) studied this question.